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Hi all, new here and need help re: my almost 10 year old daughter
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 575134" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Well... </p><p>I'm going to be saying the same thing as many above me in the thread.</p><p>She really needs a comprehensive evaluation.</p><p></p><p>Depression... is frequently a secondary diagnosis, where the depression is caused by other problems not being caught and/or handled correctly.</p><p></p><p>ODD... is at best a placeholder diagnosis. It does describe problem behavior. That alone can provide some validation of the fact that this child has a real problem. But the diagnosis of ODD brings with it ... nothing. There are no accommodations, interventions, or medications, that work with ODD. For many of us on this board, ODD was a mis-ex, a red-herring, or at best a place-holder.</p><p></p><p>There are many other dxes that produce "oppositional" behaviors.</p><p></p><p>While you are pursuing the comprehensive evaluation, try and also get an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for sensory and motor skills issues. Some comprehensive evaluators have access to an Occupational Therapist (OT), but many do not... but if you have an Occupational Therapist (OT) report available, the comprehensive evaluator WILL make use of it.</p><p>Plus... the Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies and interventions and accommodations that help with both sensory and motor skills issues... and these are the same no matter what the eventual diagnosis(es). Whether the child is Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and has sensory integration problems as part of that, or whether the sensory issues stand alone... it's the same therapies etc.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 575134, member: 11791"] Well... I'm going to be saying the same thing as many above me in the thread. She really needs a comprehensive evaluation. Depression... is frequently a secondary diagnosis, where the depression is caused by other problems not being caught and/or handled correctly. ODD... is at best a placeholder diagnosis. It does describe problem behavior. That alone can provide some validation of the fact that this child has a real problem. But the diagnosis of ODD brings with it ... nothing. There are no accommodations, interventions, or medications, that work with ODD. For many of us on this board, ODD was a mis-ex, a red-herring, or at best a place-holder. There are many other dxes that produce "oppositional" behaviors. While you are pursuing the comprehensive evaluation, try and also get an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for sensory and motor skills issues. Some comprehensive evaluators have access to an Occupational Therapist (OT), but many do not... but if you have an Occupational Therapist (OT) report available, the comprehensive evaluator WILL make use of it. Plus... the Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies and interventions and accommodations that help with both sensory and motor skills issues... and these are the same no matter what the eventual diagnosis(es). Whether the child is Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and has sensory integration problems as part of that, or whether the sensory issues stand alone... it's the same therapies etc. [/QUOTE]
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