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[quote=Anonymous]There is no more value in a neuropsych nor is going to the Camarata's.  At this point, the identified issues are behavior and anxiety.  Language may play a part if he still struggles a little with expressive and the current psychologist may not understand the nuances with a child with a previous language disorder.  If the child is testing in the below average range, no school will provide IEP/speech services. At some point, kids need to learn to adapt and getting speech therapy isn't going to be that helpful at that age.  The Camarata's do not do mental health/behavioral issues.  They can still say if it is a language issue, but that's it.

Personally, I'd try other therapists and try to find one that better connects and talk to a psychiatrist about trying an anxiety medication.  Someone needs to figure out how to connect with this child and try to figure out what is behind the behavioral issues, especially when they are mainly at home.  Do individual and family counseling and approach it as a family issue and how can everyone make changes to make things happier and easier for the child.

I would get a hearing test and see if an audiologist can pinpoint why the fire drills are so unnerving to him (I would suspect its more anxiety but rule out hearing issues).  Most kids outgrow that by 4-5-6 so given it continues at 10, there is more to what is going on.

It doesn't matter if it is autism at this point.  There is nothing that they can do for autism now, especially when the main stuff is at home.  Some kids also regardless of past history test limits again at this age and are trying to figure out the world and where they fit in.  I wouldn't ignore it, but I wouldn't run and worry about multiple evaluations which can cause more anxiety but rather look at the problem, try to find the root and more importantly, how to make things better for the child.[/quote]

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