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Finding a developmental pedi and special interest ?

sbelle3sbelle3
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I need to get my son to a developmental pedi so we can get back on track to get a solid dx. I am 99.9%  sure he has aspergers. We were put on a waiting list several months ago at the autism center in our city but havne't heard from them. I want to go another route. Do I find a developmental ped through insurance? How can I be sure it is someone who can actually diagnose? I am ready to accept all of this and get my son every single service he can get. For a while I thought I could skip the label and "treat" it on my own. I realize now that only let me live in denial.  What would you say are the pros/cons of a dx for a kid who is very high functioning?

Also, regarding special interest. How do you determine the difference between a function of anxiety and a genuine interest. DS is into birds of prey right now. Thank God it got him out of garbage trucks ( I have mentioned before that he is obsessed with garbage) To me it is not a bad thing to want to resarch and learn things but where do I draw the line?

Thanks in advance. I apoligize that all I do is pop in and ask questions every now and then and don't offer much else. This is new to me and I don't feel like I have enough experience to offer advice. Hope that is ok!

 

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Re: Finding a developmental pedi and special interest ?

  • sbelle3sbelle3

    Thank you for your input. I am going to post about this but the autisim center called me today! We are off the waiting list and going in for the initial eval. March 13. We also have a meeting at school next Tuesday. I am not sure what school is going to say but I want to push for speech eval. He has gotten several speech evals. in the past and always "passed." I firmly believe they were testing the wrong thing. His problem has never been artic. It is language. He can not carry on a conversation. The speech therapist who comes to my classroom (I teach collaborative preschool) said to request a social language and pragmatics test. Hopefully we are moving in the right direction.

    As for the speical interest. I totally see the monogomy you speak of. That's a good way of putting it. He just gets OBSESSED with one thing at a time. We had a break through (I think) the other day. He was getting upset while trying to do something hawk related and I suggested that he take a break. He freaked out. I puled him away and got him calmed down. He told me that "it just won't stop" while putting his hands on his head. I think he was telling me he can't get the broken record in his brain to stop. He communicated this to me and I was excited. I hope as he grows older he will be able to start recognizing the anxious feelings and try to stop them in their tracks. This is a process for sure.

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