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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 6896" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Tammy,</p><p></p><p>Welcome! I'm glad you found us-we've all had difficult little guys on our hands so we know just what you're going through.</p><p></p><p>Knowing what I know about challenging 4 year olds and reading your posts, I would urge you to to get on an evaluation and any followup therapies or interventions that are recommended. Beyond the private evaluation I think it would be a good idea to contact the public school district (if you already haven't done so) and request an evaluation. If he qualifies for special education preschool then therapies such as speech would be built into the school day. Transportation would be provided at no cost as well. Don't shy away because he's bright--parents of very intelligent children report that Special Education preschool helps because it focuses in on those areas where the child is struggling (often behavioral, social, speech).</p><p></p><p>Children who have communication issues often have behavioral issues because it's frustrating not to be able to communicate. If his delays are beyond articulation, this could be a contributing factor but the family history isn't in his favor either since these disorders tend to be genetic. </p><p></p><p>We obviously can't diagnose here but we can point you in some directions to look. When children have behavioral issues and speech delays, it's important that Autism Spectrum Disorders be included as part of the assessment process because it's very often overlooked in younger children. There's an experimental screening checklist at this site you can run through. </p><p><a href="http://www.childbrain.com/pddq6.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.childbrain.com/pddq6.shtml</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 6896, member: 701"] Tammy, Welcome! I'm glad you found us-we've all had difficult little guys on our hands so we know just what you're going through. Knowing what I know about challenging 4 year olds and reading your posts, I would urge you to to get on an evaluation and any followup therapies or interventions that are recommended. Beyond the private evaluation I think it would be a good idea to contact the public school district (if you already haven't done so) and request an evaluation. If he qualifies for special education preschool then therapies such as speech would be built into the school day. Transportation would be provided at no cost as well. Don't shy away because he's bright--parents of very intelligent children report that Special Education preschool helps because it focuses in on those areas where the child is struggling (often behavioral, social, speech). Children who have communication issues often have behavioral issues because it's frustrating not to be able to communicate. If his delays are beyond articulation, this could be a contributing factor but the family history isn't in his favor either since these disorders tend to be genetic. We obviously can't diagnose here but we can point you in some directions to look. When children have behavioral issues and speech delays, it's important that Autism Spectrum Disorders be included as part of the assessment process because it's very often overlooked in younger children. There's an experimental screening checklist at this site you can run through. [url="http://www.childbrain.com/pddq6.shtml"]http://www.childbrain.com/pddq6.shtml[/url] [/QUOTE]
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