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Im so tired...weary... not sure who to trust and believe anymore
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<blockquote data-quote="soapbox" data-source="post: 603881" data-attributes="member: 13003"><p>Has he ever been tested for the "other stuff" that often gets missed?</p><p>Such as...</p><p> </p><p>1) Occupational Therapist (OT) assessment for sensory and motor skills. Yes, you can be a star athlete and have motor skills problems (in that case, typically affecting fine motor skills not gross motor...). Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies that help for either sensory or motor issues. And no, it isn't too late.</p><p> </p><p>2) Screening for APDs, especially auditory figure ground and auditory discrimination. Many Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) screening tools used are still "older" ones that don't screen for these, but... these can be a huge problem in school. Auditory figure ground is where the person hears "everything" but has trouble picking out the "important" sounds from the background noise... such as, teacher's voice in a typical classroom (paper rustling, pencils scratching, erasers being dropped, the cough, the rattle in the heater...). There are useful accommodations, even if you can't get access to the technology (personal FM system or sound field system in the class). Auditory discrimination is where the person has trouble with the fine points of hearing - subtle differences in pronunciation, which if you miss, can change the whole meaning. There are Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) therapies that can help that one.</p><p> </p><p>These things often go with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie, but can also stand alone. My difficult child is an "alphabet soup kid"... long list. But all the pieces make sense, and each piece has brought accommodations and interventions.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="soapbox, post: 603881, member: 13003"] Has he ever been tested for the "other stuff" that often gets missed? Such as... 1) Occupational Therapist (OT) assessment for sensory and motor skills. Yes, you can be a star athlete and have motor skills problems (in that case, typically affecting fine motor skills not gross motor...). Occupational Therapist (OT) has therapies that help for either sensory or motor issues. And no, it isn't too late. 2) Screening for APDs, especially auditory figure ground and auditory discrimination. Many Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) screening tools used are still "older" ones that don't screen for these, but... these can be a huge problem in school. Auditory figure ground is where the person hears "everything" but has trouble picking out the "important" sounds from the background noise... such as, teacher's voice in a typical classroom (paper rustling, pencils scratching, erasers being dropped, the cough, the rattle in the heater...). There are useful accommodations, even if you can't get access to the technology (personal FM system or sound field system in the class). Auditory discrimination is where the person has trouble with the fine points of hearing - subtle differences in pronunciation, which if you miss, can change the whole meaning. There are Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) therapies that can help that one. These things often go with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie, but can also stand alone. My difficult child is an "alphabet soup kid"... long list. But all the pieces make sense, and each piece has brought accommodations and interventions. [/QUOTE]
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