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<blockquote data-quote="massmumma" data-source="post: 259252" data-attributes="member: 7092"><p>Sorry so long. I will keep the autism in mind (I have thought about it) but my best friend (more like a sister) actually is the program director at a private school/living center for spectrum disorders. She was a teacher for this population for years and she is highly experienced in these disorders. She is actually in the process of starting an ABA therapy company with someone else. She 100% does not think she has autistic symptoms (believe me I ask her all the time including the lining things up) and she interacts with her almost on a daily basis and has witnessed her meltdowns. She is actually the one who thinks I should get her checked for possible ODD. She is even iffy about that because she worked with ODD population (along with bi-polar, CD, Anti-social, PD, etc) in a group home before she decided to get her second masters in Special Education.. She used to be a DSS case worker as well. She said she does think she might have mild sensory issues but at the same time she said sometimes it is a stage they go through. She suggested I try ABA with her. She said it can work on all children and it really is a good tool to use. She said she will show me how to do it. She thinks I have done all I can possibly do to parent her otherwise and she said she doesn't even do half the stuff I do with her own kids (made me feel better). She actually agrees with my daughter's pedi. that her tics are "harmless" because her son who is 13 has them too. My daughter is usually good for her but has had a couple meltdowns when she is alone with my friend but my friend is trained so she can handle them. My friend also thinks she might just be fine too and is just a tough kid. She said its really hard at this age to diagnose. She said I will really know when she starts 1st grade because that is when children are really in a true structured enviroment. But she might be giving me a biased opinion because she loves her like I do. I do trust what she says and she really does give me behind the scenes info on the way doctors and therapists operate and she said there are way too many not qualified or just plain bad individuals in this field. She said alot of doctors will just medicate or diagnose every kid they see with the same disorder. She actually thought I should have reported the therapist we had seen to her supervisor but I didn't feel right doing that. I am so confused on what to do. I think I am still in sort of the denial stage. Like I definitly know there is a problem but I am not ready to hear words like autism and ODD. Those words are so scary although I know once I know what is going on we will all be a whole lot better. I might also seem objective now because we really had an excellent day yesterday with her and that always throws everything out for me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="massmumma, post: 259252, member: 7092"] Sorry so long. I will keep the autism in mind (I have thought about it) but my best friend (more like a sister) actually is the program director at a private school/living center for spectrum disorders. She was a teacher for this population for years and she is highly experienced in these disorders. She is actually in the process of starting an ABA therapy company with someone else. She 100% does not think she has autistic symptoms (believe me I ask her all the time including the lining things up) and she interacts with her almost on a daily basis and has witnessed her meltdowns. She is actually the one who thinks I should get her checked for possible ODD. She is even iffy about that because she worked with ODD population (along with bi-polar, CD, Anti-social, PD, etc) in a group home before she decided to get her second masters in Special Education.. She used to be a DSS case worker as well. She said she does think she might have mild sensory issues but at the same time she said sometimes it is a stage they go through. She suggested I try ABA with her. She said it can work on all children and it really is a good tool to use. She said she will show me how to do it. She thinks I have done all I can possibly do to parent her otherwise and she said she doesn't even do half the stuff I do with her own kids (made me feel better). She actually agrees with my daughter's pedi. that her tics are "harmless" because her son who is 13 has them too. My daughter is usually good for her but has had a couple meltdowns when she is alone with my friend but my friend is trained so she can handle them. My friend also thinks she might just be fine too and is just a tough kid. She said its really hard at this age to diagnose. She said I will really know when she starts 1st grade because that is when children are really in a true structured enviroment. But she might be giving me a biased opinion because she loves her like I do. I do trust what she says and she really does give me behind the scenes info on the way doctors and therapists operate and she said there are way too many not qualified or just plain bad individuals in this field. She said alot of doctors will just medicate or diagnose every kid they see with the same disorder. She actually thought I should have reported the therapist we had seen to her supervisor but I didn't feel right doing that. I am so confused on what to do. I think I am still in sort of the denial stage. Like I definitly know there is a problem but I am not ready to hear words like autism and ODD. Those words are so scary although I know once I know what is going on we will all be a whole lot better. I might also seem objective now because we really had an excellent day yesterday with her and that always throws everything out for me. [/QUOTE]
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