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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 616989" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I am thinking that he may have more than one disorder, which is common. Can you explain how he behaves and what is confusing the professionals. Forget the teachers. They have no dog in this battle as they are educators, not diagnosticians.</p><p>Has your son seen a neuropsychologist?</p><p>All of us have our own experiences. IN our case, my son, who is now twenty, was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at age 11, although is father and I "knew" it even before we adopted him so we did our homework and pressured the schools for the proper Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions (no easy task with a wrong diagnosis).</p><p>That helped him. Perhaps your child just didn't get the right interventions???</p><p>Anyhow, back to our story. Once my son did get diagnosed, nobody questioned it. That was like a lightbulb moment for everyone in his life and it made sense.</p><p>What kind of professionals are you talking to? In my opinion there are only two experts you should listen to. Again, this is MY opinion. Those experts are, first and foremost, a neuropsychologist. If you haven't had him see one, I highly recommend that above all other types of diagnosticians. They test for 6-10 hours and tend to find things others miss.</p><p>My second esteemed professional would be his psychiatrist (the guy with the MD), although they are not as "on" about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as a neuropsychologist. They still have a heck of a lot of training that therapists, counselors, teachers, your aunt <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> and even regular psychologists who are not neuropsychs do not have. However, our son's psychiatrist misdiagnosed him as having bipolar instead of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and he was wrong.</p><p>Does the RFT staff even have credentials? I had a foster kid in an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) and was appalled at both the treatement of the kids (or maltreatment) and their ignorance of his problems. Again, JMO, but I'd never trust what an RFT worker thought. I'd even be leery of the psychiatrist. Unless your son's Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) was far better than this childs, and it very well could be, the staff seems to think (or ours did) that these kids are all just plain bad kids. They would carry them off to put them in "quiet rooms" and we'd hear their desperate screams. I just didn't trust them. However, there are good RTFs. Was your son's a good Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)?</p><p>What does your Mom Gut say? What does your son think? Does your son have friends? Is he socially clueless? Why not share a bit more about him? How was he as an infant and toddler? Did you have a normal birth? Was he ever sick?</p><p>You will be validated here <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> WE care.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 616989, member: 1550"] I am thinking that he may have more than one disorder, which is common. Can you explain how he behaves and what is confusing the professionals. Forget the teachers. They have no dog in this battle as they are educators, not diagnosticians. Has your son seen a neuropsychologist? All of us have our own experiences. IN our case, my son, who is now twenty, was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) at age 11, although is father and I "knew" it even before we adopted him so we did our homework and pressured the schools for the proper Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) interventions (no easy task with a wrong diagnosis). That helped him. Perhaps your child just didn't get the right interventions??? Anyhow, back to our story. Once my son did get diagnosed, nobody questioned it. That was like a lightbulb moment for everyone in his life and it made sense. What kind of professionals are you talking to? In my opinion there are only two experts you should listen to. Again, this is MY opinion. Those experts are, first and foremost, a neuropsychologist. If you haven't had him see one, I highly recommend that above all other types of diagnosticians. They test for 6-10 hours and tend to find things others miss. My second esteemed professional would be his psychiatrist (the guy with the MD), although they are not as "on" about Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) as a neuropsychologist. They still have a heck of a lot of training that therapists, counselors, teachers, your aunt :) and even regular psychologists who are not neuropsychs do not have. However, our son's psychiatrist misdiagnosed him as having bipolar instead of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and he was wrong. Does the RFT staff even have credentials? I had a foster kid in an Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) and was appalled at both the treatement of the kids (or maltreatment) and their ignorance of his problems. Again, JMO, but I'd never trust what an RFT worker thought. I'd even be leery of the psychiatrist. Unless your son's Residential Treatment Facility (RTF) was far better than this childs, and it very well could be, the staff seems to think (or ours did) that these kids are all just plain bad kids. They would carry them off to put them in "quiet rooms" and we'd hear their desperate screams. I just didn't trust them. However, there are good RTFs. Was your son's a good Residential Treatment Facility (RTF)? What does your Mom Gut say? What does your son think? Does your son have friends? Is he socially clueless? Why not share a bit more about him? How was he as an infant and toddler? Did you have a normal birth? Was he ever sick? You will be validated here :) WE care. [/QUOTE]
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