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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 173888" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Hi drama_mama85, welcome to our forum! For the sake of your privacy, I'd like to suggest removing the name of your town from your profile if you're using real names of your children.</p><p> </p><p>We're seeing a pretty high correlation between parent mental health issues and those of the child so I think you're smart to jump on this right away. Usually we tell parents not to rely on the school district to diagnose medical and mental health but I understand if you feel like that's your only option. I would suggest you call your county mental health department and what's available through that. Also when you go through the school district evaluation they may be able to point you to other resources in the state or community since they will be familiar with what's out there. An ADHD diagnosis usually means medications which normally your pediatrician can handle but if you have a bipolar diagnosis that wouldn't be advisable until a full evaluation is done on your son.</p><p> </p><p>As far as behavior goes, what we're suggesting is for parents to start with the book The Explosive Child. Many of us have had good results with it. There's a thread at the top of this board about adapting it for younger children.</p><p> </p><p>What kinds of behavioral things are you seeing in your son? Does he have any other developmental or quirky issues that you've noticed?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 173888, member: 701"] Hi drama_mama85, welcome to our forum! For the sake of your privacy, I'd like to suggest removing the name of your town from your profile if you're using real names of your children. We're seeing a pretty high correlation between parent mental health issues and those of the child so I think you're smart to jump on this right away. Usually we tell parents not to rely on the school district to diagnose medical and mental health but I understand if you feel like that's your only option. I would suggest you call your county mental health department and what's available through that. Also when you go through the school district evaluation they may be able to point you to other resources in the state or community since they will be familiar with what's out there. An ADHD diagnosis usually means medications which normally your pediatrician can handle but if you have a bipolar diagnosis that wouldn't be advisable until a full evaluation is done on your son. As far as behavior goes, what we're suggesting is for parents to start with the book The Explosive Child. Many of us have had good results with it. There's a thread at the top of this board about adapting it for younger children. What kinds of behavioral things are you seeing in your son? Does he have any other developmental or quirky issues that you've noticed? [/QUOTE]
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