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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 571588" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The phd doesn't make any difference. Autism and other disorders are MEDICAL conditions and you truly need in depth testing and evaluation to diagnose them. You should ideally have a psychiatrist (md) and a psychologist working together with an autism specialist and a neuropsychologist (aka neuropsychologist - psychologist with very specialized training in how the brain impacts behavior - good ones do a LOT of testing) AND a neurologist all working together.</p><p></p><p>She may be a good therapist, but she doesn't have all the training that each of the others has, and the best evaluation uses as much info as possible. </p><p></p><p>One thing that may help that people don't think about is to have an Occupational Therapist (OT) do an evaluation for sensory problems. Kds who seek out or avoid certain types of sensory input can have problems in how their brain uses that input. The help for it comes from an occupational therapist (as does the diagnosis) and it is amazing. More and more kids with huge problems also have sensory issues and treating those can make the BIGGEST impact and does NOT involve medications. To learn more, read "The Out of Sync Child" by Kranowitz. It is amazing. i thought it was just 'catering' to 'brats' but learned super fast that no, it is kids who get overwhelmed by too much or too little of sensory input and that providing the right sensory input can literally help end the screaming days. Not 100%, but a whole lot. I think it is one of the least expensive, easiest to do types of therapies that has the biggest overall impact on the entire family and on the classroom AND it is one of the most overlooked and discounted therapies. I strongly recommend that you read the book and explore this.</p><p></p><p>by the way, just because the therapist has treated people with autism/aspergers doesn't mean seh knows what it wll look like in every person. The best autism doctor I have met told us that if you have 1000 patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (autism spectrum disorders), you have 1000 totally different patients with totally different looking presentations. It truly takes a specialist to diagnosis.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 571588, member: 1233"] The phd doesn't make any difference. Autism and other disorders are MEDICAL conditions and you truly need in depth testing and evaluation to diagnose them. You should ideally have a psychiatrist (md) and a psychologist working together with an autism specialist and a neuropsychologist (aka neuropsychologist - psychologist with very specialized training in how the brain impacts behavior - good ones do a LOT of testing) AND a neurologist all working together. She may be a good therapist, but she doesn't have all the training that each of the others has, and the best evaluation uses as much info as possible. One thing that may help that people don't think about is to have an Occupational Therapist (OT) do an evaluation for sensory problems. Kds who seek out or avoid certain types of sensory input can have problems in how their brain uses that input. The help for it comes from an occupational therapist (as does the diagnosis) and it is amazing. More and more kids with huge problems also have sensory issues and treating those can make the BIGGEST impact and does NOT involve medications. To learn more, read "The Out of Sync Child" by Kranowitz. It is amazing. i thought it was just 'catering' to 'brats' but learned super fast that no, it is kids who get overwhelmed by too much or too little of sensory input and that providing the right sensory input can literally help end the screaming days. Not 100%, but a whole lot. I think it is one of the least expensive, easiest to do types of therapies that has the biggest overall impact on the entire family and on the classroom AND it is one of the most overlooked and discounted therapies. I strongly recommend that you read the book and explore this. by the way, just because the therapist has treated people with autism/aspergers doesn't mean seh knows what it wll look like in every person. The best autism doctor I have met told us that if you have 1000 patients with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) (autism spectrum disorders), you have 1000 totally different patients with totally different looking presentations. It truly takes a specialist to diagnosis. [/QUOTE]
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