Oh -- the point of the last post!
I know that the clinic where we went DIDN'T use tests specifically to screen for RAD. I wanted to have in his file that we have "...done some research and have found that there are tests designed to give a better picture from which to make diagnoses of RAD..." and basically, in a nice way, I plan to let them know that since they did not consider the whole picture they really shouldn't have given him a label. They should have said, "We recommend that you explore these areas with specialists in these fields to make a specific diagnosis since we aren't equipped to determine precisely what is of greatest difficulty for him." Instead they didn't have a clear idea from their screening, so they gave him the label that was handiest (label du jour). I mean, I've read the DSM IV. It just doesn't fit with the child WE see.
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The quickest way to get a child's attention is for the parent to sit down and look comfortable.
I expected that there would be times like this - but I never thought they'd be so bad, so long, and so frequent.
Pressure can turn a lump of coal into a flawless diamond, or an average person into a perfect basket case.
I used to have a handle on life, but it fell off.
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