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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 59081" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>in my opinion neuropsychologist evaluations are far better. They test areas of function. I'm not sure what a psycological evaluation is--I'm assuming to see if they feel he has psychiatric issues, but that's vague. I'd go with the neuropsychologist. I thought my son had ODD too, but he doesn't. Now that he's had the therapies he needs, he's a really compliant kid (and I never thought it would happen). There is a difference between being socially interested and being socially appropriate. Most kids WANT to interact with kids, but some just don't know how to do it, and it becomes more glaring as the kids get older. It's more obvious with my son at 14 than it was at 5. He didn't seem that different at five. I would worry more about it now, except my son seems perfectly happy alone once he gets home from school. In fact, he doesn't care about interacting that much. But when he was really young, he did like to run with kids and get silly with them. His eye contact was good with us, but not good with people he didn't know. It's best to get an evaluation rather than guessing, which is all any of us are doing.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 59081, member: 1550"] in my opinion neuropsychologist evaluations are far better. They test areas of function. I'm not sure what a psycological evaluation is--I'm assuming to see if they feel he has psychiatric issues, but that's vague. I'd go with the neuropsychologist. I thought my son had ODD too, but he doesn't. Now that he's had the therapies he needs, he's a really compliant kid (and I never thought it would happen). There is a difference between being socially interested and being socially appropriate. Most kids WANT to interact with kids, but some just don't know how to do it, and it becomes more glaring as the kids get older. It's more obvious with my son at 14 than it was at 5. He didn't seem that different at five. I would worry more about it now, except my son seems perfectly happy alone once he gets home from school. In fact, he doesn't care about interacting that much. But when he was really young, he did like to run with kids and get silly with them. His eye contact was good with us, but not good with people he didn't know. It's best to get an evaluation rather than guessing, which is all any of us are doing. [/QUOTE]
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