JLady
A ship lost in the night
We've had questionairres filled out by people. We've been to pshycologists, a child psychiatrist, the school counselors, an outside counselor all since November of 2008.
Original diagnosis was ADHD with ODD. WRONG and I knew it. Now we have Mood Disorder, ADHD, and Aspergers Syndrome. I meet with the school tomorrow morning in order to decide where to go from here. I contacted the school board after getting the Aspergers diagnosis to find out what programs are available. This meeting is suppose to be to push forward with getting approval for Special Education services.
The outside counselor that my son is working with seems to be the only person that he has connected with. He talks to him and not to the other doctors we have seen. The child psychiatrist is the one who made the diagnosis. I suppose the criteria was all the questions we answered and the way my son acted around her.
Last night the counselor suggested that I push forward with the school and ask them to do their own testing as sort of a second opinion. He said they will talk with the people that really know my son. He agrees of many of the symptoms of Aspergers but isn't convinced that my son isn't just way behind in development. Isn't that part of aspergers as well? What is the accronym? AS?
The counselor also said that the program the school offers could do my son a world of good. That I really want to check it out before making such a big change for him.
My question is..... How much testing, what kind of testing, and what do I need to know to make sound decisions for my son? He keeps saying he doesn't want to talk about his "bad behaviour".
It's so difficult to know what to do.
Jlady
Original diagnosis was ADHD with ODD. WRONG and I knew it. Now we have Mood Disorder, ADHD, and Aspergers Syndrome. I meet with the school tomorrow morning in order to decide where to go from here. I contacted the school board after getting the Aspergers diagnosis to find out what programs are available. This meeting is suppose to be to push forward with getting approval for Special Education services.
The outside counselor that my son is working with seems to be the only person that he has connected with. He talks to him and not to the other doctors we have seen. The child psychiatrist is the one who made the diagnosis. I suppose the criteria was all the questions we answered and the way my son acted around her.
Last night the counselor suggested that I push forward with the school and ask them to do their own testing as sort of a second opinion. He said they will talk with the people that really know my son. He agrees of many of the symptoms of Aspergers but isn't convinced that my son isn't just way behind in development. Isn't that part of aspergers as well? What is the accronym? AS?
The counselor also said that the program the school offers could do my son a world of good. That I really want to check it out before making such a big change for him.
My question is..... How much testing, what kind of testing, and what do I need to know to make sound decisions for my son? He keeps saying he doesn't want to talk about his "bad behaviour".
It's so difficult to know what to do.
Jlady