Reply to Is this a normal personality trait, and/or should I do something about this?

Forum Index » Tweens and Teens

Reply to "Is this a normal personality trait, and/or should I do something about this?"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]Another viewpoint:
Background: DD is profoundly GT/LD (so has diagnosed developmental issues) but an autism diagnosis has consistently been ruled out (I tried, it might have helped coordinating school services).  DD really is a great kid and I enjoy being her mom.  She has a variety of friends  but isn't the type to immediately make friends in a new situation.

I haven't gotten the written neuro-psych report yet but in speaking with the psychologists doing the testing earlier this week I think they are leaning towards a social pragmatic communication disorder dx.  When they explained this they seemed to be positioning it as autism-lite - just certain aspects of social vulnerabilities without meeting criteria for autism.  I agree that DD has vulnerabilities in this area but tend to think this dx would be too extreme given what all the previous professional reports say.

In DD's case I see it for adjusting her tone for interacting with different friends.  Recently she'd had a full day with one friend that tends towards dominant/bossy and is a bit socially awkward.  The next day DD was with another friend that is more regularly the gracefully polite type.  I was able to see that the 2nd friend was uncomfortable with DD's more contrary conversation that day. I'm probably not explaining this well but basically DD seems behind her peers in being able to think through and judge some social situations for how she should present herself.  She's a good observer of social interactions but sometimes can't use those observation skills 'in the moment' to filter what and how she says things socially.

If you google social pragmatic communication you find more information and judge for yourself if any of it "rings true" for your daughter.  [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics