I have been coming here awhile, Vannah is still undiagnosed, but in the morning we have an appointment with a child psycologist that deals with Autism. I honestly dont know what to expect. Does anyone know what kind of questions they will ask? Or what we should ask them? I have known for a long while, that she wasnt "normal" but am scared to hear the actual diagnosis, what if they say there is Nothing wrong,
With Adam a speech Path did her evaluation and then the Psychologist did all her tests. Before we went in there we filled out questions but the rest She did with him herself and I watched behind a two way mirror thing. For us it was all day with a lunch break and we got the diagnosis at the end of the day. It was really nice to finally talk to a doctor that knew what was going on with our son. I remember thinking I wish I could take her (psychologist) home with me because I always have questions...lol We had to drive a few hours to get there so I brought snacks and toys for him to play with that were his favorites.
Please keep us informed and let us know how it goes....Take a deep breath...lol
Karrie
We took Sarah to a dev. pediatrician and I had my list of things she was and wasnt doing. I also took all eval. from pediatrician, neurologists, ABBLS and notebook with her ABA program we had just started...he had toys all around the room and tried to get her to engage play with him, look at him when he called her name..trying to get her to look at what he was pointing at...at one point he set up a pretend tea party & birthday to see if she would make a cake out of clay and put on the candle..she did pretty well but we had been doing birthday cake at home with playdough for awhile:) She failed answering him, looking at him and talking or engaging play with him at all..the only time she really smiled was when he blew bubbles..She got diagnosed autism~mild to moderate..She would of gotten classic autism if she displayed some repetetive things but she never did that. It felt like someone soccerpunched me in the stomach at the time but I guess the truth was better than sugar coating a label that wouldnt do her no good..it made me extremely determined to help her and not sure I would of had the fire in me if he just stated language delay..or wait and see..THE truth is best so I know you are scared but pray you get a reliable answer so that your daughter can get the proper help:)
Sarah lost her label after 3 years of intense ABA and speech and now is totally mainstreamed in public school..she will be starting first grade:)
Please keep us posted and good luck!
Good luck. I do think you should mention to the psych that she seems to trip a lot over nothing. THat may be something neuro and he might want to give you a referral for that.
Its Hard...because...I see her doing so many things that are "odd" for a lack of a better term. I have another child who...is normal in every way possible...and I see the things she can do so naturally and easily, while vannah somedays has a hard time walking in a straight line without tripping over nothing. It doesnt help that my mom accuses me of reading too much into vannah, and neglecting my other daughter, My mom lives way out in the country with no noise and no stimulation, or not much, We live in a Suburb of Chicago, Noise, stimulation, and she is a different kid here to when we are there. part of that is down to SI disfunction. MY mom's main problem. though is that I was the same way my daughter is, and if she excepts that savannah has a problem, then she would have to accept that I had more problems then she let on. I dont want to sugar coat things, I want to have them out in the open and have a clear sence of what I am dealing with.Good Luck at your Appt. today. My child DR. observed him for a while and we talked to a nurse, then they had us fill out a survey on behavior, I think it was the GARS. We did this seperatly, then we were all together and DR. asked questions to my son. We had the appointment, and he said he can see signs of a mix of Aspergers and PDD, he said on the one hand, she wanted to be in his face which isnt aspergers, But that the language is probably, and he saw alot of sensory integration stuff too. We have to go back for testing.