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<blockquote data-quote="TeDo" data-source="post: 488123"><p>I am so glad things are progressing for difficult child. I totally agree with Buddy and your husband. difficult child 1 got severely depressed because of the way the school was treating him because of his ADHD/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms (behaviors & inability to put things into the right words). It was so bad that the psychiatrist ordered he be homebound for the last month of school. Please take whatever help the sd is willing to give you. I think too that you shouldn't rule out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Definitely find a Child Psychiatrist or neuropsychologist to do a thorough evaluation. In our sd, there is an Autism Consultant that I had to specifically request to evaluate difficult child 1. The school didn't tell me this person even existed. She found (after a PhD Psychologist & a psychiatrist diagnosed) that difficult child 1 was definitely on the spectrum and she sat in on many IEP (ARD) meetings to offer suggestions for interventions.</p><p></p><p>You might also want to check into a thorough Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation. Most kids like ours have sensory issues that no one even knows exist (my difficult child has a hard time processing words in black letters on white paper & he couldn't STAND the smell of "coffee breath"). A good Occupational Therapist (OT) would pick up on things the sd might not even think about (ours said there were no Occupational Therapist (OT) issues).</p><p></p><p>Keep plugging away. You don't know how lucky you are to have a sd that is willing to bend over backwards for your little guy. Take everything they are willing to offer you.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TeDo, post: 488123"] I am so glad things are progressing for difficult child. I totally agree with Buddy and your husband. difficult child 1 got severely depressed because of the way the school was treating him because of his ADHD/Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) symptoms (behaviors & inability to put things into the right words). It was so bad that the psychiatrist ordered he be homebound for the last month of school. Please take whatever help the sd is willing to give you. I think too that you shouldn't rule out Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Definitely find a Child Psychiatrist or neuropsychologist to do a thorough evaluation. In our sd, there is an Autism Consultant that I had to specifically request to evaluate difficult child 1. The school didn't tell me this person even existed. She found (after a PhD Psychologist & a psychiatrist diagnosed) that difficult child 1 was definitely on the spectrum and she sat in on many IEP (ARD) meetings to offer suggestions for interventions. You might also want to check into a thorough Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation. Most kids like ours have sensory issues that no one even knows exist (my difficult child has a hard time processing words in black letters on white paper & he couldn't STAND the smell of "coffee breath"). A good Occupational Therapist (OT) would pick up on things the sd might not even think about (ours said there were no Occupational Therapist (OT) issues). Keep plugging away. You don't know how lucky you are to have a sd that is willing to bend over backwards for your little guy. Take everything they are willing to offer you. [/QUOTE]
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