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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 13381" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>myfirstandlast, the neuropsychologist should have evaluated for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified at the same time. We don't diagnosis here but a lot of what you are relating does sound as if it falls in that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) neighborhood. Exactly what did the neuropsychologist base the rule out of Asperger's on? That assessment should have been an extensive developmental history, interview of parent, input from teachers, observation of child, and formal written diagnostic tests such as the ASDS. Was all of that done and factored in? How long was the evaluation process?</p><p></p><p>Again, we don't know what you're dealing with but our experience here is to follow a parent's gut feeling. Sometimes that means not agreeing with a diagnosis or treatment plan and it takes some thick skin to keep searching when an "expert" gave an opinion, especially after forking out all that money!</p><p></p><p>What's the family mental health history like? Is there a history of anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive tendencies, socially dysfunctional individuals?</p><p></p><p>How would you answer these questions about your difficult child's play behaviors going all the way back from birth to present?</p><p></p><p>2) Does/did the child </p><p>a. Favor objects for play that arent typically used as toys by their peers (such as wheels, sticks, magnet letters, etc.)?</p><p>b. Seem fascinated or obsessed by objects/topics that arent typical for kids of their age (such as numbers, the alphabet, words, math, geography, mechanical things such as air conditioners or vacuum cleaners, things with motors, etc)?</p><p>c. Play differently with toys or household objects (such as spin them, line them up in straight lines, set them up in formations, etc.)?</p><p>d. Exhibit weak or unusual pretend play skills (such as act out memorized scenes from books/films/TV/DVD instead of creating situations and dialogue, move toy trains around but not pretend to be the engineer/go places/pick up passengers, arrange pretend people or action figures but not create imaginary situations with them or have them interact with each other, etc.)?</p><p>e. Display behaviors and/or routines that seem unusual or quirky?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 13381, member: 701"] myfirstandlast, the neuropsychologist should have evaluated for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified at the same time. We don't diagnosis here but a lot of what you are relating does sound as if it falls in that Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) neighborhood. Exactly what did the neuropsychologist base the rule out of Asperger's on? That assessment should have been an extensive developmental history, interview of parent, input from teachers, observation of child, and formal written diagnostic tests such as the ASDS. Was all of that done and factored in? How long was the evaluation process? Again, we don't know what you're dealing with but our experience here is to follow a parent's gut feeling. Sometimes that means not agreeing with a diagnosis or treatment plan and it takes some thick skin to keep searching when an "expert" gave an opinion, especially after forking out all that money! What's the family mental health history like? Is there a history of anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive tendencies, socially dysfunctional individuals? How would you answer these questions about your difficult child's play behaviors going all the way back from birth to present? 2) Does/did the child a. Favor objects for play that arent typically used as toys by their peers (such as wheels, sticks, magnet letters, etc.)? b. Seem fascinated or obsessed by objects/topics that arent typical for kids of their age (such as numbers, the alphabet, words, math, geography, mechanical things such as air conditioners or vacuum cleaners, things with motors, etc)? c. Play differently with toys or household objects (such as spin them, line them up in straight lines, set them up in formations, etc.)? d. Exhibit weak or unusual pretend play skills (such as act out memorized scenes from books/films/TV/DVD instead of creating situations and dialogue, move toy trains around but not pretend to be the engineer/go places/pick up passengers, arrange pretend people or action figures but not create imaginary situations with them or have them interact with each other, etc.)? e. Display behaviors and/or routines that seem unusual or quirky? [/QUOTE]
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