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Does anyone ever wonder if the professionals REALLY know what is wrong with our kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 530214" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Given a difficult child that took... 10 years too long to get even close on the labels and on the interventions and accommodations? </p><p></p><p>On the surface, my trust level is way down.</p><p></p><p>In reality... it's a mixed picture.</p><p>School? hasn't got a single clue how to handle complex kids, and tends to react in destructive ways (such as treating all behavior problems as either attitude or bad parenting). Unless your kid fits one of their little boxes, they don't have a clue. And if another parent were to ask me about trusting school, either that there is a problem or that things are "fine"... I'd have to say that mommy gut overrides school 100% of the time.</p><p></p><p>Other professionals?</p><p>What do you do when the test your difficult child needed in grade 2, wasn't even available (in these parts) until he was in grade 8? This isn't even psychiatrist stuff... this was Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), where there are recognized testing strategies that are ACCURATE. Who do you get mad at????</p><p></p><p>All the pros waffled on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie or not question... When we took extreme fatigue out of the equation, it became obvious that mommy gut was right (not there). </p><p></p><p>The tdocs wanted to move difficult child toward LESS attachment and more independence. What he really needed was to re-attach... what little trust we had in tdocs is gone.</p><p></p><p>psychiatrists? Well, we've had a good one, and she's been open and worked with us, but... didn't have any more answers on stones to turn over than we did. On the medications front, fantastic. Up front on side-effects, controlled in approach (and only changes one thing at a time). Has her own ideas, but listens to our case and will adjust. Treats difficult child like a real person. We still trust her for medications. But she's not a diagnosis source.</p><p></p><p>If I knew 10 years ago what I know now... I'd have found a way to force schools to treat difficult child as though he had Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)... back in grade 1. And I would never have found this board, because we would never have gone down that road. difficult child knew then. I knew then. But... nobody else on the planet had any clue that we could even remotely be on the right track.</p><p></p><p>If you fit ONE major diagnosis, your chances of getting the right diagnosis go up.</p><p>Otherwise? </p><p><headshake></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 530214, member: 11791"] Given a difficult child that took... 10 years too long to get even close on the labels and on the interventions and accommodations? On the surface, my trust level is way down. In reality... it's a mixed picture. School? hasn't got a single clue how to handle complex kids, and tends to react in destructive ways (such as treating all behavior problems as either attitude or bad parenting). Unless your kid fits one of their little boxes, they don't have a clue. And if another parent were to ask me about trusting school, either that there is a problem or that things are "fine"... I'd have to say that mommy gut overrides school 100% of the time. Other professionals? What do you do when the test your difficult child needed in grade 2, wasn't even available (in these parts) until he was in grade 8? This isn't even psychiatrist stuff... this was Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), where there are recognized testing strategies that are ACCURATE. Who do you get mad at???? All the pros waffled on the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie or not question... When we took extreme fatigue out of the equation, it became obvious that mommy gut was right (not there). The tdocs wanted to move difficult child toward LESS attachment and more independence. What he really needed was to re-attach... what little trust we had in tdocs is gone. psychiatrists? Well, we've had a good one, and she's been open and worked with us, but... didn't have any more answers on stones to turn over than we did. On the medications front, fantastic. Up front on side-effects, controlled in approach (and only changes one thing at a time). Has her own ideas, but listens to our case and will adjust. Treats difficult child like a real person. We still trust her for medications. But she's not a diagnosis source. If I knew 10 years ago what I know now... I'd have found a way to force schools to treat difficult child as though he had Auditory Processing Disorders (APD)... back in grade 1. And I would never have found this board, because we would never have gone down that road. difficult child knew then. I knew then. But... nobody else on the planet had any clue that we could even remotely be on the right track. If you fit ONE major diagnosis, your chances of getting the right diagnosis go up. Otherwise? <headshake> [/QUOTE]
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