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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 579523" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Hi Tracy! Welcome. I'm sorry for your little guy and for all the stress and concern. Kids don't want to be in trouble daily and it does a number on their self esteem. </p><p></p><p>I hope the psychiatric can help but pls. realize that most of them are focused on mental health and family systems issues and if your son has an underlying condition/conditions that are interfering with his ability to do his school work, they are not qualified to diagnosis that and a lot of time can be lost trying to get him to be "good" when he really may not have the ability to do so yet.</p><p></p><p>I agree a neuropsychology evaluation could be useful. You can do both, but don't listen to any doctor or psychiatric who says it's not necessary. They don't get it. Just say you want the info (no stone unturned and all!)....just mho. The neuropsychologist is specially trained to do a comprehensive evaluation to help figure out how behaviors and the brain are connected. Along with that you could pursue an occupational therapy evaluation to check for underlying subtle motor planning and processing challenges including visual and sensory integration problems. Kids can look very adhd when they have problems with how they perceive things they smell, see, taste, hear touch. They may try to avoid stimuli, become overwhelmed and loud, or need to touch, feel, etc more than other kids. The results from this will help the neuropsychologist. You could also seek an Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to check for subtle problems understanding long directions, social use of communication, etc. </p><p></p><p>Now.....about school. Any child who is daily having punishment should be a red flag that something is going on! Are you in the USA? ( im on my phone, can't see all the info)</p><p></p><p>If so you have rights. You can write a letter requesting a special education evaluation. Don't listen if they say he has to be behind academically, not true. If his behavior is impacting his ability to participate in school he needs support. The mandate is to use positive behavioral interventions, (not daily trips to the principal----youd think by now they see that's not working, duh)</p><p></p><p>Let us know if you would want to do that. We can help with wording. Most important is to mail it return receipt because that legally shows the request was received. If you sign an evaluation plan. There is a legal timeline for them to finish. I'd suggest doing it now, the end of the year things get pushed off sometimes.</p><p></p><p>Glad you found us!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 579523, member: 12886"] Hi Tracy! Welcome. I'm sorry for your little guy and for all the stress and concern. Kids don't want to be in trouble daily and it does a number on their self esteem. I hope the psychiatric can help but pls. realize that most of them are focused on mental health and family systems issues and if your son has an underlying condition/conditions that are interfering with his ability to do his school work, they are not qualified to diagnosis that and a lot of time can be lost trying to get him to be "good" when he really may not have the ability to do so yet. I agree a neuropsychology evaluation could be useful. You can do both, but don't listen to any doctor or psychiatric who says it's not necessary. They don't get it. Just say you want the info (no stone unturned and all!)....just mho. The neuropsychologist is specially trained to do a comprehensive evaluation to help figure out how behaviors and the brain are connected. Along with that you could pursue an occupational therapy evaluation to check for underlying subtle motor planning and processing challenges including visual and sensory integration problems. Kids can look very adhd when they have problems with how they perceive things they smell, see, taste, hear touch. They may try to avoid stimuli, become overwhelmed and loud, or need to touch, feel, etc more than other kids. The results from this will help the neuropsychologist. You could also seek an Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) to check for subtle problems understanding long directions, social use of communication, etc. Now.....about school. Any child who is daily having punishment should be a red flag that something is going on! Are you in the USA? ( im on my phone, can't see all the info) If so you have rights. You can write a letter requesting a special education evaluation. Don't listen if they say he has to be behind academically, not true. If his behavior is impacting his ability to participate in school he needs support. The mandate is to use positive behavioral interventions, (not daily trips to the principal----youd think by now they see that's not working, duh) Let us know if you would want to do that. We can help with wording. Most important is to mail it return receipt because that legally shows the request was received. If you sign an evaluation plan. There is a legal timeline for them to finish. I'd suggest doing it now, the end of the year things get pushed off sometimes. Glad you found us! [/QUOTE]
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