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Psychologist appointment: Any good advice?
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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 34792" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>You'll need to rely more on advice from others; our situation is different in Australia.</p><p></p><p>One thought, and it may not be relevant but it might be worth it to help you 'gel' ideas - go to <a href="http://www.childbrain.com" target="_blank">http://www.childbrain.com</a> and look for their Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire. It's not officially diagnostic but it can give you some sense of direction; or not. Print the result whatever you get and take it to the appointment.</p><p></p><p>I recall you mentioned in another thread that he was an early talker, so it sounds like there's no history of language problems. That doesn't rule out Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), only a part of what falls under that description.</p><p></p><p>I would suggest, between now and Friday, carry a note pad with you and keep writing down notes as you remember - things which seem odd or 'not normal' which are concerning you; things he's said or done; things that have happened to him and when, as well as (if possible) why; anything at all which stands out for you.</p><p>Put it all in some sort of order (on the computer?) then take in two copies - one for you to refer to during the appointment, and one for the psychologist to put in the file.</p><p></p><p>The biggest problem I've found - we learn to accept as normal, the situation we live in. As a result, it often falls below our radar and gets missed when a psychologist (or anyone) asks us if anything unusual is going on. Like, what is unusual? How do you define it? Making notes like this can help get some perspective.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 34792, member: 1991"] You'll need to rely more on advice from others; our situation is different in Australia. One thought, and it may not be relevant but it might be worth it to help you 'gel' ideas - go to [url="http://www.childbrain.com"]http://www.childbrain.com[/url] and look for their Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) questionnaire. It's not officially diagnostic but it can give you some sense of direction; or not. Print the result whatever you get and take it to the appointment. I recall you mentioned in another thread that he was an early talker, so it sounds like there's no history of language problems. That doesn't rule out Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), only a part of what falls under that description. I would suggest, between now and Friday, carry a note pad with you and keep writing down notes as you remember - things which seem odd or 'not normal' which are concerning you; things he's said or done; things that have happened to him and when, as well as (if possible) why; anything at all which stands out for you. Put it all in some sort of order (on the computer?) then take in two copies - one for you to refer to during the appointment, and one for the psychologist to put in the file. The biggest problem I've found - we learn to accept as normal, the situation we live in. As a result, it often falls below our radar and gets missed when a psychologist (or anyone) asks us if anything unusual is going on. Like, what is unusual? How do you define it? Making notes like this can help get some perspective. Marg [/QUOTE]
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