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difficult child 2 is driving me INSANE! Is it the autism or the ADHD?
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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 523841" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>Forgive me if I'm repeating myself from an earlier thread.. but.</p><p></p><p>4th grade = major downhill? been there done that. And... NO Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis in our case.</p><p></p><p>More likely, the "real" problem is something you haven't found yet.</p><p>Has he had a full Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for sensory and motor skills issues? If not, these can be huge. And fine motor skills problems can "hide" until about 4th grade.. when suddenly they have to "use" their writing skills... listen and take notes, etc. And they CAN'T do it, but nobody will believe them.</p><p></p><p>How about a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation for auditory processing disorders? If they test for auditory figure ground, they are probably covering the complete spectrum... not every Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) does. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) symptoms - especially in a classroom setting - are almost identical to ADHD - not listening, not paying attention, restless, etc. Think about it... if you can't follow what the teacher is saying, then you are not going to get the right directions anyway... after a while, the child figures, "why bother trying, 'cause I can't do it anyway"... secondary dxes of anxiety and/or depression are not uncommon. Here, they don't like to test for this until about age 7. Many are not caught at all. This is so huge that it affects sleep, behavior, relationships, social skills, self-esteem, and so on...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 523841, member: 13003"] Forgive me if I'm repeating myself from an earlier thread.. but. 4th grade = major downhill? been there done that. And... NO Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis in our case. More likely, the "real" problem is something you haven't found yet. Has he had a full Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for sensory and motor skills issues? If not, these can be huge. And fine motor skills problems can "hide" until about 4th grade.. when suddenly they have to "use" their writing skills... listen and take notes, etc. And they CAN'T do it, but nobody will believe them. How about a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation for auditory processing disorders? If they test for auditory figure ground, they are probably covering the complete spectrum... not every Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) does. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) symptoms - especially in a classroom setting - are almost identical to ADHD - not listening, not paying attention, restless, etc. Think about it... if you can't follow what the teacher is saying, then you are not going to get the right directions anyway... after a while, the child figures, "why bother trying, 'cause I can't do it anyway"... secondary dxes of anxiety and/or depression are not uncommon. Here, they don't like to test for this until about age 7. Many are not caught at all. This is so huge that it affects sleep, behavior, relationships, social skills, self-esteem, and so on... [/QUOTE]
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