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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I would recommend calling Dr. David Black at CAAT: http://caatonline.com

I've only worked with him as the parent of a younger child, but he's really fabulous and knows a tremendous amount about kids on the edge of the spectrum. He also leads a social skills group for teens/young adults and so might have ideas of how best to support her and what testing (if any) might be appropriate.[/quote]

Thank you! I will do so.

And thanks for that terminology "the edge of the spectrum." That's exactly where DD is, only she's sometimes off, sometimes on, with no idea when it's going to happen. M[b]ost of the times she's been tested, she's been off the spectrum[/b], so that's why no hard and fast diagnosis. But I live with her and can see that she's really on the spectrum more than she's off. She teeters back and forth on the edge of the spectrum.[/quote]

What kind of testing?  Sounds like she never had a Neuropsych eval.

Get an Neuropsych eval with Dr Black which unfortunately will have a long wait.

If I were you, I would enroll her in the PEERs program in the fall rather than sending her off to college.  The peers program and the Neuropsych will give her better tools to cope with college bc it sounds like if you send her now, she'll be back home anyway.[/quote]

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