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<blockquote data-quote="Babbs" data-source="post: 73158" data-attributes="member: 3820"><p>Welcome to the boards! It is a great place to not only come and vent but also to get some help problem solving too :smile:</p><p></p><p>You mentioned that your son was in preschool? If you live in the US, your local school district (or LEA as it's known) is required by law to have "Child Find" activities. These are school district sponsored days for parents to bring in children whom the parents suspect are not at a developmentally appropriate level for either social skills, adaptive/self help skills, language skills, or motor skills. General behavioral problems are also addressed. I would suggest you speak with your school district regarding who to contact to set up an appointment. Most educational teams who run the child find days will do screening of a child first before determining if a more complete evaluation is needed. This may be a good first step for you - if they decide to not do any testing at this time the child find team can often make recommendations for the issues you're observing.</p><p></p><p>If your SD states that he is too old for the child find process, he is entitled to screening and evaluation as a kindergarten aged student through the SD even though he may not be enrolled in a public school. </p><p></p><p></p><p>One thing to remember - many pediatricians and traditional preschool teachers make subjective judgements regarding a child's overall developmental progress. The APA did a study about 3-4 years ago which found that doctors who "eyeball" a child's level of development missed over 40% of children who had developmental delays. Unless your pediatrician uses a good developmental screening every office visit or your son's preschool teacher uses one in the classroom, I would strongly suggest that you get a developmental screening from a developmental specialist such as at the Child Find teams (that would be an Occupational Therapist (OT), an Early Childhood Education teacher, a school psychologist, or a speech language pathologist). Many times behavior occurs due to a language delays or sensory processing issues that were masked or hidden due to a child's ability to compensate through non-verbal learning or "holding it together" and then being exhausted by the effort at the end of the day.</p><p></p><p>My best wishes for you and your family.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Babbs, post: 73158, member: 3820"] Welcome to the boards! It is a great place to not only come and vent but also to get some help problem solving too [img]:smile:[/img] You mentioned that your son was in preschool? If you live in the US, your local school district (or LEA as it's known) is required by law to have "Child Find" activities. These are school district sponsored days for parents to bring in children whom the parents suspect are not at a developmentally appropriate level for either social skills, adaptive/self help skills, language skills, or motor skills. General behavioral problems are also addressed. I would suggest you speak with your school district regarding who to contact to set up an appointment. Most educational teams who run the child find days will do screening of a child first before determining if a more complete evaluation is needed. This may be a good first step for you - if they decide to not do any testing at this time the child find team can often make recommendations for the issues you're observing. If your SD states that he is too old for the child find process, he is entitled to screening and evaluation as a kindergarten aged student through the SD even though he may not be enrolled in a public school. One thing to remember - many pediatricians and traditional preschool teachers make subjective judgements regarding a child's overall developmental progress. The APA did a study about 3-4 years ago which found that doctors who "eyeball" a child's level of development missed over 40% of children who had developmental delays. Unless your pediatrician uses a good developmental screening every office visit or your son's preschool teacher uses one in the classroom, I would strongly suggest that you get a developmental screening from a developmental specialist such as at the Child Find teams (that would be an Occupational Therapist (OT), an Early Childhood Education teacher, a school psychologist, or a speech language pathologist). Many times behavior occurs due to a language delays or sensory processing issues that were masked or hidden due to a child's ability to compensate through non-verbal learning or "holding it together" and then being exhausted by the effort at the end of the day. My best wishes for you and your family. [/QUOTE]
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