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caryatid's difficult child (ADD/Sensory Integration Disorder (SID))
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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 103168" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Welcome to our forum--I hope you'll find good help and information here.</p><p></p><p>For a child this age who is having problems that you are describing, it's really important to have a multidisciplinary evaluation done. ADD and/or Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) really doesn't help you or the teachers very much in giving you definite direction. A multidisciplinary evaluation should include being seen by a developmental pediatrician or nueropyschologist, as well as a private Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation, and speech/language if there are any speech differences at all (delay, adult sounding speech, etc).</p><p></p><p>You might want to check out the public schools to see what they could offer in the way of services. Evaluations are free (not a substitute for a private evaluation though) and some us have found that they can do things with our kids that we couldn't make happen ourselves. For instance my son has made huge strides in the social realm but he wouldn't take a lick of instruction from me in that area.</p><p></p><p>ADD and/or Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) often are only symptoms of a broader neurological problem. You might do some research on higher functioning Autism (such as Asperger's), Nonverbal Learning Disability, and Bipolar. I should mention that a lot of kids with the first diagnosis's often look bipolar when they've been undiagnosed and untreated so it's important to do your homework thoroughly and involve a compentent diagnostician. If he has Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and it hasn't been diagnosed or treated it could really be throwing him out of whack in the school setting. </p><p></p><p>Check out the books The Explosive Child by Ross Greene and The Out of Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz. </p><p></p><p>How's he doing socially?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 103168, member: 701"] Welcome to our forum--I hope you'll find good help and information here. For a child this age who is having problems that you are describing, it's really important to have a multidisciplinary evaluation done. ADD and/or Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) really doesn't help you or the teachers very much in giving you definite direction. A multidisciplinary evaluation should include being seen by a developmental pediatrician or nueropyschologist, as well as a private Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation, and speech/language if there are any speech differences at all (delay, adult sounding speech, etc). You might want to check out the public schools to see what they could offer in the way of services. Evaluations are free (not a substitute for a private evaluation though) and some us have found that they can do things with our kids that we couldn't make happen ourselves. For instance my son has made huge strides in the social realm but he wouldn't take a lick of instruction from me in that area. ADD and/or Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) often are only symptoms of a broader neurological problem. You might do some research on higher functioning Autism (such as Asperger's), Nonverbal Learning Disability, and Bipolar. I should mention that a lot of kids with the first diagnosis's often look bipolar when they've been undiagnosed and untreated so it's important to do your homework thoroughly and involve a compentent diagnostician. If he has Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) and it hasn't been diagnosed or treated it could really be throwing him out of whack in the school setting. Check out the books The Explosive Child by Ross Greene and The Out of Sync Child by Carol Kranowitz. How's he doing socially? [/QUOTE]
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