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[quote=Anonymous]OP here - thanks for the replies.  I received lots of good advice, and 20:38 poster's really resounds as my son has also been going through a several month period where he's unable to fall asleep at night (he gets into bed by 8:30-8:45 but he doesn't fall asleep until around 10:30 each night), so there is no doubt he is very overtired.  I am not adverse to trying therapy for him, but I don't feel like I've given this a good shot to work with him on my own first.  We are clear that we will not tolerate his behavior or interact with him when he's acting this way, but it gets hard when the meltdown occurs because we need to go somewhere or do something (i.e., last night he flipped out before dinner over something trivial and so rest of the family sat down to eat and he calmed down to join us 1/2 hr later, therefore delaying his whole night even further which is a problem because of the bedtime issue I mentioned above).  I may look into neuropsych testing as well because he's got some anxiety and attention issues as well - at least set up an appointment so I am prepared.  So, two follow up questions for y'all:
- Can you recommend your therapist?  NW or upper MoCo preferred
- Can you recommend where you did neuropsych testing?  Or how I get started on this? Our pediatrician is not very helpful with these kinds of matters - he quickly refers us out for anything that falls outside of run of the mill strep throat, well visits, etc.

Thanks again.[/quote]

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