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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 705481" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I would go for private testing also. School testing is almost guaranteed to NOT find the more subtle cases of any problem because then they have to DO something about the problem. Doing something costs them $$ and they don't have it or don't want to spend it. School testing also only looks for how whatever the issue is impacts learning and behavior at school. Private testing looks at how it impacts their entire life. I would try to find a private neuropsychologist to do the testing. </p><p></p><p>You also might look into an Occupational Therapist for sensory issues. Be aware that many Occupational Therapist (OT)'s will tell you that brushing therapy for sensory integration disorder won't work past a certain age. I think that we don't understand the brain well enough to say this, and maybe the results are not as dramatic past a certain age. I do know that I used it on all 3 of my kids though only my youngest was in the age range where our Occupational Therapist (OT) said it would work. It really seemed to help all 3 kids and esp helped the oldest kid the most. My middle child would do the brushing on me (she loved doing it so I became her person after the Occupational Therapist (OT) showed her how to do it - the Occupational Therapist (OT) thought it was cute that she wanted to help do the therapy with her little brother, adn she did want to do that) and I was surprised to find that it helped me. I have very substantial sensory issues and always have, though it took having my youngest diagnosed with them to figure out what they were.</p><p></p><p>As long as you do the therapy correctly, the brushing therapy won't hurt her. At best, it will help her brain cope with sensory input without adding any medication to her body. At worst, it will require you and her to spend a couple of minutes together a few times a day. I was shocked at how much impact it had on my children - especially on their confidence. It was odd to me, but it truly gave a huge boost to their feeling that they could do things well. I don't know if this would happen so overtly given your daughter's depression, but I doubt it could make things worse.</p><p></p><p>I know it is hard to live with a child who is depressed. Please try to focus your anger at her disease, not at her person. My son has severe, intractable unipolar depression. It takes 3 different anti-depressants for him to function at all. We are lucky in that he is an adult and has chosen to be medication compliant and to avoid drugs and alcohol. There were more than a few times where we came close to losing him to his disease, and it tore our hearts out. He has other problems also, and that just made those awful teen years so much more awful!</p><p></p><p>Please know I understand what you are going through. (((((gentle hugs)))))</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 705481, member: 1233"] I would go for private testing also. School testing is almost guaranteed to NOT find the more subtle cases of any problem because then they have to DO something about the problem. Doing something costs them $$ and they don't have it or don't want to spend it. School testing also only looks for how whatever the issue is impacts learning and behavior at school. Private testing looks at how it impacts their entire life. I would try to find a private neuropsychologist to do the testing. You also might look into an Occupational Therapist for sensory issues. Be aware that many Occupational Therapist (OT)'s will tell you that brushing therapy for sensory integration disorder won't work past a certain age. I think that we don't understand the brain well enough to say this, and maybe the results are not as dramatic past a certain age. I do know that I used it on all 3 of my kids though only my youngest was in the age range where our Occupational Therapist (OT) said it would work. It really seemed to help all 3 kids and esp helped the oldest kid the most. My middle child would do the brushing on me (she loved doing it so I became her person after the Occupational Therapist (OT) showed her how to do it - the Occupational Therapist (OT) thought it was cute that she wanted to help do the therapy with her little brother, adn she did want to do that) and I was surprised to find that it helped me. I have very substantial sensory issues and always have, though it took having my youngest diagnosed with them to figure out what they were. As long as you do the therapy correctly, the brushing therapy won't hurt her. At best, it will help her brain cope with sensory input without adding any medication to her body. At worst, it will require you and her to spend a couple of minutes together a few times a day. I was shocked at how much impact it had on my children - especially on their confidence. It was odd to me, but it truly gave a huge boost to their feeling that they could do things well. I don't know if this would happen so overtly given your daughter's depression, but I doubt it could make things worse. I know it is hard to live with a child who is depressed. Please try to focus your anger at her disease, not at her person. My son has severe, intractable unipolar depression. It takes 3 different anti-depressants for him to function at all. We are lucky in that he is an adult and has chosen to be medication compliant and to avoid drugs and alcohol. There were more than a few times where we came close to losing him to his disease, and it tore our hearts out. He has other problems also, and that just made those awful teen years so much more awful! Please know I understand what you are going through. (((((gentle hugs))))) [/QUOTE]
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