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The Connors, the ADOS, all those tests...what do they really prove?
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 410357" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>klmno beat me to it.</p><p> </p><p>the tests you mention are SO highly subjective i have no idea how anyone could diagnosis anything based on them.</p><p> </p><p>we did a extensive sampling with those three tests...4 teachers, an aide, myself, husband independent of me, and i think the school psychiatric....and it was CLEAR that it was subjective. the teacher that thought she was ODD slanted her answers that way. the teacher that leaned toward depression answered that way. the teacher that thought she was on the spectrum answered that way, and so on. there was absolutely no "meeting of the minds" of data, and each person answering really thought they were doing it objectively and honestly.</p><p> </p><p>so in the end, no valid data came from that sampling.</p><p> </p><p>connors and ados (and that third one, lol) might be some small starting point, but i also dont feel they should be used for diagnostic purposes.</p><p> </p><p>and there are LOTS of people in the world who *are* labeled based on one of those tests...my pediatricians office hands out stims like candy based on connors alone--even if its only done by the parent quickly in the waiting room. </p><p> </p><p>you have to look at the whole picture, a comprehensive battery of tests and the individual circumstances....a few questionaires mean little.</p><p> </p><p>ps: mine took the connors computerized test for adhd. she scored exactly 50%.</p><p>unfortunately she couldnt tolerate a stimulant at all so we are still (ridiculously) trying to treat the main stuff and see if the adhd magically falls away (stop laughing).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 410357, member: 8831"] klmno beat me to it. the tests you mention are SO highly subjective i have no idea how anyone could diagnosis anything based on them. we did a extensive sampling with those three tests...4 teachers, an aide, myself, husband independent of me, and i think the school psychiatric....and it was CLEAR that it was subjective. the teacher that thought she was ODD slanted her answers that way. the teacher that leaned toward depression answered that way. the teacher that thought she was on the spectrum answered that way, and so on. there was absolutely no "meeting of the minds" of data, and each person answering really thought they were doing it objectively and honestly. so in the end, no valid data came from that sampling. connors and ados (and that third one, lol) might be some small starting point, but i also dont feel they should be used for diagnostic purposes. and there are LOTS of people in the world who *are* labeled based on one of those tests...my pediatricians office hands out stims like candy based on connors alone--even if its only done by the parent quickly in the waiting room. you have to look at the whole picture, a comprehensive battery of tests and the individual circumstances....a few questionaires mean little. ps: mine took the connors computerized test for adhd. she scored exactly 50%. unfortunately she couldnt tolerate a stimulant at all so we are still (ridiculously) trying to treat the main stuff and see if the adhd magically falls away (stop laughing). [/QUOTE]
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