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6yr old...can't get diagnosis
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 340292" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Before you said anything, I thought "Aspergers." Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is a big symptom as well as ADHD energy and inattention. They also tend to be very rigid and not transition well. </p><p></p><p>I would seriously look into it for both boys, since they are identical twins. </p><p></p><p>School interventions help a lot more than medications. My son has this and has REALLY done well with services. I'd take them both for a second opinion, and a neuropsychologist is probably your best bet. These kids are often very smart, and VERY verbal (they can sound like Little Professors), but they are socially clueless and need to literally be taught how to read social cues...and what they are. They don't just pick it up like other kids do. They also tend not to understand rules about authority and really don't understand why an adult is "over" them just because they are older. They can argue for hours over "fairness." Regular discipline does not work with them. You need to understand how they think to communicate with them. It's not easy, but it's worth it in the end (if this is the problem with the boys). They also tend to have very intense obsessive interests, but not a lot of them. </p><p></p><p>Can the boys socialize well with other peers besides one another? This is a big clue. Can they hold a give-and-talk conversation or do they tend to either monologue at people in a large vocabulary OR just answer "yes" "no" "I don't know."</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 340292, member: 1550"] Before you said anything, I thought "Aspergers." Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) is a big symptom as well as ADHD energy and inattention. They also tend to be very rigid and not transition well. I would seriously look into it for both boys, since they are identical twins. School interventions help a lot more than medications. My son has this and has REALLY done well with services. I'd take them both for a second opinion, and a neuropsychologist is probably your best bet. These kids are often very smart, and VERY verbal (they can sound like Little Professors), but they are socially clueless and need to literally be taught how to read social cues...and what they are. They don't just pick it up like other kids do. They also tend not to understand rules about authority and really don't understand why an adult is "over" them just because they are older. They can argue for hours over "fairness." Regular discipline does not work with them. You need to understand how they think to communicate with them. It's not easy, but it's worth it in the end (if this is the problem with the boys). They also tend to have very intense obsessive interests, but not a lot of them. Can the boys socialize well with other peers besides one another? This is a big clue. Can they hold a give-and-talk conversation or do they tend to either monologue at people in a large vocabulary OR just answer "yes" "no" "I don't know." [/QUOTE]
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