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<blockquote data-quote="EB67" data-source="post: 44145" data-attributes="member: 3750"><p>I strongly recommend a neuropsychologist for the older child and a Developmental Pediatrician for the younger one.</p><p></p><p>Is there a great difference between a neuropsychologist and a Behavioral Neurologist? Seb sees the latter. I'm not familiar with Developmental Pediatrics-- I'll look into this.</p><p></p><p>Is the youngest in early education, at least getting speech?</p><p></p><p>Miles is in preschool and they have made classroom modifications for him like visual cues. He was referred to the Preschool Special Education Committee and denied services; something I found STAGGERING as the evaluation stressed that his pragmatic language needed support.</p><p></p><p>Miles often uses tangential or associative language. For example, in testing the evaluator said: "The sky is blue, grass is____?". Miles said: "Elephant". When asked about having a penguin as a pet his reply was: 'santa Claus". His langauge can be very abstract.</p><p></p><p>Other times he answers in association. When asked what his birthday is he will say "Batman" because at his last party he had a Batman birthday cake. It's heartbreaking.</p><p></p><p>We are in the process of finding a private speech pathologist to help him though I think he has made progress since the last evaluation.</p><p></p><p>In the case of these boys, I would not go to a Psychiatrist or therapist first--they need to see if there are neurological problems beyond ADHD (although NeuroPsychs are great at spotting just ADHD too).</p><p></p><p>Interesting. I do think Seb needs to talk to someone about his feelings as the behavioral neurologist doesn't really do much of that.</p><p></p><p></p><p>THey run intensive tests--my son had twelve hours of testing. I also would not put this type of behavior in the hands of a pediatrician.</p><p></p><p>Oh yeah, the pediatrician didn't see any of the issues. But 12 hours of tests?? Yikes. What did they do???</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="EB67, post: 44145, member: 3750"] I strongly recommend a neuropsychologist for the older child and a Developmental Pediatrician for the younger one. Is there a great difference between a neuropsychologist and a Behavioral Neurologist? Seb sees the latter. I'm not familiar with Developmental Pediatrics-- I'll look into this. Is the youngest in early education, at least getting speech? Miles is in preschool and they have made classroom modifications for him like visual cues. He was referred to the Preschool Special Education Committee and denied services; something I found STAGGERING as the evaluation stressed that his pragmatic language needed support. Miles often uses tangential or associative language. For example, in testing the evaluator said: "The sky is blue, grass is____?". Miles said: "Elephant". When asked about having a penguin as a pet his reply was: 'santa Claus". His langauge can be very abstract. Other times he answers in association. When asked what his birthday is he will say "Batman" because at his last party he had a Batman birthday cake. It's heartbreaking. We are in the process of finding a private speech pathologist to help him though I think he has made progress since the last evaluation. In the case of these boys, I would not go to a Psychiatrist or therapist first--they need to see if there are neurological problems beyond ADHD (although NeuroPsychs are great at spotting just ADHD too). Interesting. I do think Seb needs to talk to someone about his feelings as the behavioral neurologist doesn't really do much of that. THey run intensive tests--my son had twelve hours of testing. I also would not put this type of behavior in the hands of a pediatrician. Oh yeah, the pediatrician didn't see any of the issues. But 12 hours of tests?? Yikes. What did they do??? [/QUOTE]
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