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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 222270" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Welcome, Myah.</p><p></p><p>Your son certainly sounds like a handful. With all the things you describe, I wonder if you have ever had him evaluated for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) in some form. Here people often recommend a neuropsychologist assessment, rather than relying on school assessments which generally aren't sufficiently detailed; they often don't dig deep enough.</p><p></p><p>A few things make me thing along these lines - the ADHD/ODD appearance fits (and there are ways to manage a lot of this but it requires some change in your approach; just as your son is a lateral thinker, so you need to be also, to manage him). The language issues are a red flag for some Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) (as in my youngest) especially with the high intelligence and other aspects.</p><p></p><p>The lying you mention - that is curious. What sort of lies? Are they detailed fantasies, or stubborn "I didn't do it!"? Or in between?</p><p></p><p>All kids will try to lie to get out of trouble, or to avoid trouble. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids CAN lie but usually not in a complex manner and generally they're bad at it, always getting caught because the lie is so obvious.</p><p></p><p>We do recommend "The Explosive Child" a lot, with good reason. It's a great book, it changed out life and turned around the ODD problems we were really struggling with. It's not a cure, but the closest to it we could have had.</p><p></p><p>There will be more people along, this is a good place for support, advice, help or just somewhere to dump.</p><p></p><p>Welcome!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 222270, member: 1991"] Welcome, Myah. Your son certainly sounds like a handful. With all the things you describe, I wonder if you have ever had him evaluated for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) in some form. Here people often recommend a neuropsychologist assessment, rather than relying on school assessments which generally aren't sufficiently detailed; they often don't dig deep enough. A few things make me thing along these lines - the ADHD/ODD appearance fits (and there are ways to manage a lot of this but it requires some change in your approach; just as your son is a lateral thinker, so you need to be also, to manage him). The language issues are a red flag for some Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) (as in my youngest) especially with the high intelligence and other aspects. The lying you mention - that is curious. What sort of lies? Are they detailed fantasies, or stubborn "I didn't do it!"? Or in between? All kids will try to lie to get out of trouble, or to avoid trouble. Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids CAN lie but usually not in a complex manner and generally they're bad at it, always getting caught because the lie is so obvious. We do recommend "The Explosive Child" a lot, with good reason. It's a great book, it changed out life and turned around the ODD problems we were really struggling with. It's not a cure, but the closest to it we could have had. There will be more people along, this is a good place for support, advice, help or just somewhere to dump. Welcome! Marg [/QUOTE]
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