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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 227660" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>I've been at this a long time and in my opinion before you really get help with the IEP, you need to find out what is really wrong with your son. I don't like how the psychiatrist seems indecisive and secretive and, if my son's psychiatrist had acted like that, I would have fired her. Our kids don't HAVE all the time in the world. The younger they get help, the better they do in life. This is just my opinion, but I'd speed things up and go to a neuropsychologist. The psychiatrist hasn't had him tested, has she? </p><p>I had a lot more luck with neuropsychologist evaluations then Psychiatrists. They kept getting my son wrong, partly because they go by what you say and they don't actually test the kids. I feel the testing is necessary. Our neuropsychologist tested my son for ten hours in two hour increments. It covered everything from every Neurological deficit to possible Psychiatric problems and he finally nailed my son by the tests. He took his time and was VERY explicit with us and mailed us a ten page report that was so useful for school. My son got a lot better after we understood him better. It made me wonder why our darn psychiatrist had never told us to go to a neuropsychologist. If your son has Aspergers he needs school interventions ASAP. He can't just be medicated and made better just by giving him medications. He needs special handling in school, at home, and in learning how to deal with real life. I would not be happy with a psychiatrist who just read my updates and didn't share much and didn't do any testing and STILL didn't really tell me what was wrong. But if she doesn't test, the chances are good for a misdiagnosis. JMO and experience!</p><p>I wish you luck <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 227660, member: 1550"] I've been at this a long time and in my opinion before you really get help with the IEP, you need to find out what is really wrong with your son. I don't like how the psychiatrist seems indecisive and secretive and, if my son's psychiatrist had acted like that, I would have fired her. Our kids don't HAVE all the time in the world. The younger they get help, the better they do in life. This is just my opinion, but I'd speed things up and go to a neuropsychologist. The psychiatrist hasn't had him tested, has she? I had a lot more luck with neuropsychologist evaluations then Psychiatrists. They kept getting my son wrong, partly because they go by what you say and they don't actually test the kids. I feel the testing is necessary. Our neuropsychologist tested my son for ten hours in two hour increments. It covered everything from every Neurological deficit to possible Psychiatric problems and he finally nailed my son by the tests. He took his time and was VERY explicit with us and mailed us a ten page report that was so useful for school. My son got a lot better after we understood him better. It made me wonder why our darn psychiatrist had never told us to go to a neuropsychologist. If your son has Aspergers he needs school interventions ASAP. He can't just be medicated and made better just by giving him medications. He needs special handling in school, at home, and in learning how to deal with real life. I would not be happy with a psychiatrist who just read my updates and didn't share much and didn't do any testing and STILL didn't really tell me what was wrong. But if she doesn't test, the chances are good for a misdiagnosis. JMO and experience! I wish you luck :) [/QUOTE]
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