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Does anyone ever wonder if the professionals REALLY know what is wrong with our kids?
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<blockquote data-quote="confuzzled" data-source="post: 530306" data-attributes="member: 8831"><p>in my opinion, the psychiatric world is no different than meterology---in which a weatherman wouldnt know it was actually raining until a raindrop hit him in the head.</p><p></p><p>i have virtually no trust in the professionals i've encountered. we've had actual professionals tell us that difficult child 2 will be a kleptomanic since she swiped a candy at a checkout when she was three, we've had ever variation of mood disorder, spectrum disorder, attentional disorder, now allergy disorder under the sun....</p><p></p><p>and in the end, it probably doesnt matter much.</p><p></p><p>like sonic, we use the interventions that help, and leave the rest. we are very lucky that in our school district we dont have to have an "autism" label or an "emotionally disturbed" label to benefit from interventions--a good iep meets the needs of the child, not the label. so we just structured things with a little bit from here, a little bit from there and its worked well for the most part. </p><p></p><p>we have a difficulties with medications, and sometimes i think we made things worse WITH them, instead of fixing all that was broken. no doubt in some cases medications are a necessity, but just like with our new allergy issue, i wonder what medically is missed--i'm not saying all of our issues are allergy related, but perhaps if we'd have KNOWN and dealt with THAT before psychiatric stuff there would have been a clearer picture. same could be said of vitamin deficiencies, hormonal issues, thyroid issues and so forth--how many kids get put into the psychiatric box because something else is missed along the way.</p><p></p><p>honestly, in a different decade, or a different world, i'd just have a weird, quirky nerd for a kid....</p><p></p><p>not one that needs 50 gazillion labels or medications or therapies to get over her weirdness.</p><p></p><p>and some days, i think i could live with that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="confuzzled, post: 530306, member: 8831"] in my opinion, the psychiatric world is no different than meterology---in which a weatherman wouldnt know it was actually raining until a raindrop hit him in the head. i have virtually no trust in the professionals i've encountered. we've had actual professionals tell us that difficult child 2 will be a kleptomanic since she swiped a candy at a checkout when she was three, we've had ever variation of mood disorder, spectrum disorder, attentional disorder, now allergy disorder under the sun.... and in the end, it probably doesnt matter much. like sonic, we use the interventions that help, and leave the rest. we are very lucky that in our school district we dont have to have an "autism" label or an "emotionally disturbed" label to benefit from interventions--a good iep meets the needs of the child, not the label. so we just structured things with a little bit from here, a little bit from there and its worked well for the most part. we have a difficulties with medications, and sometimes i think we made things worse WITH them, instead of fixing all that was broken. no doubt in some cases medications are a necessity, but just like with our new allergy issue, i wonder what medically is missed--i'm not saying all of our issues are allergy related, but perhaps if we'd have KNOWN and dealt with THAT before psychiatric stuff there would have been a clearer picture. same could be said of vitamin deficiencies, hormonal issues, thyroid issues and so forth--how many kids get put into the psychiatric box because something else is missed along the way. honestly, in a different decade, or a different world, i'd just have a weird, quirky nerd for a kid.... not one that needs 50 gazillion labels or medications or therapies to get over her weirdness. and some days, i think i could live with that. [/QUOTE]
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