A parent asks our group: My 6 year old son has SPD, Anxiety and ADHD. He was also assessed for the spectrum a year ago and we were told it was borderline but most likely his symptoms were from the ADHD. His psychiatrist is now having him reassessed at a different place because she states she knows for sure he is high functioning autism and sees many traits (that I also see) but his SPD OT says that she believes it is just the ADHD as well and doesnt need the assessment. So my first question for everyone is, have you dealt with this and what are your thoughts on the diagnoses and if they mix or how to tell which is which? My second question is that our concerns with him were first noticed at age three and now our 2.5 year old son is showing a lot of the same things we saw when our oldest was young. It is difficult to tell if my youngest is just copying his brothers behavior, being a normal toddler or if he is also showing some symptoms of diagnoses himself (does not like things being on his feet or hands to the point of screaming for them to be washed or sitting there picking lint out of his toes, overactivity, is no longer a good sleeper, does not seem to care or understand about rules or consequences so doesnt listen and is no longer a good eater, etc). So thats my second question. Well I have been trying to ponder this for a couple weeks now on how to tell what is going on with my youngest and how to respond to his needs based on what is causing them but tonight I have decided I need some help. About an hour after they were supposed to go to bed, I hear blood curdling screams from my older son and thumps so I run upstairs and my younger son had taken a back scratcher and was just hitting my older son repeatedly even though he was crying. My younger son didnt seem to care, laughed at me when I yelled at him and then continued to run around the house ignoring the fact that he just hurt his brother. I am alone in the evenings Mon-Thu due to my hubby working a different shift and it was difficult with my special needs son and a baby but now I am really starting to wonder how to handle them both. So my third question is if anyone knows any good tips for how to explain or help their SPD child about a younger child that doesnt know any better or how to calm down a toddler that is also showing these symptoms. Any tips to make evenings go more smoothly when you have these two children sharing a bedroom? Sorry for the long post but thank you in advance for your input. I am really struggling and dont know where to go or what to do next.
Posted on: Wed, 28 May 2014 03:46:02 +0000
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