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<blockquote data-quote="seriously" data-source="post: 451947" data-attributes="member: 11920"><p>Yes, his hearing should be re-tested. Be sure to tell the audiologist who does the testing about the problems he is having so they do a thorough evaluation of his hearing - both conductive and sensorineural. Here's a link to some info about the four kinds of "hearing loss". You can have more than one kind of hearing loss simultaneously.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?page=kinds-of-hearing-loss" target="_blank">http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?page=kinds-of-hearing-loss</a></p><p><a href="http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?page=kinds-of-hearing-loss" target="_blank"></a></p><p><a href="http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?page=kinds-of-hearing-loss" target="_blank">I</a>t is very important to rule out hearing loss when you have a child with these kinds of symptoms. If at all possible, get this done before any further assessments are done by school, etc. as any evidence of significant hearing loss needs to be taken into account and may even qualify him for an IEP as Hearing Impaired.</p><p></p><p>So did the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) test his phonemic awareness? That's the ability to "hear" or identify the individual sounds that make up language.</p><p></p><p>If you're not sure, just ask her if she evaluated this or not.</p><p></p><p>The school should do this if she did not.</p><p></p><p>What kind of license does the therapist have? Is she a psychologist or social worker or ??</p><p></p><p>If she has a Ph.D. or Psy. D. in psychology then I would ask her for a written letter listing your son's diagnoses, accommodations she recommends (like a small classroom) and the behaviors that she sees as likely to prevent him from being able to benefit from the regular school curriculum and setting.</p><p></p><p>I would ask her to NOT include the ODD diagnoses if she feels comfortable doing so. This "diagnosis" carries a big stigma and can lead to the school defining all his difficult behaviors as ODD and pretty much taking a punitive approach - punishing him instead of helping him.</p><p></p><p>It is puzzling that you list both autistic and pervasive developmental disorder. Usually a child is autistic which IS a pervasive developmental disorder (Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)) - so you wouldn't say he has both. There are some Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)'s that are not "autism" but if she feels he has one of those then she should be specifically naming that disorder.</p><p></p><p>Has she suggested you get your son assessed by the local regional center (the federal program to identify and support children with CP, autism and other severe cognitive impairments)? If not, then I would look into this ASAP.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="seriously, post: 451947, member: 11920"] Yes, his hearing should be re-tested. Be sure to tell the audiologist who does the testing about the problems he is having so they do a thorough evaluation of his hearing - both conductive and sensorineural. Here's a link to some info about the four kinds of "hearing loss". You can have more than one kind of hearing loss simultaneously. [URL="http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?page=kinds-of-hearing-loss"]http://www.mychildwithoutlimits.org/?page=kinds-of-hearing-loss I[/URL]t is very important to rule out hearing loss when you have a child with these kinds of symptoms. If at all possible, get this done before any further assessments are done by school, etc. as any evidence of significant hearing loss needs to be taken into account and may even qualify him for an IEP as Hearing Impaired. So did the Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) test his phonemic awareness? That's the ability to "hear" or identify the individual sounds that make up language. If you're not sure, just ask her if she evaluated this or not. The school should do this if she did not. What kind of license does the therapist have? Is she a psychologist or social worker or ?? If she has a Ph.D. or Psy. D. in psychology then I would ask her for a written letter listing your son's diagnoses, accommodations she recommends (like a small classroom) and the behaviors that she sees as likely to prevent him from being able to benefit from the regular school curriculum and setting. I would ask her to NOT include the ODD diagnoses if she feels comfortable doing so. This "diagnosis" carries a big stigma and can lead to the school defining all his difficult behaviors as ODD and pretty much taking a punitive approach - punishing him instead of helping him. It is puzzling that you list both autistic and pervasive developmental disorder. Usually a child is autistic which IS a pervasive developmental disorder (Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)) - so you wouldn't say he has both. There are some Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD)'s that are not "autism" but if she feels he has one of those then she should be specifically naming that disorder. Has she suggested you get your son assessed by the local regional center (the federal program to identify and support children with CP, autism and other severe cognitive impairments)? If not, then I would look into this ASAP. [/QUOTE]
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