Who diagnosed your child?

smiling76

I'm curious who actually gave the final diagnosis for your child----mainly looking at PDD-NOS, ASD, other behavioral issues, etc. Was it a developmental pedi, a psych? And at what age? DS1 has speech apraxia (well, the speech path. in his special ed class is almost positive on that but nothing "official" I suppose from a doc), and also has a need for OT (although not sure of what dx would be behind this--as he has behavioral issues, attending issues, very impulsive, etc) Now his special ed teacher is suggesting that he has an issue with his gait and may need physical therapy (although prob won't be able to get services through school--and honestly, I'm not sure how we will be able to afford it privately, even with our cruddy insurance) I'm just curious what my next steps should be. I feel like we need an official dx --although the thought of labels is freaking me out a bit. BUT I want to make sure he's getting the "right" therapies and help.

malcivar

His ST through EI referred him for a psych eval so an EI psych came to our home to evaluate him - and we got a dx of PDD-NOS.  When we were in the process of having him transition from EI to pre-school, he was re-evaluated and a psych indicated he me

smiling76

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In order of actual dx-

psychologist- age 6 1/2- Aspergers, ADHD

developmental pediatrician- age 7

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Ginlyn0

A neuropsychologist diagnosed DD with ADHD and AS. Second opinion was a psychiatrist.

LALASEPT05

After two visits to a developmental pediatrician and a test with a psychologist at the same office they felt like they had enough samples of evaluation to give a diagnosis. So the psychologist did the final test (ADOS) test and using that along with the p

d.f

We went through our local Children's Hospital.  We got on the wait list in early December 2011

Last April at about 3.5 we saw the Developmental Pediatrician.  She suspected ADHD and possibly a Non-Verbal Learning Disorder.  He had

typeset

Pediatric neurologist at a local autism center diagnosed him with Autism Spectrum Disorder the day before he turned two. Chief of developmental medicine and a psychologist at Children's diagnosed him with Autistic Disorder/High Functioning Autism two week