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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 411292" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>No good neuropsychologist (which is who mostly does the testing in the US) only goes by, say, the Connors test or even by the DSM. They observe the child for many hours, take a family history, and make their best guess. You can not get help without a diagnosis. A therapist is not trained to diagnose and can not legally do so in the US. Nor can a social worker. They don't have the training. We had to fill out a gazillion forms for my son, but most of his diagnosis (which turned out to be right on the money) was observing him. NeuroPsychs often have long waiting lists and are in demand, and they see a ton of children with disorders and are good at spotting things that other professionals (even psychiatrists) tend to miss. In my son's case he was misdiagnosed with first ADHD/ODD (wrong) then early onset bipolar (VERY wrong), but spent years on heavy medications. I don't like them either unless the diagnosis is clear. The neuropsychologist gave my son ten hours of intensive evaluation. This included far more than filling out tests. </p><p></p><p>We had always felt our son was on the autism spectrum and he is. At 17, he would not be the young man he is today if he had not gotten early interventions for the right disorder. Talk therapy did nothing for him. He could not relate to any therapist and did not have a psychiatric problem (autism is neurological). There is no blood test, but there are tendencies. in my opinion use your mom gut. You can look around and see if your child is a typical child or over-the-top. My daughter has a diagnosis. of ADD and I'm sure she has it, but she is fourteen and refuses to take stimulants (she doesn't like the way they make her feel). She is doing well with school interventions and no medications at all. She has a 504 that is working for her but without the ADHD diagnosis., she would not have the 504 and would really be struggling. I might add that she has no behavioral issues. ADD/ADHD does not make a child violent. That is usually something else, possibly co-morbid with ADHD.</p><p></p><p>Good luck, whatever you decide to do!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 411292, member: 1550"] No good neuropsychologist (which is who mostly does the testing in the US) only goes by, say, the Connors test or even by the DSM. They observe the child for many hours, take a family history, and make their best guess. You can not get help without a diagnosis. A therapist is not trained to diagnose and can not legally do so in the US. Nor can a social worker. They don't have the training. We had to fill out a gazillion forms for my son, but most of his diagnosis (which turned out to be right on the money) was observing him. NeuroPsychs often have long waiting lists and are in demand, and they see a ton of children with disorders and are good at spotting things that other professionals (even psychiatrists) tend to miss. In my son's case he was misdiagnosed with first ADHD/ODD (wrong) then early onset bipolar (VERY wrong), but spent years on heavy medications. I don't like them either unless the diagnosis is clear. The neuropsychologist gave my son ten hours of intensive evaluation. This included far more than filling out tests. We had always felt our son was on the autism spectrum and he is. At 17, he would not be the young man he is today if he had not gotten early interventions for the right disorder. Talk therapy did nothing for him. He could not relate to any therapist and did not have a psychiatric problem (autism is neurological). There is no blood test, but there are tendencies. in my opinion use your mom gut. You can look around and see if your child is a typical child or over-the-top. My daughter has a diagnosis. of ADD and I'm sure she has it, but she is fourteen and refuses to take stimulants (she doesn't like the way they make her feel). She is doing well with school interventions and no medications at all. She has a 504 that is working for her but without the ADHD diagnosis., she would not have the 504 and would really be struggling. I might add that she has no behavioral issues. ADD/ADHD does not make a child violent. That is usually something else, possibly co-morbid with ADHD. Good luck, whatever you decide to do! [/QUOTE]
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