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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 16291" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>OK, some suggestions for all of you - we seem to have a newbie convention on this thread! hey, it happens, but be aware we have to give priority to the person who started the thread. I would advise the rest of you to post about your own situation in more detail. However...</p><p></p><p>Getting a copy of "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene is a good idea. But your kids are all very young - for an advance idea of this book, go to Early Childhood and look at the post there about adapting "The Explosive Child" to very young kids. It's a great book in my opinion, but you need to try it for yourself. And if there is another problem not diagnosed or dealt with properly, you will only have limited success.</p><p></p><p>So my next suggestion - keep heading for evaluation. You need a multidisciplinary evaluation, I would recommend a neuropsychologist to be on the team somewhere (get better advice on this from others nearer your location) but a website for you to look at - <a href="http://www.childbrain.com." target="_blank">www.childbrain.com.</a> Do their online Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire. It's NOT diagnostic, so you can't decide yourself what is wrong. Even if the test scores as "significant Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)" or whatever, it's still only something to think about. But you can print the results (whatever you score for him, including normal) and take the printout to the specialist appointment for their opinion. But in the meantime it could give you some sense of direction.</p><p></p><p>We can't diagnose here either, but we can share experiences and offer suggestions. I'm suggesting the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire now because your story sounds sufficiently familiar to me, and it was a good indicator for us.</p><p></p><p>Something else important, especially if you think the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) score is worth following up, is to organise a speech pathology assessment. You may consider his speech is fine, and it may be - but an expert's report that is more specific about his results would be very useful both now and in years to come, if ever Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is considered. If we were getting difficult child 3 tested now for the first time, he would test as normal for speech and language. However, his HISTORY of language delay (thanks to an early assessment) makes his diagnosis undisputed. And believe me, we've had people dispute it and I've been very glad of that report to get difficult child 3's support reinstated and back on track, when educators try to derail it.</p><p></p><p>The sooner you have some idea of what is going on, the sooner you can begin to help your child. Meanwhile, we're here.</p><p></p><p>A strong recommendation - be discreet. Avoid using real names (that's why we abbreviate) because some people find themselves being cyber-stalked and if you are careful enough, you can vent here to your heart's content and know it won't follow you back into the 'real' world.</p><p></p><p>And welcome to you all!</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 16291, member: 1991"] OK, some suggestions for all of you - we seem to have a newbie convention on this thread! hey, it happens, but be aware we have to give priority to the person who started the thread. I would advise the rest of you to post about your own situation in more detail. However... Getting a copy of "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene is a good idea. But your kids are all very young - for an advance idea of this book, go to Early Childhood and look at the post there about adapting "The Explosive Child" to very young kids. It's a great book in my opinion, but you need to try it for yourself. And if there is another problem not diagnosed or dealt with properly, you will only have limited success. So my next suggestion - keep heading for evaluation. You need a multidisciplinary evaluation, I would recommend a neuropsychologist to be on the team somewhere (get better advice on this from others nearer your location) but a website for you to look at - [url="http://www.childbrain.com."]www.childbrain.com.[/url] Do their online Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire. It's NOT diagnostic, so you can't decide yourself what is wrong. Even if the test scores as "significant Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)" or whatever, it's still only something to think about. But you can print the results (whatever you score for him, including normal) and take the printout to the specialist appointment for their opinion. But in the meantime it could give you some sense of direction. We can't diagnose here either, but we can share experiences and offer suggestions. I'm suggesting the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire now because your story sounds sufficiently familiar to me, and it was a good indicator for us. Something else important, especially if you think the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) score is worth following up, is to organise a speech pathology assessment. You may consider his speech is fine, and it may be - but an expert's report that is more specific about his results would be very useful both now and in years to come, if ever Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) is considered. If we were getting difficult child 3 tested now for the first time, he would test as normal for speech and language. However, his HISTORY of language delay (thanks to an early assessment) makes his diagnosis undisputed. And believe me, we've had people dispute it and I've been very glad of that report to get difficult child 3's support reinstated and back on track, when educators try to derail it. The sooner you have some idea of what is going on, the sooner you can begin to help your child. Meanwhile, we're here. A strong recommendation - be discreet. Avoid using real names (that's why we abbreviate) because some people find themselves being cyber-stalked and if you are careful enough, you can vent here to your heart's content and know it won't follow you back into the 'real' world. And welcome to you all! Marg [/QUOTE]
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