Chaosuncontained
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I can just sum it all up by saying "I'm not happy right now".
I don't know WHAT I was expecting. But it WASN'T what we got.
The Psychologist took me and Carson into a room. He was in an awful mood. I know he was wound up just being there. I had only told him we were going to see a lady who was going to try to help him be more "in control". In the waiting room he acted very ugly. Tantrum with me, over the other boy not sharing the blocks...
The Psychologist asked Carson questions. He was defiant. Answered them all but very hateful. Crawled around on the floor after being told numerous times to sit on the couch. Whined. Bit my leg because he couldn't play with a doo-dad on her desk.
Asked me questions. It soon became clear that she was focusing on his defiant behavior. Which I admit he has a lot. BUT--he was in "OVER THE TOP" mode today. I know some of it was "showing out". He;s not usually this bad.
Then she asked me about 10 questions. Then told me they were criteria for Oppositional Defiance. You need 4 out of...whatever. He scored 6 out of...whatever. I told her I was thinking he may be on the spectrum somewhere. She looked at me all puzzled and said she could do a "test" to rule it out. We were in her office for an hour. Just me and Carson. She also metioned that he could and probably is an ice cream sundae. Multiple scoops of different "flavors". ADHD. Mood Disorder. ODD. and something about "impulse something something disorder".
Then we went back to the waiting area. Carson wanted my MP3 player (Star Wars on repeat). I told him he could after he did some paperwork with another lady (IQ test). He threw a huge fit. Screaming NO! The IQ lady gave me an screening for Aspergers. I thought I was going to have to drag him off of the couch and back to the testing area. He *finally* got up and went stomping off with her.
Maybe 20 minutes later she came back. I could tell she was frazzled. She said "Wellll, it was pretty hairy for a bit but we got finished". We were then directed to the check out window. I was told that a report would be mailed to me in a week. Sigh.
Another thing the Psycologist asked was "What services is he using?" Ummm, WHAT? I told her I would love for her to direct me to the proper place and tell me what to ask for...
I'm disappointed. And too afraid to look up info on ODD.
I don't know WHAT I was expecting. But it WASN'T what we got.
The Psychologist took me and Carson into a room. He was in an awful mood. I know he was wound up just being there. I had only told him we were going to see a lady who was going to try to help him be more "in control". In the waiting room he acted very ugly. Tantrum with me, over the other boy not sharing the blocks...
The Psychologist asked Carson questions. He was defiant. Answered them all but very hateful. Crawled around on the floor after being told numerous times to sit on the couch. Whined. Bit my leg because he couldn't play with a doo-dad on her desk.
Asked me questions. It soon became clear that she was focusing on his defiant behavior. Which I admit he has a lot. BUT--he was in "OVER THE TOP" mode today. I know some of it was "showing out". He;s not usually this bad.
Then she asked me about 10 questions. Then told me they were criteria for Oppositional Defiance. You need 4 out of...whatever. He scored 6 out of...whatever. I told her I was thinking he may be on the spectrum somewhere. She looked at me all puzzled and said she could do a "test" to rule it out. We were in her office for an hour. Just me and Carson. She also metioned that he could and probably is an ice cream sundae. Multiple scoops of different "flavors". ADHD. Mood Disorder. ODD. and something about "impulse something something disorder".
Then we went back to the waiting area. Carson wanted my MP3 player (Star Wars on repeat). I told him he could after he did some paperwork with another lady (IQ test). He threw a huge fit. Screaming NO! The IQ lady gave me an screening for Aspergers. I thought I was going to have to drag him off of the couch and back to the testing area. He *finally* got up and went stomping off with her.
Maybe 20 minutes later she came back. I could tell she was frazzled. She said "Wellll, it was pretty hairy for a bit but we got finished". We were then directed to the check out window. I was told that a report would be mailed to me in a week. Sigh.
Another thing the Psycologist asked was "What services is he using?" Ummm, WHAT? I told her I would love for her to direct me to the proper place and tell me what to ask for...
I'm disappointed. And too afraid to look up info on ODD.