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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 470588" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>You pretty much answered your own question. The level of behaviors you are seeing...I doubt it is just anxiety. I would totally get that he would see anxiety as part of whatever else is going on. But what kind of evaluation did he do to make that diagnosis? In the ed. world we still have a few of those "we dont want to diagnose and label her too early" folks. But here is the problem....It is researched, proven over and over, that early intervention gives a child the best chance of reaching their potential. The longer one waits, the more that inappropriate behaviors and ineffective treatments continue. It is really much harder to undo a behavior than to stop it early or even prevent new behaviors from happening. Her anxiety and frustration can be reduced by finding the appropriate diagnosis/label and using therapeutic methods and interventions that are best geared for that kind of challenge. And to medicate what you dont know about? Yeah, I think your gut is saying what you feel about that. </p><p></p><p>This guy seems very casual about a little girls LIFE. I will tell you that after being in the special needs/difficult child world, your view of severe becomes skewed. He may see such severe issues that she just doesn't cross his radar as being too needy. But you KNOW your daughter and that she is struggling. What did he mean by it is expensive....welllllll....I really believe it is pay now or pay later. I promise you if I had not had neuropsychologist along with school evaluations done I would not have near the appropriate services that we have for my difficult child. </p><p></p><p>Trust yourself. You are saying in your post what you feel. Dont let one person who may be nice enough but clearly does not have the same level of concern you have make the decisions.... If you find out it is anxiety alone, great, you found out....but you never want to look back and say what if I had known earlier and didn't even try to find out. I have made that mistake and it feels terrible. Just my opinion.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 470588, member: 12886"] You pretty much answered your own question. The level of behaviors you are seeing...I doubt it is just anxiety. I would totally get that he would see anxiety as part of whatever else is going on. But what kind of evaluation did he do to make that diagnosis? In the ed. world we still have a few of those "we dont want to diagnose and label her too early" folks. But here is the problem....It is researched, proven over and over, that early intervention gives a child the best chance of reaching their potential. The longer one waits, the more that inappropriate behaviors and ineffective treatments continue. It is really much harder to undo a behavior than to stop it early or even prevent new behaviors from happening. Her anxiety and frustration can be reduced by finding the appropriate diagnosis/label and using therapeutic methods and interventions that are best geared for that kind of challenge. And to medicate what you dont know about? Yeah, I think your gut is saying what you feel about that. This guy seems very casual about a little girls LIFE. I will tell you that after being in the special needs/difficult child world, your view of severe becomes skewed. He may see such severe issues that she just doesn't cross his radar as being too needy. But you KNOW your daughter and that she is struggling. What did he mean by it is expensive....welllllll....I really believe it is pay now or pay later. I promise you if I had not had neuropsychologist along with school evaluations done I would not have near the appropriate services that we have for my difficult child. Trust yourself. You are saying in your post what you feel. Dont let one person who may be nice enough but clearly does not have the same level of concern you have make the decisions.... If you find out it is anxiety alone, great, you found out....but you never want to look back and say what if I had known earlier and didn't even try to find out. I have made that mistake and it feels terrible. Just my opinion. [/QUOTE]
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