Hi, I've not posted on this forum before, but I've done a fair bit of lurking around, trying to get some clues with regard to my son. I hope some of you can help me out with questions and things as they come up.
DS is 8 y.o., and was recently "observed" by a psychologist with the school division. Although she said this is not a diagnosis, she thinks he has SPD (which comes as no surprise), and possibly PDD-NOS. He has an appointment in May for an evaluation with a team of specialists. He's going in February for a hearing test. I am to take him to see our family doctor in order to get a referral to a developmental ped. I have taken him to our ND for a hair analysis, just to rule out anything there. He was showing a toxic level of Barium, and so we are doing a homeopathic heavy metals detox, and we will be doing some things with regard to nutritional elements that showed up.
At this point, DS hasn't been brought into the loop, and I'm not sure of the best way to do that. If he gets the feeling that someone is trying to "change" him, he gets very defensive and angry. He doesn't want to be like anyone else...he is who he is!! I understand where he's coming from. I don't want anyone to try to change him either! He doesn't fit in the standard box, and I have no intention of trying to stuff him into it. I want to honor his uniqueness. But I also want him to be able to get along in this world! With the increase in DS-related appointments, he's going to start to clue in that something out of the ordinary is up, and I want to address that with him before that happens. I just don't know how to approach it...what the right words are...to explain what is going on, why all the testing, and what we hope to achieve with it all. When he was being observed at school, we told him that they just wanted to do some things with him to help determine how he learns, to help him with school. That worked fine for that situation, but this is going way beyond. Can anyone help?
I've been reading as much as I can to try to educate myself, but there are some confusing areas that I still haven't got my own head wrapped around. This seems like such a silly thing to have to ask, but it is really where I'm stuck right now. Thank you...
DS is 8 y.o., and was recently "observed" by a psychologist with the school division. Although she said this is not a diagnosis, she thinks he has SPD (which comes as no surprise), and possibly PDD-NOS. He has an appointment in May for an evaluation with a team of specialists. He's going in February for a hearing test. I am to take him to see our family doctor in order to get a referral to a developmental ped. I have taken him to our ND for a hair analysis, just to rule out anything there. He was showing a toxic level of Barium, and so we are doing a homeopathic heavy metals detox, and we will be doing some things with regard to nutritional elements that showed up.
At this point, DS hasn't been brought into the loop, and I'm not sure of the best way to do that. If he gets the feeling that someone is trying to "change" him, he gets very defensive and angry. He doesn't want to be like anyone else...he is who he is!! I understand where he's coming from. I don't want anyone to try to change him either! He doesn't fit in the standard box, and I have no intention of trying to stuff him into it. I want to honor his uniqueness. But I also want him to be able to get along in this world! With the increase in DS-related appointments, he's going to start to clue in that something out of the ordinary is up, and I want to address that with him before that happens. I just don't know how to approach it...what the right words are...to explain what is going on, why all the testing, and what we hope to achieve with it all. When he was being observed at school, we told him that they just wanted to do some things with him to help determine how he learns, to help him with school. That worked fine for that situation, but this is going way beyond. Can anyone help?
I've been reading as much as I can to try to educate myself, but there are some confusing areas that I still haven't got my own head wrapped around. This seems like such a silly thing to have to ask, but it is really where I'm stuck right now. Thank you...
