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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 26484" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>Alison, don't worry about wearing out your welcome here. You're not even coming close! </p><p>What makes you such a valuable person on this site - you're someone who is doing a lot of hard work with your child already but you're also doing a lot of reading, digging, asking questions and thinking a lot. Right now your focus is on your child (understandably) but you also seem the kind of person who already has a good feel for handing some situations and will be there with tea and sympathy when the next Alison comes along.</p><p></p><p>Basically, Alison - you are us.</p><p></p><p>With evaluations, look at the symptom description and not the label. Mood swings don't necessarily mean bipolar, so only answer each question based on your understanding of your observations. Same with the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) thing - it's all worked out carefully and connected to age, whether the problem is resolved or never existed, and it looks at everything. There is a connectedness there which can help. The Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) survey also has a really good answer guide to help you when you're not sure of definitions, etc. For example, years ago I did the test on easy child 2/difficult child 2 and scored just outside Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) (ie normal - just). Then she and I sat down and did it together. I was surprised at some of her answers until she explained them to me and we checked the guide on how to interpret the questions. She still only scores "mild Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)" but it's still very definite.</p><p>But what does it mean, for her? Not much, really. She has already adapted and the label will actually make absolutely no difference to her life in any way. But sometimes, it's just nice to know.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 26484, member: 1991"] Alison, don't worry about wearing out your welcome here. You're not even coming close! What makes you such a valuable person on this site - you're someone who is doing a lot of hard work with your child already but you're also doing a lot of reading, digging, asking questions and thinking a lot. Right now your focus is on your child (understandably) but you also seem the kind of person who already has a good feel for handing some situations and will be there with tea and sympathy when the next Alison comes along. Basically, Alison - you are us. With evaluations, look at the symptom description and not the label. Mood swings don't necessarily mean bipolar, so only answer each question based on your understanding of your observations. Same with the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) thing - it's all worked out carefully and connected to age, whether the problem is resolved or never existed, and it looks at everything. There is a connectedness there which can help. The Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) survey also has a really good answer guide to help you when you're not sure of definitions, etc. For example, years ago I did the test on easy child 2/difficult child 2 and scored just outside Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) (ie normal - just). Then she and I sat down and did it together. I was surprised at some of her answers until she explained them to me and we checked the guide on how to interpret the questions. She still only scores "mild Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)" but it's still very definite. But what does it mean, for her? Not much, really. She has already adapted and the label will actually make absolutely no difference to her life in any way. But sometimes, it's just nice to know. Marg [/QUOTE]
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