I just realized i didnt post this yet...
well my husband and I took my son to his
appointment and everything went ok lots of
paperwork and it had silly questions like
do you drink or do drugs have unprotected
sex and such.... hes 5 lol and it was for
kids the place i went to and they were
questions for him not me i asked lol
they set up another appointment for him
next friday the 7th my husband will be
home for that too so i dont have to worry
about the drive then after that
appointment they want him to se a
psyciatrist (sorry sp) to make the final
diag. so hopefully they will diag. him and
we can all fig out how to help him and
such thank you all for your words of
support when i last posted about him. has
anyone else gone thru this or know of
otheres that have aspergers syndrom?
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Mommy35
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Joined: 23 Sep 2006 Posts: 3166 Location: Vacationland, USA,
Posted: 02-26-08 19:39pm
Karin knows a lot on this subject.
I hope the psychiatrist is able to make an
accurate dx
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ladylee70
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Joined: 14 Nov 2006 Posts: 1912 Location: Boise, Idaho,
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Posted: 02-26-08 20:31pm
It sounds like you will have a lot of
information next friday. Basically, when
you do see the psychiatrist, s/he will
review the information and agree or
disagree with the psychologist's findings.
Most of the time they agree with the
psychologist because the evaluation is
very comprehensive.
I think it's great you are doing this when
he is so young. It will make it a lot
easier to meet his educational needs with
this information. Whatever his dx ends up
being (if any), I can mail you a great
deal of information related to that dx and
the educational system in general.
We have talked about this before regarding
my son. If your son ends up having
Aspergers then I have some great
information for you provided by the speech
pathologist at my school. She is the
"asperger and autism" guru of the school
district and I highly respect her.
When the psychologist goes over the
information, it may be a little daunting.
S/he may discuss all these different tests
and subtests and may go over standard
scores. If it becomes confusing, just pm
me and I will go over it more with you.
Even if you are expecting a specific dx,
if that dx is confirmed for you don't be
surprised if you still feel a flood of
emotions. The emotions could occur for a
variety of reasons such as confirmation,
worry, confusion, relief, etc. I
experienced that personally and I had no
doubt in my mind what the clinical
psychologist was going to tell me.
Honestly, I wasn't expecting to have so
many emotions when we met with the
clinical psych. I already knew the
information but it was still so very hard.
The one thing I can tell you about
children with Aspergers - they are my
FAVORITE to work with!! Most are so funny
and have great senses of humor. I am
current reading a book called, "Freaks,
Geeks and Aspergers Disorder," written by
a boy when he was just 13 years old. It is
such a great book.
Thanks for keeping us updated, Candita. I
am thinking about you and your family. I
know it will all work out.
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