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<blockquote data-quote="lovemychocolate" data-source="post: 232268" data-attributes="member: 6623"><p>"Did the psychologist make any suggestions for dealing with your son's school isses? Did he refer or offer further testing to see if his diagnosis was correct? Odd rarely is a diagnosis that stands alone. It usually refers to a series of behavior issues that accompany other dxs. How does your son do academically in school?"</p><p> </p><p>-The psychiatric. suggested a sticker sheet at home--I had told him we did this when ds was 5 and 6 and he was too old for it. Testing?? He said he was doing testing in the psychiatric. sessions, but wasn't specific. The sessions involved playing uno, mouse trap, and other board games with- him and ds. I sat outside the office until the last 10 or 15 minutes. I was brought in again and played another board game with the both of them. I had zero time for dialogue with- the psychiatric. I do understand there the idea of game play therapy, but the psychiatric. seemed to treat my son as if he merely needed more parental discipline.</p><p> </p><p>I had left a phone message for the psychiatric. asking him if he had any input to give me. I was needing something to bring to the school in order to get any services for my ds. That day we had a session and at the end of it he gave me an apt. reminder and below he wrote some possible diagnosis: add/adhd; odd, and then he wrote: monitor for bipolar. He said I oculd take that to the school. I looked at him in disbelief about the bipolar and qualifing it with "monitor for" </p><p> </p><p>I know that my son is not bipolar and after reading Dr. Greene's book, "The Explosive Child" he specifically says that if the only time a child looks bipolar is when he's having a meltdown, then that's not bipolar.</p><p> </p><p>Academically, my son gets stuck alot. He has the ability to sit and do work, he get iritated alot from other student's and gets frustrated easily. When he does do work, it's great. He often refuses to do writing and reading though.</p><p> </p><p>I have also read that odd rarely occurs alone. I don't think the add/adhd is a fit either. What are the other possible combo's with- odd? Ds isn't physical with- others or himself. He's super smart in some areas, but average or just below in others--somewhat typical, eh?</p><p> </p><p>Thanks for input.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="lovemychocolate, post: 232268, member: 6623"] "Did the psychologist make any suggestions for dealing with your son's school isses? Did he refer or offer further testing to see if his diagnosis was correct? Odd rarely is a diagnosis that stands alone. It usually refers to a series of behavior issues that accompany other dxs. How does your son do academically in school?" -The psychiatric. suggested a sticker sheet at home--I had told him we did this when ds was 5 and 6 and he was too old for it. Testing?? He said he was doing testing in the psychiatric. sessions, but wasn't specific. The sessions involved playing uno, mouse trap, and other board games with- him and ds. I sat outside the office until the last 10 or 15 minutes. I was brought in again and played another board game with the both of them. I had zero time for dialogue with- the psychiatric. I do understand there the idea of game play therapy, but the psychiatric. seemed to treat my son as if he merely needed more parental discipline. I had left a phone message for the psychiatric. asking him if he had any input to give me. I was needing something to bring to the school in order to get any services for my ds. That day we had a session and at the end of it he gave me an apt. reminder and below he wrote some possible diagnosis: add/adhd; odd, and then he wrote: monitor for bipolar. He said I oculd take that to the school. I looked at him in disbelief about the bipolar and qualifing it with "monitor for" I know that my son is not bipolar and after reading Dr. Greene's book, "The Explosive Child" he specifically says that if the only time a child looks bipolar is when he's having a meltdown, then that's not bipolar. Academically, my son gets stuck alot. He has the ability to sit and do work, he get iritated alot from other student's and gets frustrated easily. When he does do work, it's great. He often refuses to do writing and reading though. I have also read that odd rarely occurs alone. I don't think the add/adhd is a fit either. What are the other possible combo's with- odd? Ds isn't physical with- others or himself. He's super smart in some areas, but average or just below in others--somewhat typical, eh? Thanks for input. [/QUOTE]
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