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<blockquote data-quote="SRL" data-source="post: 335736" data-attributes="member: 701"><p>Sorry to hear that you've been looking for answers since age 3. Unfortunately we hear it all the time with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)--unless it's classical Autism it often slips under the radar.</p><p> </p><p></p><p> </p><p>When parents here refer to "neuropsychologist" evaluations they are meaning a <em>neuropsychologist</em>, who is a psychologist with extra training and clinical experience in diagnosing neurological conditions. Typically they do a parent history, see the patient, and do various tests (hours and tests depending on need and age of the child). Your appointment was with a <em>neuropsychiatrist</em>, who is a medical doctor that probably specialized in psychiatry first, and then went on for additional training in behavioral neurology. That's why he did "doctor" things like examine your son and could direct the PA about medications.</p><p> </p><p>I think you're off to a good start here. You have someone who will work closely with you on medications. You now have an idea of the general areas in which your son's issues lie (Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), hyperactivity, impulsivity, etc) so you can start doing your research and find out strategies that tend to work best with kids with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). You have a diagnosis and hopefully a report with recommendations to use with the school. Consider this a starting point--read about other conditions that Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids often struggle with such as speech issues, auditory processing or language processing problems, sensory processing problems and executive function problems. You may decide that in the near future you want to pursue further evaluation, either with a neuropsychologist or some of the other specialty areas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="SRL, post: 335736, member: 701"] Sorry to hear that you've been looking for answers since age 3. Unfortunately we hear it all the time with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)--unless it's classical Autism it often slips under the radar. When parents here refer to "neuropsychologist" evaluations they are meaning a [I]neuropsychologist[/I], who is a psychologist with extra training and clinical experience in diagnosing neurological conditions. Typically they do a parent history, see the patient, and do various tests (hours and tests depending on need and age of the child). Your appointment was with a [I]neuropsychiatrist[/I], who is a medical doctor that probably specialized in psychiatry first, and then went on for additional training in behavioral neurology. That's why he did "doctor" things like examine your son and could direct the PA about medications. I think you're off to a good start here. You have someone who will work closely with you on medications. You now have an idea of the general areas in which your son's issues lie (Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD), hyperactivity, impulsivity, etc) so you can start doing your research and find out strategies that tend to work best with kids with Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). You have a diagnosis and hopefully a report with recommendations to use with the school. Consider this a starting point--read about other conditions that Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids often struggle with such as speech issues, auditory processing or language processing problems, sensory processing problems and executive function problems. You may decide that in the near future you want to pursue further evaluation, either with a neuropsychologist or some of the other specialty areas. [/QUOTE]
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