Diagnosis (was Re: emotionally disturbed label)

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you are absolutly correct. I went back and read your original post and you never

did say Psychiatrist. I inferred that. MY BAD! It sounds like you know what

you are doing and I didn't mean to come accross harshly I just get really

frustrated at the idea of someone like a special ed teacher being the only

sourse of information that a parent would use to determine what is going on with

their child. Since their are so many mental health disorders that are so

similar and can be co-morbid with others I think that it is important to have a

complete evaluation done by a Psychiatrist or Psychologist.

My son was actually diagonsed by a Psychologist who performed neuro-psycological

testing. So I am in no way disparaging Psychologists. My reaction was more

from the point of view of School Psychologist who, at least in my school, do not

treat or evaluate students. The only PHD is the Head of Special ed and he

rarely sees students.

So please excuse my assumptions.

Vickie

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> > > > I am going to add my 2 cents to this discusstion.

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> > > > I think that it is really important to make the distiction between

diagnosing a medical/neurological condition and identifing a catagory of

disablility for the purposes of special ed or support services.

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> > > > No one at the school including a school psychologist can diagnose a

child with anything. They can only evaluate children to see if they meet the

definition of a disablity according to the IDEA law.

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> > > Are you sure about that? My son has only been definitely dx'ed by the

psych at school. His regular ped said 'maybe yes, go see the dev. psych'. Dev

pysch. said 'maybe yes, go see the school for an eval'. School pysch. said

'definitely yes, welcome aboard...'. So that is the only source of his dx.

> > > TJ

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