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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: 530653" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>In Canada... no diagnosis, no supports. But not every diagnosis = support. (ADHD doesn't get you much.)</p><p></p><p>Elephant dxes get bigger support. But... there is a way around the non-elephant cases. As long as you have the knid of dxes that have a logical case for certain supports... </p><p></p><p>Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) or dysgraphia will get you technology and other standard supports (note-taking, that kind of thing). Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) of any sort gets some form of FM system... and some standard supports. Most LDs have a standard-support list. </p><p></p><p>Mood disorders? harder. Behavior problem? they will throw lots of stuff at the kid, but none of it will be the right stuff. Unless these are part of an elephant (such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)).</p><p></p><p>If it takes an elephant diagnosis to get support in the US... then it's a good thing we live in Canada, or we'd have lost difficult child long ago. Not that our system is perfect either... just some cases work better with different systems, and we can't pick and choose which system we are in based on our needs.</p><p></p><p>The problem with hunting for the elephant<em> if it doesn't exist </em>is that it wastes years and years of time... when symptomatic intervention would have worked miracles. </p><p></p><p>The $64 question is... how can you tell if you're dealing with an elephant, or just a raft of "other" stuff??? If we knew... the approach would be simpler.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 530653, member: 11791"] In Canada... no diagnosis, no supports. But not every diagnosis = support. (ADHD doesn't get you much.) Elephant dxes get bigger support. But... there is a way around the non-elephant cases. As long as you have the knid of dxes that have a logical case for certain supports... Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) or dysgraphia will get you technology and other standard supports (note-taking, that kind of thing). Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) of any sort gets some form of FM system... and some standard supports. Most LDs have a standard-support list. Mood disorders? harder. Behavior problem? they will throw lots of stuff at the kid, but none of it will be the right stuff. Unless these are part of an elephant (such as Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)). If it takes an elephant diagnosis to get support in the US... then it's a good thing we live in Canada, or we'd have lost difficult child long ago. Not that our system is perfect either... just some cases work better with different systems, and we can't pick and choose which system we are in based on our needs. The problem with hunting for the elephant[I] if it doesn't exist [/I]is that it wastes years and years of time... when symptomatic intervention would have worked miracles. The $64 question is... how can you tell if you're dealing with an elephant, or just a raft of "other" stuff??? If we knew... the approach would be simpler. [/QUOTE]
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