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What could be wrong with my 3 year old, please help?
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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 540542" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Without knowing more about the situation... and it would help to know more (country? are you a stay at home mom or do you work and therefore this child is in daycare? if in daycare, from what age?)... </p><p></p><p>My first reaction is... start getting evaluations. </p><p>Depending on where you live, neuropsychs may not be available (i.e., we don't have access to them for these kinds of evaluations, where I live). But if you are in North America, there WILL be some way to get a comprehensive evaluation. Sometimes that is done through a child developmental or behavioral clinic at a teaching hospital. Sometimes, it is done by a PhD-level psychologist, there are other options as well.</p><p>But as not every "comprehensive" evaluation is truely comprehensive... you could also look into an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for sensory and motor skills issues. Either can cause lots of "triggers". Motor skills problems may NOT have been noticed during baby and toddler check-ups. For example, my difficult child was on the later side of every motor skills check-point (sitting, walking, self-feeding, etc.) but NEVER "late", and so the doctors all saw it as a non-issue. Occupational Therapist (OT) saw otherwise!</p><p></p><p>The advantage of an evaluation like Occupational Therapist (OT) is that they are usually faster and easier to get in to see (at least in North America), and they have therapies etc. that are helpful for sensory and/or motor skills issues. Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation usually does not give you a diagnosis, except perhaps for sensory integration disorder. But if there are no sensory or motor skills issues, then you can look elsewhere... or, if there are, you can start dealing with these while still seeking a comprehensive evaluation.</p><p></p><p>We're all just "other parents" here, and writing from our own experience... but I'm sure you'll find that our "collecive wisdom" can be pretty broad!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 540542, member: 11791"] Without knowing more about the situation... and it would help to know more (country? are you a stay at home mom or do you work and therefore this child is in daycare? if in daycare, from what age?)... My first reaction is... start getting evaluations. Depending on where you live, neuropsychs may not be available (i.e., we don't have access to them for these kinds of evaluations, where I live). But if you are in North America, there WILL be some way to get a comprehensive evaluation. Sometimes that is done through a child developmental or behavioral clinic at a teaching hospital. Sometimes, it is done by a PhD-level psychologist, there are other options as well. But as not every "comprehensive" evaluation is truely comprehensive... you could also look into an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation for sensory and motor skills issues. Either can cause lots of "triggers". Motor skills problems may NOT have been noticed during baby and toddler check-ups. For example, my difficult child was on the later side of every motor skills check-point (sitting, walking, self-feeding, etc.) but NEVER "late", and so the doctors all saw it as a non-issue. Occupational Therapist (OT) saw otherwise! The advantage of an evaluation like Occupational Therapist (OT) is that they are usually faster and easier to get in to see (at least in North America), and they have therapies etc. that are helpful for sensory and/or motor skills issues. Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation usually does not give you a diagnosis, except perhaps for sensory integration disorder. But if there are no sensory or motor skills issues, then you can look elsewhere... or, if there are, you can start dealing with these while still seeking a comprehensive evaluation. We're all just "other parents" here, and writing from our own experience... but I'm sure you'll find that our "collecive wisdom" can be pretty broad! [/QUOTE]
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