Hi all!
Thanks so much everyone! I have even more to report back with. The psychologist that will be seeing Kade called and told me that looking at the notes/profile, she did not think he had OCD or possible aspergers. She actually acted like dx a child so young with OCD was absurd. She said “has anyone ever mentioned high functioning autism?”
and THEN, I took him a day later to his assessment with the school board and this lady who assessed him had 25 years experience. She blocked off 1 hour with him but spent 2.5 hrs with him. 15 mins into it she said “he doesn’t have ocd, and there is no way he has aspergers, he is way to social and he converses back and forth in conversation”. I asked her what her thoughts were. She made it clear she could NOT diagnose him, but that she KNEW he had high functioning autism, she had seen it over and over. She said his “ocd and rituatlistic behavior” is just part of his autism. They ALL have it to some degree. She also said that he had Vestibular Dysfunction with gravitational insecturity and that is why when he sits to eat or do an activity he absolutely cannot be still and stands up every 2 seconds to readjust himself on the chair and replace his feet. It explains to me why he won’t potty at home without something under his feet or without a toilet ring and why he won’t potty in public at all (still in pullups in public) She was VERY insightful. She said that was PART of our feeding problem right there. She said he needs OT, not speech! She could understand him fine.
I’m getting frustrated at going in circles, but getting LOTS of answers and am now the squeaky wheel. We go Weds to the child psych who mentioned his profile looked like High Functioning Autism, I’d like to see what she thinks after assessing him. I’ll take the 2 out of 3 and get the dx.
jilly782009-03-16 15:55:04
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