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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 550204" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Your son is tough to figure out. Frankly, I'd skip the mental health professional and take him for a full scale evaluation by a neuropsychologist. A counselor isn't going to be able to guess any better than us. He doesn't have the training of a neuropsychologist. The closest he sounds like is Aspergers, but if he can really interact with kids that well, it doesn't fit. Does he play WITH them and TALK to them or does he sort of just play beside them? Does he make good eye contact? Does he have any obsessive interests? Trouble transitioning? Any odd quirks? Is he OVERLY fascinated by numbers, letters, memorizing things by rote? My Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son was fascinated by those things. Does your son ever recite things verbatim that he hears on TV or that other people say? Does he have a vocabulary that makes him sound a bit like a little professor?</p><p></p><p>Just because your son does things on purpose, doesn't mean he has no reason for it or that it is only to annoy them. You really don't know why he does it, and this needs exploration. </p><p></p><p>The amount of tantrums he has is alarming and needs to be explored. I 'm one who thinks ODD is for the birds so I'd never accept that as a diagnosis. More is going on than ODD. I think this is a good time to explore it, understanding that at his age, he can get a WORKING diagnosis that will probably change as he gets older and other stuff shows up. I really think this is also more than anxiety. Anxiety also rarely stands alone, just like ODD. The earlier you can sort of get a handle on things and find a treatment plan, the better the long term prognosis. I do NOT recommend a behavioral therapist. Most of our k ids do not respond to their reward charts and other methods that more typical kids do respond to.</p><p></p><p>Not saying he is, but the developmental pediatrician could be wrong. 1.5 hours without specific testing is way too short a period of time and not intensisve enough. My son was tested for ten hours and for everything under the sun. It went way beyond just talking to him, although that also happened.</p><p></p><p>Welcome to the board <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" />....but I'm sorry you had to come here. Amazing people are here with lots of good advice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 550204, member: 1550"] Your son is tough to figure out. Frankly, I'd skip the mental health professional and take him for a full scale evaluation by a neuropsychologist. A counselor isn't going to be able to guess any better than us. He doesn't have the training of a neuropsychologist. The closest he sounds like is Aspergers, but if he can really interact with kids that well, it doesn't fit. Does he play WITH them and TALK to them or does he sort of just play beside them? Does he make good eye contact? Does he have any obsessive interests? Trouble transitioning? Any odd quirks? Is he OVERLY fascinated by numbers, letters, memorizing things by rote? My Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) son was fascinated by those things. Does your son ever recite things verbatim that he hears on TV or that other people say? Does he have a vocabulary that makes him sound a bit like a little professor? Just because your son does things on purpose, doesn't mean he has no reason for it or that it is only to annoy them. You really don't know why he does it, and this needs exploration. The amount of tantrums he has is alarming and needs to be explored. I 'm one who thinks ODD is for the birds so I'd never accept that as a diagnosis. More is going on than ODD. I think this is a good time to explore it, understanding that at his age, he can get a WORKING diagnosis that will probably change as he gets older and other stuff shows up. I really think this is also more than anxiety. Anxiety also rarely stands alone, just like ODD. The earlier you can sort of get a handle on things and find a treatment plan, the better the long term prognosis. I do NOT recommend a behavioral therapist. Most of our k ids do not respond to their reward charts and other methods that more typical kids do respond to. Not saying he is, but the developmental pediatrician could be wrong. 1.5 hours without specific testing is way too short a period of time and not intensisve enough. My son was tested for ten hours and for everything under the sun. It went way beyond just talking to him, although that also happened. Welcome to the board :)....but I'm sorry you had to come here. Amazing people are here with lots of good advice. [/QUOTE]
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