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<blockquote data-quote="klmno" data-source="post: 199119" data-attributes="member: 3699"><p>Welcome! I agree with the others- our experience has been that the school always starts with the ADHD short evaluation ONLY. Many of our kids meet that criteria even though there might be something else going on with them. Unfortunately, the school won't look for more once they determine adhd. That is just what I see in this area anyway. My son has mood cycling, so when he is symptommatic is when everyone wants to test him. He isn't adhd, but will be hyper and have trouble focusing and concentrating during certain phases. If we had the school evaluation him and didn't look deeper, he would have ended up on a stimulant medication, which makes mood cycling worse (more drastic and possible violent behavior).</p><p></p><p>The neuropsychological testing and an evaluation by a child psychiatrist usually is the most thorough way to determine what is really going on with the child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="klmno, post: 199119, member: 3699"] Welcome! I agree with the others- our experience has been that the school always starts with the ADHD short evaluation ONLY. Many of our kids meet that criteria even though there might be something else going on with them. Unfortunately, the school won't look for more once they determine adhd. That is just what I see in this area anyway. My son has mood cycling, so when he is symptommatic is when everyone wants to test him. He isn't adhd, but will be hyper and have trouble focusing and concentrating during certain phases. If we had the school evaluation him and didn't look deeper, he would have ended up on a stimulant medication, which makes mood cycling worse (more drastic and possible violent behavior). The neuropsychological testing and an evaluation by a child psychiatrist usually is the most thorough way to determine what is really going on with the child. [/QUOTE]
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