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<blockquote data-quote="InsaneCdn" data-source="post: 528866" data-attributes="member: 11791"><p>evaluation, evaluation, evaluation. If you don't know what you're dealing with, it's hard to even know what to try.</p><p></p><p>Hint, though - ADHD is not uncommon as an initial diagnosis.</p><p>In reality, frequently it is either incorrect, or incomplete.</p><p>Incorrect... as in, others on this board have started there and ended up with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other things.</p><p>Or, Incomplete... as in, ADHD is correct, but there is more... LDs are frequent, motor skills issues affect half of kids with ADHD, and so on.</p><p></p><p>And then there's the really confusing ones that can be both or either... ever heard of APDs? That's Auditory Processing Disorders. A person can have both ADHD and Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). OR... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) symptoms look almost exactly like ADHD symtoms... so, it could be Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) without ADHD.</p><p></p><p>Confusing, right?</p><p></p><p>That's why so many of us parents here suggest getting the most complete evaluation possible, and that usually means Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and a comprehensive evaluation by neuropsychologist, children's developmental team, or equivalent.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InsaneCdn, post: 528866, member: 11791"] evaluation, evaluation, evaluation. If you don't know what you're dealing with, it's hard to even know what to try. Hint, though - ADHD is not uncommon as an initial diagnosis. In reality, frequently it is either incorrect, or incomplete. Incorrect... as in, others on this board have started there and ended up with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and other things. Or, Incomplete... as in, ADHD is correct, but there is more... LDs are frequent, motor skills issues affect half of kids with ADHD, and so on. And then there's the really confusing ones that can be both or either... ever heard of APDs? That's Auditory Processing Disorders. A person can have both ADHD and Auditory Processing Disorders (APD). OR... Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) symptoms look almost exactly like ADHD symtoms... so, it could be Auditory Processing Disorders (APD) without ADHD. Confusing, right? That's why so many of us parents here suggest getting the most complete evaluation possible, and that usually means Occupational Therapist (OT), Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) and a comprehensive evaluation by neuropsychologist, children's developmental team, or equivalent. [/QUOTE]
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