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Should I fight for Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) diagnosis??
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 498717" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Well, you have given LOTs of examples of tone, body language etc. Also have given lots of examples of his probably not processing well. May be language may be other specific auditory processing issues and likely... it is a COMBINATION of one or several of these issues. Can you imagine this poor kid trying to figure things out??? Holy heck no wonder he gets so upset sometimes. </p><p></p><p></p><p>There are many wonderful things in TEACCH. I 100% believe that it is important to make sure that you use multiple researched methods that address skill areas and not be stuck into any ONE thing especially if a child does not make progress in one program. SO, just check it out and see if they have Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) services and how they work on things. See if it matches your gut considering how he learns. You can always try and if it is a good fit that would be wonderful! It sometimes takes specialized autism programs to catch the little more subtle things that the doctors look at as "they have it or they dont" kinds of things.</p><p></p><p></p><p>OH, and regarding the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified issue... just from what you are saying, I would not think he would get that, he actually sounds fully on the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) spectrum. In the US there is a medical diagnosis and an educational diagnosis and until the DSM changes they look different on paper. A child does NOT need a medical diagnosis to get the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label in the schools. They do not need an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis to get a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) (autism, aspergers, etc...) diagnosis in the medical community. If testing in the medical community is done, then the schools can use that to fulfill criteria by saying they scored in the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) range/autism range etc.. but in the schools they would still no matter the specific medical label will only get put under the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) federal educational category. (people may say in the schools that this kid has aspergers, autism etc.. but on the formal IEP it will say they are educated in the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) category). SO, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified can lend support (though the rest of the criteria has to be met) to qualifying for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in the schools but it may not get him therapy privately because it all depends on your insurance etc.</p><p></p><p>I had Q stay under the general daughter (developmental delay) category in early childhood. That must change when they hit elementary school but it bought us time to investigate things and make sure.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 498717, member: 12886"] Well, you have given LOTs of examples of tone, body language etc. Also have given lots of examples of his probably not processing well. May be language may be other specific auditory processing issues and likely... it is a COMBINATION of one or several of these issues. Can you imagine this poor kid trying to figure things out??? Holy heck no wonder he gets so upset sometimes. There are many wonderful things in TEACCH. I 100% believe that it is important to make sure that you use multiple researched methods that address skill areas and not be stuck into any ONE thing especially if a child does not make progress in one program. SO, just check it out and see if they have Occupational Therapist (OT) and Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) services and how they work on things. See if it matches your gut considering how he learns. You can always try and if it is a good fit that would be wonderful! It sometimes takes specialized autism programs to catch the little more subtle things that the doctors look at as "they have it or they dont" kinds of things. OH, and regarding the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified issue... just from what you are saying, I would not think he would get that, he actually sounds fully on the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) spectrum. In the US there is a medical diagnosis and an educational diagnosis and until the DSM changes they look different on paper. A child does NOT need a medical diagnosis to get the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) label in the schools. They do not need an Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis to get a Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) (autism, aspergers, etc...) diagnosis in the medical community. If testing in the medical community is done, then the schools can use that to fulfill criteria by saying they scored in the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) range/autism range etc.. but in the schools they would still no matter the specific medical label will only get put under the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) federal educational category. (people may say in the schools that this kid has aspergers, autism etc.. but on the formal IEP it will say they are educated in the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) category). SO, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)-not otherwise specified can lend support (though the rest of the criteria has to be met) to qualifying for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) in the schools but it may not get him therapy privately because it all depends on your insurance etc. I had Q stay under the general daughter (developmental delay) category in early childhood. That must change when they hit elementary school but it bought us time to investigate things and make sure. [/QUOTE]
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