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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 338572" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Ok, here's what I would do and these are my thoughts. She is a lot like a child who is adopted at an older age. Her history is similar since she had a very dysfunctional mom and was shoved around a lot for six years.</p><p></p><p>I'd treat her like an adopted c hild in that I'd have her evaluated by a neuropsychologist, who many here feel are the very best in diagnosing. It sounds to me, since I have a similar child, that she could very well be on the autism spectrum (Aspergers) especially if she had a peculiar and early interest in letters and numbers (which you alluded to) and is socially inappropriate. Not being able to hold a conversation, except within the child's narrow interests, is also typical. I'd be looking into that very hard.</p><p></p><p>Also, she could have attachment issues due to her early upbringing. Not sure about a mood disorder...possible. It is unlikely that she only has one problem, but tackling one at a time is a good idea.</p><p></p><p>A neuropsychologist tests for 6-10 hours and can flush out both psychiatric and neurological issues and tell them apart. A psychiatrist usually can't. After the neuropsychologist evaluation, you can then get appropriate treatment depending on the findings both at home and in school. She is going to be hard to pinpoint and diagnose EXACTLY because so much is going on. But I'd start out reading up on Aspergers and have her tested by a neuropsychologist and take it from there.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 338572, member: 1550"] Ok, here's what I would do and these are my thoughts. She is a lot like a child who is adopted at an older age. Her history is similar since she had a very dysfunctional mom and was shoved around a lot for six years. I'd treat her like an adopted c hild in that I'd have her evaluated by a neuropsychologist, who many here feel are the very best in diagnosing. It sounds to me, since I have a similar child, that she could very well be on the autism spectrum (Aspergers) especially if she had a peculiar and early interest in letters and numbers (which you alluded to) and is socially inappropriate. Not being able to hold a conversation, except within the child's narrow interests, is also typical. I'd be looking into that very hard. Also, she could have attachment issues due to her early upbringing. Not sure about a mood disorder...possible. It is unlikely that she only has one problem, but tackling one at a time is a good idea. A neuropsychologist tests for 6-10 hours and can flush out both psychiatric and neurological issues and tell them apart. A psychiatrist usually can't. After the neuropsychologist evaluation, you can then get appropriate treatment depending on the findings both at home and in school. She is going to be hard to pinpoint and diagnose EXACTLY because so much is going on. But I'd start out reading up on Aspergers and have her tested by a neuropsychologist and take it from there. [/QUOTE]
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