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What was strange about the picture of her family, my Dd drew for the Dr

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Notthegoldenhourthebluehour · 14/08/2024 22:31

Currently having issues with Dd, 6, suspected Pans/pandas, trying to establish if recent changes in behaviour could be down to having been ill or a trigger somehow resulting in psychological problems. Amongst many other things, the Dr asked Dd to draw a picture of our family. She did a normal, pretty average picture really. She drew me first, then her in the middle and Dh at the other side and our dog at the front sat down.
The Dr told me it was good she’d drawn herself in the middle but that he wanted to send a screenshot of her picture to a colleague
What can this mean? Any child psychologists here etc

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Notthegoldenhourthebluehour · 14/08/2024 22:38

@PolaroidPrincess Thank you 🙏 I’m sorry I don’t have the energy today to explain it all

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Notthegoldenhourthebluehour · 14/08/2024 22:38

@KnittingKnewbie Ah ok, that makes sense, I assumed it was to see family dynamics or something
He and I asked her to write her name too

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Whatdoyoureckonthen · 14/08/2024 22:37

PolaroidPrincess · 14/08/2024 22:34

Yes you could google Wink

Thanks. I've literally never ever heard of this which surprises me. Thanks for the reading!

WindsurfingDreams · 14/08/2024 22:36

KnittingKnewbie · 14/08/2024 22:35

Sometimes the level of detail can be used to measure the child's mental age.
Eg. A three year old might draw a circle with four lines out of it for a person. A ten year old would be expected to have much more detail - proper body, fingers ears etc

I think it called Good enough draw a man or something similar

I think I draw like a three year old Blush

Rainallnight · 14/08/2024 22:36

Not a psychologist but it sounds perfectly normal to me.

If it doesn’t detail your thread too much, do you mind my asking what else the doctor is going eg ordering any investigations or anything? We’re having difficulties with our 6 year old DS which came on suddenly this year and I’ve also been thinking of approaching the doctor.

KnittingKnewbie · 14/08/2024 22:35

Sometimes the level of detail can be used to measure the child's mental age.
Eg. A three year old might draw a circle with four lines out of it for a person. A ten year old would be expected to have much more detail - proper body, fingers ears etc

I think it called Good enough draw a man or something similar

PolaroidPrincess · 14/08/2024 22:34

Whatdoyoureckonthen · 14/08/2024 22:32

Sorry I know I could Google but what's pans/pandas?

Yes you could google Wink

Whatdoyoureckonthen · 14/08/2024 22:32

Sorry I know I could Google but what's pans/pandas?

Notthegoldenhourthebluehour · 14/08/2024 22:32

*Our family

Sorry, the title sounds clumsy and not well written

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