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<blockquote data-quote="Hanging-On" data-source="post: 92800" data-attributes="member: 2325"><p>Good thought. What are your thoughts on that? What comes to mind that I should question and look into?</p><p></p><p>easy child is in Special Education Pre-K 4. He tested for the need in services in SPL, Occupational Therapist (OT), and SW. Both difficult child and easy child have the language delays part in the SPL, both are Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) (but difficult child is Severe, and easy child is not. come to think of it they haven't told me what level he is mild or medium). Both have the need for SW. So when easy child tested positive for early intervention, through Child Find, in all the areas that difficult child has I was/am concerned that easy child may have the same disabilities as difficult child but on the milder scale. I'm still trying to learn all the disabilities that difficult child has. Last night his homebound therapist was discussing difficult child's severe deficit and dysfunction in his frontal lobe, so that's why he has severe disabilities in executive functioning. (I have told all the therapist that they need to get with the nuero-psychiatric (in their weekly meetings regarding difficult child's homebound therapy, office BM therapies, etc) and find EXACTLY what his disabilities are, what brain damage he has and where, and to TEACH me EXACTLY what his issues are and how they effect the things in his life and why explain why (tie it together) why we are doing this goal and why he can't do some goal, etc. Because so far it's not working/helping me to just say "he needs to do this and that" if I don't understand WHY and what is that suppose to do.</p><p></p><p>So, my thought TODAY (with the info I have TODAY), is that easy child has some of the areas that difficult child has but not so bad. That he may be delayed, but hopefully with early intervention he will conquer those delays and not need the therapies to the massive extent that difficult child does. THAT'S MY HOPE AND PRAYER!!</p><p></p><p>I did question, and told, the psychiatrist that if we were only dealing with easy child literaly bouncing off the walls and be impulsive and he's a pre-schooler (which can be normal for this age) then why give easy child medications. They were saying that his hyperactivity and impulsivity was at an extreme level so they wanted to look at that, but also that easy child's issues were then impacting difficult child's issues and making difficult child worse. So if we took the edge off easy child it would not only help him, but also difficult child.....something like that. I see the point they're trying to make, but I don't like the thing about drugging easy child so difficult child has an easier time. Know what I mean? But I'm not sure if I truly understand if that is really the point they were making. </p><p></p><p>Because I was anti-medication (and am to a point, now), I just don't know if it's the right thing for easy child.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hanging-On, post: 92800, member: 2325"] Good thought. What are your thoughts on that? What comes to mind that I should question and look into? easy child is in Special Education Pre-K 4. He tested for the need in services in SPL, Occupational Therapist (OT), and SW. Both difficult child and easy child have the language delays part in the SPL, both are Sensory Integration Disorder (SID) (but difficult child is Severe, and easy child is not. come to think of it they haven't told me what level he is mild or medium). Both have the need for SW. So when easy child tested positive for early intervention, through Child Find, in all the areas that difficult child has I was/am concerned that easy child may have the same disabilities as difficult child but on the milder scale. I'm still trying to learn all the disabilities that difficult child has. Last night his homebound therapist was discussing difficult child's severe deficit and dysfunction in his frontal lobe, so that's why he has severe disabilities in executive functioning. (I have told all the therapist that they need to get with the nuero-psychiatric (in their weekly meetings regarding difficult child's homebound therapy, office BM therapies, etc) and find EXACTLY what his disabilities are, what brain damage he has and where, and to TEACH me EXACTLY what his issues are and how they effect the things in his life and why explain why (tie it together) why we are doing this goal and why he can't do some goal, etc. Because so far it's not working/helping me to just say "he needs to do this and that" if I don't understand WHY and what is that suppose to do. So, my thought TODAY (with the info I have TODAY), is that easy child has some of the areas that difficult child has but not so bad. That he may be delayed, but hopefully with early intervention he will conquer those delays and not need the therapies to the massive extent that difficult child does. THAT'S MY HOPE AND PRAYER!! I did question, and told, the psychiatrist that if we were only dealing with easy child literaly bouncing off the walls and be impulsive and he's a pre-schooler (which can be normal for this age) then why give easy child medications. They were saying that his hyperactivity and impulsivity was at an extreme level so they wanted to look at that, but also that easy child's issues were then impacting difficult child's issues and making difficult child worse. So if we took the edge off easy child it would not only help him, but also difficult child.....something like that. I see the point they're trying to make, but I don't like the thing about drugging easy child so difficult child has an easier time. Know what I mean? But I'm not sure if I truly understand if that is really the point they were making. Because I was anti-medication (and am to a point, now), I just don't know if it's the right thing for easy child. [/QUOTE]
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