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[quote=Anonymous]My young child was recently dx'd with ADHD--unusually early, but he has nearly all the signs, plus a strong family history on DH's side (DH, Dh's brother, father, etc). My stepmother is a psychologist who works with children a lot--does a lot of testing and evaluation. However she has not evaluated my child--she sees him every 6 months or so for a day or two. She encouraged us a while ago to get him evaluated for his behavior: hyperactive, serious impulse control, poor self regulation, etc. Although she gave us names of psychologists in our area, we chose to see a dev. pediatrician. She  recently visited and  told us that dev. pediatricians are not well trained to evaluate kids, that ours was wrong, and that our son does not have ADHD-his issues are "emotional, not neurological" (even though DS has fine motor skill issues, poor visual-motor skills, etc, other things that are comorbid with ADHD and linked to neurological issues).

I am kind of at a loss as to how to respond. She takes it very personally that we are not taking him to the psychologist that she recommended (someone who trained with Anna Freud---I'm sure well regarded, but its a totally different approach) and insists that we basically don't know what we're doing with our child, etc. She also has told us that we just need to be more 'firm' with our child, that he is anxious without strong boundaries, etc.

Is there a big divide between the biological/neurological camp and the psychological/emotional camp? how do I respond to this? [/quote]

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