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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 557057" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Sorry - the attachment comment was to the post above mine, not to your original post. </p><p></p><p>She's 6, and issues started a couple of months ago... as in, about the time school started or just before?</p><p>If so... sounds familiar.</p><p></p><p>Assuming initially that ADHD or ADD is an accurate diagnosis (more on that later)... </p><p>1) half the kids with ADHD also have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (developmental coordination disorder, a motor skills problem affecting fine or gross motor skills or both)</p><p>2) a high proportion (don't have numbers on this one) of kids with ADHD also have LDs, and</p><p>3) 70% of kids with ADHD plus a Learning Disability (LD)... also have an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD).</p><p></p><p>So. What are the chances that there is more going on than "just" ADHD? probably very high.</p><p></p><p>That has been the path with my difficult child.</p><p></p><p>However... many other kids on this board started with an ADHD diagnosis and ended up with Aspie or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or other stuff. </p><p></p><p>With our challenging kids, often the best answers come from a comprehensive evaluation. A neuropsychologist is one source for that (more commonly in the USA), but there are others, such as a child behavioural/developmental team out of a childrens' hospital or university. Our best evaluation was a PhD-level child psychologist. </p><p></p><p>Some comprehensive evaluations are more detailed than others. Some include an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation, some don't. Some include APDs, some only include the classical (language processing) form of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), some don't include it at all.</p><p></p><p>So... on top of a comprehensive evaluation, it often pays to get these two done separately.</p><p>1) Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for motor skills and sensory issues - report is of value to comprehensive evaluator, and Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies and interventions that help.</p><p>2) full testing for the complete range of APDs. Might have to wait another year for this, most won't do it before age 7 or 8. The full range includes subtle APDs like difficulties distinguishing particular sounds, or problems filtering background noise (so, hard to hear in a classroom).</p><p></p><p>Don't get specific about your location, but could you give us some clue as to where on the globe you are? USA/Canada/Europe/Africa... somewhere? We have a global membership (although heavily populated from USA), and often there will be more "local" people with ideas that work where you live.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 557057, member: 11791"] Sorry - the attachment comment was to the post above mine, not to your original post. She's 6, and issues started a couple of months ago... as in, about the time school started or just before? If so... sounds familiar. Assuming initially that ADHD or ADD is an accurate diagnosis (more on that later)... 1) half the kids with ADHD also have Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) (developmental coordination disorder, a motor skills problem affecting fine or gross motor skills or both) 2) a high proportion (don't have numbers on this one) of kids with ADHD also have LDs, and 3) 70% of kids with ADHD plus a Learning Disability (LD)... also have an Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). So. What are the chances that there is more going on than "just" ADHD? probably very high. That has been the path with my difficult child. However... many other kids on this board started with an ADHD diagnosis and ended up with Aspie or Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) or other stuff. With our challenging kids, often the best answers come from a comprehensive evaluation. A neuropsychologist is one source for that (more commonly in the USA), but there are others, such as a child behavioural/developmental team out of a childrens' hospital or university. Our best evaluation was a PhD-level child psychologist. Some comprehensive evaluations are more detailed than others. Some include an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation, some don't. Some include APDs, some only include the classical (language processing) form of Auditory Processing Disorders (APD), some don't include it at all. So... on top of a comprehensive evaluation, it often pays to get these two done separately. 1) Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for motor skills and sensory issues - report is of value to comprehensive evaluator, and Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies and interventions that help. 2) full testing for the complete range of APDs. Might have to wait another year for this, most won't do it before age 7 or 8. The full range includes subtle APDs like difficulties distinguishing particular sounds, or problems filtering background noise (so, hard to hear in a classroom). Don't get specific about your location, but could you give us some clue as to where on the globe you are? USA/Canada/Europe/Africa... somewhere? We have a global membership (although heavily populated from USA), and often there will be more "local" people with ideas that work where you live. [/QUOTE]
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