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Second meeting with the Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 375769" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>JMO. A LSW is not taught how to diagnose and I doubt this one knows how to do it any more than the rest of us here or you. in my opinion you aren't taking him to the right professional. The last think a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) should be doing is diagnosing AND prescribing the kind of medications he needs. It's not just arrogant, it's dangrous. I hope you decide to seek out a neuropsychologist or a Psychiatrist on your own. Fortunately a Psychiatrist will likely not listen to a social worker, at least not if he is a good psychiatrist. I have been in the mental health care system (as a patient and then for my son) since I was 23 and now I'm 57. No social worker ever tried to diagnose me or suggest medication. My son is on the autitism spectrum. How do you know (or the social worker) that your son has a mood disorder and not high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? Or something else? You need to have testing done, and not just for IQ. Your wife may like her, but I'd try to encourage her to see somebody else. It's not who she likes, it's who is competent to help your child. And I agree that it's insane to predict jail for a child that age. What a downer!!! Good luck, whatever you decide to do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 375769, member: 1550"] JMO. A LSW is not taught how to diagnose and I doubt this one knows how to do it any more than the rest of us here or you. in my opinion you aren't taking him to the right professional. The last think a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) should be doing is diagnosing AND prescribing the kind of medications he needs. It's not just arrogant, it's dangrous. I hope you decide to seek out a neuropsychologist or a Psychiatrist on your own. Fortunately a Psychiatrist will likely not listen to a social worker, at least not if he is a good psychiatrist. I have been in the mental health care system (as a patient and then for my son) since I was 23 and now I'm 57. No social worker ever tried to diagnose me or suggest medication. My son is on the autitism spectrum. How do you know (or the social worker) that your son has a mood disorder and not high functioning Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)? Or something else? You need to have testing done, and not just for IQ. Your wife may like her, but I'd try to encourage her to see somebody else. It's not who she likes, it's who is competent to help your child. And I agree that it's insane to predict jail for a child that age. What a downer!!! Good luck, whatever you decide to do. [/QUOTE]
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