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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 262929" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Hi AudMama. I'm glad you found us. These difficult little darlin's definitely do zap the life out of their moms!</p><p></p><p>We're only parents here--not diagnosticians--but as I was reading through your description some things did jump out at me. If this were my child I would want a thorough evaluation done on him, including for Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s can be easy to miss on young children (especially if they're on the fence or atypical diagnostically) and since you're seeing some hand flapping, obsessive behavior, behavioral problems, and some possible indications of sensory integration problems, I think it's important that you have some professionals take a look beyond just a psychologist for behavioral help. It's not uncommon to have to travel to a larger city to a Children's or University hospital but I promise you it's worth taking a hard look up front and not just trying to go about addressing the behaviors without having a grasp on what's contributing to the behaviors.</p><p></p><p>Here's an article on how to approach your pediatrician to ask for an evaluation. Parents here have found developmental pediatricians, pediatric neuropsychologists, and Autism Clinics to overall be more reliable in diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s than others. You would also want an evaluation in the areas of audiology, speech/language, and pediatric occupational therapy.</p><p></p><p>Please note: while this info is specific to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s and none of us really know if that's the direction you need to be looking, the same basic evaluation process will be helpful in digging up info no matter what you're dealing with.</p><p><a href="http://oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html" target="_blank">http://oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html</a></p><p></p><p>You might want to read up on Sensory Integration Dysfunction as you might see some clues to the obsessive hand sniffing, high pain tolerance, being bothered by the dog barking, and perhaps even the swallowing problems. If this article below rings a bell at all then check out the book "The Out of Sync Child" by Carol Kranowitz.</p><p><a href="http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm" target="_blank">http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm</a></p><p></p><p>We always recommend that new parents check out the book "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene and read the thread about adapting it to young children at the top of this board. It will give you some parenting strategies to help deal with the difficult behaviors while you work on finding out what--if anything--is behind them.</p><p></p><p>Is he lining up toys or household objects in straight lines or formations?</p><p>What's his speech like? Any delays or advanced, more adult sounding speech?</p><p>How's he getting along with other kids his age?</p><p></p><p>I hope you can find some help with the allergies. I suffered miserably as a child on into adulthood. I'm much better now, thanks to years of allergy shots, the right medications and (to my surprise) a year of chiropractic which eliminated pesky asthma symptoms.</p><p></p><p>Hope this helps,</p><p>SRL</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 262929, member: 701"] Hi AudMama. I'm glad you found us. These difficult little darlin's definitely do zap the life out of their moms! We're only parents here--not diagnosticians--but as I was reading through your description some things did jump out at me. If this were my child I would want a thorough evaluation done on him, including for Autistic Spectrum Disorders. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s can be easy to miss on young children (especially if they're on the fence or atypical diagnostically) and since you're seeing some hand flapping, obsessive behavior, behavioral problems, and some possible indications of sensory integration problems, I think it's important that you have some professionals take a look beyond just a psychologist for behavioral help. It's not uncommon to have to travel to a larger city to a Children's or University hospital but I promise you it's worth taking a hard look up front and not just trying to go about addressing the behaviors without having a grasp on what's contributing to the behaviors. Here's an article on how to approach your pediatrician to ask for an evaluation. Parents here have found developmental pediatricians, pediatric neuropsychologists, and Autism Clinics to overall be more reliable in diagnosing Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s than others. You would also want an evaluation in the areas of audiology, speech/language, and pediatric occupational therapy. Please note: while this info is specific to Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)'s and none of us really know if that's the direction you need to be looking, the same basic evaluation process will be helpful in digging up info no matter what you're dealing with. [url]http://oreilly.com/medical/autism/news/getting_diag.html[/url] You might want to read up on Sensory Integration Dysfunction as you might see some clues to the obsessive hand sniffing, high pain tolerance, being bothered by the dog barking, and perhaps even the swallowing problems. If this article below rings a bell at all then check out the book "The Out of Sync Child" by Carol Kranowitz. [url]http://www.tsbvi.edu/seehear/fall97/sensory.htm[/url] We always recommend that new parents check out the book "The Explosive Child" by Ross Greene and read the thread about adapting it to young children at the top of this board. It will give you some parenting strategies to help deal with the difficult behaviors while you work on finding out what--if anything--is behind them. Is he lining up toys or household objects in straight lines or formations? What's his speech like? Any delays or advanced, more adult sounding speech? How's he getting along with other kids his age? I hope you can find some help with the allergies. I suffered miserably as a child on into adulthood. I'm much better now, thanks to years of allergy shots, the right medications and (to my surprise) a year of chiropractic which eliminated pesky asthma symptoms. Hope this helps, SRL [/QUOTE]
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