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Hi new here would like some honest opinions about my daughter
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 530103" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>The power of the diagnosis. </p><p>Here... even if "they" (i.e. school) haven't heard of it, if it "fits" what you are asking for, the diagnosis becomes the justification.</p><p></p><p>Case in point.</p><p>difficult child needed technology support - writing was not working. Everybody on the planet agreed that he needed technology. He even qualified for high-needs programming... but no funding for technology, because we couldn't tie his "needs" to a relevant diagnosis. </p><p>And then he got the Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) diagnosis and... had a computer within 10 weeks.</p><p>Not because the school system knew what Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) was - they still don't, really. But... it was the official stamp of approval on defining a motor skills problem - and obviously, if the developmental pediatrician. says he has major motor skills problems, AND the Occupational Therapist (OT) says he needs a computer... it becomes really hard to say "we can't do that".</p><p></p><p>Couldn't trial a personal FM system, either... until he got the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) diagnosis. THEN they jumped all over it, because they love that intervention (yes the systems are expensive, but the province funds them separately... and the effect is immediate, doesn't require much for on-going support)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 530103, member: 11791"] The power of the diagnosis. Here... even if "they" (i.e. school) haven't heard of it, if it "fits" what you are asking for, the diagnosis becomes the justification. Case in point. difficult child needed technology support - writing was not working. Everybody on the planet agreed that he needed technology. He even qualified for high-needs programming... but no funding for technology, because we couldn't tie his "needs" to a relevant diagnosis. And then he got the Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) diagnosis and... had a computer within 10 weeks. Not because the school system knew what Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD) was - they still don't, really. But... it was the official stamp of approval on defining a motor skills problem - and obviously, if the developmental pediatrician. says he has major motor skills problems, AND the Occupational Therapist (OT) says he needs a computer... it becomes really hard to say "we can't do that". Couldn't trial a personal FM system, either... until he got the Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) diagnosis. THEN they jumped all over it, because they love that intervention (yes the systems are expensive, but the province funds them separately... and the effect is immediate, doesn't require much for on-going support) [/QUOTE]
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