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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 84812" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>Put in another vote for a neuropsychologist. They are much more intensive than a regular psycologist and ODD rarely stands alone. All the kids here have ODD symptoms, but the ODD is caused by other problems for the most part. It's much better to be safe than sorry. A few questions:</p><p>1/Do you have any mood disorders or substance abuse on either side of the family tree? ANY psychiatric disorders?</p><p>2/How was his early development? Speech or motor delays? Good eye cotact? Is he appropriate with his peers, does he know how to play with toys? Was he VERY precocious (strangely, this can mean the same as being delayed). Fixated on numbers and letters? </p><p>3/Has he ever had an in-dept evaluation outside of school?</p><p>This will help us more, but my own best advice is to not be afraid of what you may hear, and take it to a neuropsychologist or a Child Psychiatrist (with the MD) or both. My son was multiply misdiagnosed and treated for problems he didn't really have. I prefer being very cautious rather than "waiting and seeing" which can lead to it being way out of control, whatever "it" may be. ADHD isn't the only diagnosis for children and also, since there are no blood tests, every diagnosis is just the professionals best guess. We had poor luck with psychologists. Welcome to the board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 84812, member: 1550"] Put in another vote for a neuropsychologist. They are much more intensive than a regular psycologist and ODD rarely stands alone. All the kids here have ODD symptoms, but the ODD is caused by other problems for the most part. It's much better to be safe than sorry. A few questions: 1/Do you have any mood disorders or substance abuse on either side of the family tree? ANY psychiatric disorders? 2/How was his early development? Speech or motor delays? Good eye cotact? Is he appropriate with his peers, does he know how to play with toys? Was he VERY precocious (strangely, this can mean the same as being delayed). Fixated on numbers and letters? 3/Has he ever had an in-dept evaluation outside of school? This will help us more, but my own best advice is to not be afraid of what you may hear, and take it to a neuropsychologist or a Child Psychiatrist (with the MD) or both. My son was multiply misdiagnosed and treated for problems he didn't really have. I prefer being very cautious rather than "waiting and seeing" which can lead to it being way out of control, whatever "it" may be. ADHD isn't the only diagnosis for children and also, since there are no blood tests, every diagnosis is just the professionals best guess. We had poor luck with psychologists. Welcome to the board. [/QUOTE]
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