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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 164736" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Totoro,</p><p> </p><p>I would get her into the Dev pediatrician and see if they have a multi-disciplinary evaluation available. this is where a group of different professionals test and hten work together to find the correct diagnosis.</p><p> </p><p>Our dev pediatrician did this with EVERY patient, even the medicaid ones (the ones most docs barely see, much less test in depth). I think wizard had 9 or 10 hours of testing, then the docs met 3 times to discuss results among themselves (some of hte meetings were during the testing process so they could refine the tests and do whatever tests seemed most useful).</p><p> </p><p>The meeting with the dev pediatrician and the other docs was wonderful. They were really indepth and on the ball. Even though Wizard made eye contact, used a HUGE vocabulary, made and understood puns and humor, they still diagnosed aspergers. And they were right.</p><p> </p><p>A neuropsychologist was one of the professionals involved, but NOT the only one. I really really think a multidisciplinary evaluation is the way to go. This way you have different professionals and they each can pick up on different things. </p><p> </p><p>Just in my opinion.</p><p> </p><p>But yes, I do think N needs more evaluation and yes, she probably has some PTSD from K's behaviors. Not much you can do about the PTSD but be there for her, keep her safe, and maybe play therapy at this age. But when she is older you will need to get some therapy for her. </p><p> </p><p>Hugs,</p><p> </p><p>Susie</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 164736, member: 1233"] Totoro, I would get her into the Dev pediatrician and see if they have a multi-disciplinary evaluation available. this is where a group of different professionals test and hten work together to find the correct diagnosis. Our dev pediatrician did this with EVERY patient, even the medicaid ones (the ones most docs barely see, much less test in depth). I think wizard had 9 or 10 hours of testing, then the docs met 3 times to discuss results among themselves (some of hte meetings were during the testing process so they could refine the tests and do whatever tests seemed most useful). The meeting with the dev pediatrician and the other docs was wonderful. They were really indepth and on the ball. Even though Wizard made eye contact, used a HUGE vocabulary, made and understood puns and humor, they still diagnosed aspergers. And they were right. A neuropsychologist was one of the professionals involved, but NOT the only one. I really really think a multidisciplinary evaluation is the way to go. This way you have different professionals and they each can pick up on different things. Just in my opinion. But yes, I do think N needs more evaluation and yes, she probably has some PTSD from K's behaviors. Not much you can do about the PTSD but be there for her, keep her safe, and maybe play therapy at this age. But when she is older you will need to get some therapy for her. Hugs, Susie [/QUOTE]
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