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Bad meeting with Ed Psy(sorry,long)

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plus3 · 12/03/2012 20:09

I have been waiting for this appointment for 2 years. Today she went into school, met my DS (8) observed in class, at play & 1:1 for an hour. I then met with her & his class teacher who is also the SENco.

She made some very acute observations of my DS, none of which I disagreed with, and indeed gave me a much greater insight into his behaviour at school.

She very clearly thinks he has ADHD. Dismissed all the work done by the OT, and said that he fits some of the profile for ASD, but not all of it. That we should try her recommendations & that we will see a different child in 2-3 weeks. His social inability to read people, not being able to get jokes, his strong moral code which leads him to think it is ok to hit people if they don't follow the rules...all will be resolved by telling him that his friends will no longer like him if he continues to act this way Hmm she was irritated by the fact I didn't just say thank you very much & wholeheartedly agree with her.

Sigh. I'm afraid I vented my frustration at effectively being told something different by everyone we met. I feel like a massive failure.

Having spent a lot of time lurking on this board, I have tried to be as proactive as possible. We have taken him for a private OT referral & was found to have multiple sensory issues which we are dealing with. He has issues with visual processing, auditory processing, a retained autonomic neck reflex all of which we are trying to support.

I have gone to the gp & we had a referral to the child development team. The dr observed him in school, and felt that there were elements of ADHD, sensory issues and ASD. She referred him to the ADHD team to see if that was the main issue.We did the Connor's test. He scored quite high for school, but low at home. We saw the specialist & she completely dismissed the idea of ADHD - to the point of me saying are you sure? He will been seen again in 6 Mths.

Thank you if you have read to the end of this post.

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plus3 · 12/03/2012 20:53

Sorry posted before finishingBlush

With regards to ADHD..... He seems completely unable to focus at school, will distract others if he can't do his work. Struggles with playground noise & etiquette.It is also hit & miss - school will tell me that he has had a really good day/week, has produced some excellent work, is incredibly bright, just needs to mature.

I am so confused. I feel that I have no idea to what is going on. I don't feel like we are parenting a typical ADHD child - but is there such a thing? I agree that school presents a good case for it, but it just doesn't fit at home although I concede that there are issues. I said this to the ed psy, and she seemed exasperated that I didn't see it.

I do not know what to do. We will implement her ideas & I will continue to work with the school. I jut feel we are never going to be in a place where we are actively improving things for our DS at school.

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Niceweather · 13/03/2012 09:14

I was struck by your words "incredibly bright" which made me think of this book:

www.amazon.com/Misdiagnosis-Diagnoses-Gifted-Children-Adults/dp/0910707677

Just an idea - could be totally off the mark.

AttilaTheMeerkat · 13/03/2012 16:00

Hi Plus3

I would suggest you post this posting also on the Special Needs:Children forum of this website (in Special Needs) as that forum receives far more daily traffic than this one does.

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