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<blockquote data-quote="nlg319" data-source="post: 59608" data-attributes="member: 3637"><p>Thanks for your reply and interest. Answers to your questions are:</p><p></p><p>1)Did his birthmother abuse drugs or alcohol while pregnant?</p><p></p><p>Birth mom reports no <strong>abuse</strong> of alcohol or drugs, but I suspect there was alcohol use.</p><p></p><p>2)Do you know of any psychiatric disorders in the family tree?</p><p></p><p>Information from Birth Mom is vague as she is not accepting that she has done anything wrong and has appealed the the court's decision of terminating her rights. It is suspected that there is mental illness on her side. There is no information from Bio. Dad's side. Birth Mom is limited intellectually, and not very cooperative. He has not seen her in over 2 years and even when he saw her, she was a stranger to him as he was placed in care at 3 weeks old.</p><p></p><p>3)Is he seeing a developmental pediatrician?</p><p></p><p>He is not currently being followed by any specialists. He did have a Nuerological Evaluation, which resulted in diagnosis. of Ataxia, as far as speech delay was concerned. He also had a Psychological Evaluation done at Children's Hospital in Boston, which is where the diagnosis of ADHD and Communication Disorder came from. I wanted to do that evaluation to see if there was any autistic tendencies, but the reports came back that he did not fit anywhere on the spectrum. </p><p></p><p>I think you are absolutely correct in what I need to do next. I need to find a good child psychiatrist to evalutate him. Should I also look for a developmental pediatrician? He is one of 6 children, all have a variety of issues. Their diagnosis's include PTSD, ADHD & ADD,Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), Developmental Delays, and Sensory Issues. No BiPolar (BP),or Psychotic Illness.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="nlg319, post: 59608, member: 3637"] Thanks for your reply and interest. Answers to your questions are: 1)Did his birthmother abuse drugs or alcohol while pregnant? Birth mom reports no [b]abuse[/b] of alcohol or drugs, but I suspect there was alcohol use. 2)Do you know of any psychiatric disorders in the family tree? Information from Birth Mom is vague as she is not accepting that she has done anything wrong and has appealed the the court's decision of terminating her rights. It is suspected that there is mental illness on her side. There is no information from Bio. Dad's side. Birth Mom is limited intellectually, and not very cooperative. He has not seen her in over 2 years and even when he saw her, she was a stranger to him as he was placed in care at 3 weeks old. 3)Is he seeing a developmental pediatrician? He is not currently being followed by any specialists. He did have a Nuerological Evaluation, which resulted in diagnosis. of Ataxia, as far as speech delay was concerned. He also had a Psychological Evaluation done at Children's Hospital in Boston, which is where the diagnosis of ADHD and Communication Disorder came from. I wanted to do that evaluation to see if there was any autistic tendencies, but the reports came back that he did not fit anywhere on the spectrum. I think you are absolutely correct in what I need to do next. I need to find a good child psychiatrist to evalutate him. Should I also look for a developmental pediatrician? He is one of 6 children, all have a variety of issues. Their diagnosis's include PTSD, ADHD & ADD,Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD), Developmental Delays, and Sensory Issues. No BiPolar (BP),or Psychotic Illness. [/QUOTE]
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