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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 544215" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Can you clue the psychiatrist in ahead of time that difficult child is diagnosis-sensitive?</p><p>There are different ways of approaching it.</p><p></p><p>For a while, my difficult child "didn't want any more labels".</p><p>Because... the labels weren't doing any good, and he was getting a rough ride from peers.</p><p>It took a while of working "around" the diagnosis, to get him back on track.</p><p>Some things that helped...</p><p></p><p>- before actually giving the diagnosis, the psychiatrist gave us some things to try - interventions, accommodations etc. - that work with that diagnosis but not with some other dxes. Trying stuff and having some success meant that difficult child wanted more "success"... to get that, we have to go to the diagnosis level... and he came around.</p><p></p><p>- know ahead of time what doors open with a diagnosis. For difficult child, knowing that there were specific things that come with the diagnosis, helped. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) = personal FM system (and he already knew he needed that, so... no fight on diagnosis). sensory processing disorder (SPD) = Occupational Therapist (OT) = mostly fun. ADHD = medications that cut the focus effort = less headaches. This of course is harder with a diagnosis like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie... but it stil pays to know ahead of time what positive things the diagnosis will mean for difficult child.</p><p></p><p>- Treat the label like a name. Whether you call your dog Buster or Hobo or Rex has no impact on who the dog is and how they behave. The label of a diagnosis doesn't change who your difficult child is.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 544215, member: 11791"] Can you clue the psychiatrist in ahead of time that difficult child is diagnosis-sensitive? There are different ways of approaching it. For a while, my difficult child "didn't want any more labels". Because... the labels weren't doing any good, and he was getting a rough ride from peers. It took a while of working "around" the diagnosis, to get him back on track. Some things that helped... - before actually giving the diagnosis, the psychiatrist gave us some things to try - interventions, accommodations etc. - that work with that diagnosis but not with some other dxes. Trying stuff and having some success meant that difficult child wanted more "success"... to get that, we have to go to the diagnosis level... and he came around. - know ahead of time what doors open with a diagnosis. For difficult child, knowing that there were specific things that come with the diagnosis, helped. Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) = personal FM system (and he already knew he needed that, so... no fight on diagnosis). sensory processing disorder (SPD) = Occupational Therapist (OT) = mostly fun. ADHD = medications that cut the focus effort = less headaches. This of course is harder with a diagnosis like Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD)/Aspie... but it stil pays to know ahead of time what positive things the diagnosis will mean for difficult child. - Treat the label like a name. Whether you call your dog Buster or Hobo or Rex has no impact on who the dog is and how they behave. The label of a diagnosis doesn't change who your difficult child is. [/QUOTE]
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