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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 460361" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>Just some specific comments to your last post...</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>More likely, its the parent intuition again... medications are extremely tricky at this young age. That doesn't mean they won't be necessary - and work well - later. But to start this young... unless I knew for sure what I was doing, I'd be a little wary too. (we did give our K2 medications at 5... but we knew exactly what we were dealing with and why, and only 1 diagnosis)</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Is there any way to get him into a therapeutic pre-school? This environment would be less overwhelming, and around people who have more skills to help... and might enable him to pick up the pace of preparation. Just an idea.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>been there done that.</p><p>What does become critical is to start getting as many of the dxes as you can, NOW. Not later.</p><p>I'd be starting with an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation - sensory issues and/or motor skills issues. </p><p>Occupational Therapist (OT) doesn't do dxes... but the info in an Occupational Therapist (OT) report is invaluable to other professionals who will evaluate your child. PLUS, the Occupational Therapist (OT) will be able to provide therapies to address some of these issues, and advice to help you as well.</p><p></p><p>He's too young for Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation - he doesn't have obvious language problems now, and the other kinds of issues that come up they can't even test for this young. SO, leave that for later - like, maybe grade 2? At that point, you can screen for things like auditory processing disorders - including difficulty hearing in the presence of background noise.</p><p></p><p>He's also too young for ADD/ADHD diagnosis... not with so many other possibilities. (not that its unusual to get ADD or ADHD diagnosis at 5 or 6... ours were - but it was fairly clear that it was NOT the other possibilities). </p><p></p><p>Because Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) traits are present, it is probably important to specifically run the full set of testing for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and/or Asperger's. You may not get a diagnosis on it this round... you may get a diagnosis, or a definitely "ruled out", or a recommendation for re-testing later "to be ruled out".</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>I have European inlaws.</p><p>The only other alternative was to create a "guest house"... in this case, a rented RV in our back yard.</p><p>This gave the grandparents somewhere to "get away" from the chaos, and a way for us to keep the routine more "normal" for the kids. The kids would go spend some time at Grandpa and Grandma's "house", and they would come and spend time in our house, and we had all meals together etc. But it created the option of breathing room.</p><p>This would have to be discussed, negotiated, and agreed to BEFORE they come. You CANNOT spring this kind of thing on them unawares. Just doesn't work. But... the guest-house concept is not unfamiliar in Europe. If you present it that way? (If you can do it... have to figure that out first)</p><p></p><p>As I said - just some thoughts and ideas. Take what you can.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 460361, member: 11791"] Just some specific comments to your last post... More likely, its the parent intuition again... medications are extremely tricky at this young age. That doesn't mean they won't be necessary - and work well - later. But to start this young... unless I knew for sure what I was doing, I'd be a little wary too. (we did give our K2 medications at 5... but we knew exactly what we were dealing with and why, and only 1 diagnosis) Is there any way to get him into a therapeutic pre-school? This environment would be less overwhelming, and around people who have more skills to help... and might enable him to pick up the pace of preparation. Just an idea. been there done that. What does become critical is to start getting as many of the dxes as you can, NOW. Not later. I'd be starting with an Occupational Therapist (OT) evaluation - sensory issues and/or motor skills issues. Occupational Therapist (OT) doesn't do dxes... but the info in an Occupational Therapist (OT) report is invaluable to other professionals who will evaluate your child. PLUS, the Occupational Therapist (OT) will be able to provide therapies to address some of these issues, and advice to help you as well. He's too young for Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) evaluation - he doesn't have obvious language problems now, and the other kinds of issues that come up they can't even test for this young. SO, leave that for later - like, maybe grade 2? At that point, you can screen for things like auditory processing disorders - including difficulty hearing in the presence of background noise. He's also too young for ADD/ADHD diagnosis... not with so many other possibilities. (not that its unusual to get ADD or ADHD diagnosis at 5 or 6... ours were - but it was fairly clear that it was NOT the other possibilities). Because Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) traits are present, it is probably important to specifically run the full set of testing for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and/or Asperger's. You may not get a diagnosis on it this round... you may get a diagnosis, or a definitely "ruled out", or a recommendation for re-testing later "to be ruled out". I have European inlaws. The only other alternative was to create a "guest house"... in this case, a rented RV in our back yard. This gave the grandparents somewhere to "get away" from the chaos, and a way for us to keep the routine more "normal" for the kids. The kids would go spend some time at Grandpa and Grandma's "house", and they would come and spend time in our house, and we had all meals together etc. But it created the option of breathing room. This would have to be discussed, negotiated, and agreed to BEFORE they come. You CANNOT spring this kind of thing on them unawares. Just doesn't work. But... the guest-house concept is not unfamiliar in Europe. If you present it that way? (If you can do it... have to figure that out first) As I said - just some thoughts and ideas. Take what you can. [/QUOTE]
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