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Wee difficult child's evaluation results - prepping for IEP
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<blockquote data-quote="AnnieO" data-source="post: 257886" data-attributes="member: 6705"><p>Shari, this post, in a manner, frightens me...</p><p> </p><p>difficult child 2 is 10 and this report could have been written about him... Only a few minor differences...</p><p> </p><p>We recently got a referral to a neuropsychologist for difficult child 2, after I kept seeing his behaviors pop up on this site in different places, and he started to really regress. The guy is the same one who originally (2 years ago) diagnosed him with ADHD after biomom took him. (Side note: her report was the poster child for all ADHD symptoms; ours, and his teacher's, were close to identical and almost the polar opposite of biomom's.) I was a little upset when husband told me this. However... New pediatrician (well, since we took over residential of kids) suggested this guy because he has the background on difficult child 2; and this guy did not prescribe any medications for difficult child 2, that was done by old pediatrician. Come to find out, biomom TOLD THE pediatrician WHAT SHE WANTED HIM ON. WTH?! A doctor that listens to that? He actually asked husband at one point what he wanted him to prescribe for difficult child 1. Can we say, new docs all round?!</p><p> </p><p>Anyway... the writing about war... WHEW. difficult child 2 loves Star Wars video games, and pretends <strong>everything</strong> is a gun. (Even down to chicken nuggets that have a silencer made of french fries.) He owns approximately 5 billion little green army men (although the rate of attrition is high as the rule is, if it's left out, husband or I trash it). Another 30 or so of the Star Wars clone figures (these cost too much to pitch, so I put them in a drawer; right now there are about 15 in there). War movies. Last week I took away his recorder bag (like a flute with a mouthpiece?) that he had filled with marbles and bent and was pretending to shoot people with. (I actually took it away because a) he was not supposed to have anything but the recorder in it and b) I had just stepped on a marble and fallen on my bad knee - on the dang marble!!!)</p><p> </p><p>Now that I've made this all about me... or my difficult child... <img src="/community/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/redface.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":redface:" title="redface :redface:" data-shortname=":redface:" /></p><p> </p><p>I am thinking you are likely right and the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and anxiety are doing it, too. I have read in more than one place that Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and other Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are frequently first misdiagnosed as ADHD - then, of course, the stimulant medications just make life worse for child and parent... and everyone around them.</p><p> </p><p>Also I started working on my response before Janet responded but, YEAH! What are the odds of your speaking with the neuropsychologist again?!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AnnieO, post: 257886, member: 6705"] Shari, this post, in a manner, frightens me... difficult child 2 is 10 and this report could have been written about him... Only a few minor differences... We recently got a referral to a neuropsychologist for difficult child 2, after I kept seeing his behaviors pop up on this site in different places, and he started to really regress. The guy is the same one who originally (2 years ago) diagnosed him with ADHD after biomom took him. (Side note: her report was the poster child for all ADHD symptoms; ours, and his teacher's, were close to identical and almost the polar opposite of biomom's.) I was a little upset when husband told me this. However... New pediatrician (well, since we took over residential of kids) suggested this guy because he has the background on difficult child 2; and this guy did not prescribe any medications for difficult child 2, that was done by old pediatrician. Come to find out, biomom TOLD THE pediatrician WHAT SHE WANTED HIM ON. WTH?! A doctor that listens to that? He actually asked husband at one point what he wanted him to prescribe for difficult child 1. Can we say, new docs all round?! Anyway... the writing about war... WHEW. difficult child 2 loves Star Wars video games, and pretends [B]everything[/B] is a gun. (Even down to chicken nuggets that have a silencer made of french fries.) He owns approximately 5 billion little green army men (although the rate of attrition is high as the rule is, if it's left out, husband or I trash it). Another 30 or so of the Star Wars clone figures (these cost too much to pitch, so I put them in a drawer; right now there are about 15 in there). War movies. Last week I took away his recorder bag (like a flute with a mouthpiece?) that he had filled with marbles and bent and was pretending to shoot people with. (I actually took it away because a) he was not supposed to have anything but the recorder in it and b) I had just stepped on a marble and fallen on my bad knee - on the dang marble!!!) Now that I've made this all about me... or my difficult child... :blushing: I am thinking you are likely right and the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and anxiety are doing it, too. I have read in more than one place that Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) and other Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are frequently first misdiagnosed as ADHD - then, of course, the stimulant medications just make life worse for child and parent... and everyone around them. Also I started working on my response before Janet responded but, YEAH! What are the odds of your speaking with the neuropsychologist again?! [/QUOTE]
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