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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The ADOS is a checklist and the same information can be received in many different ways, not just with that one test.

Its great for those in perfect school situations.  Last year the teacher did not get our child at all.  This year the teacher gets our child but the administration doesn't listen to the teacher at all and it sucks as she is not allowed to give him the supports he needs and he is getting supports he doesn't need and its actually doing more harm than good.  Few teachers are that well trained or take the time to get to know our kids and I'd be really concerned about one doing diagnosis.  I would not push for an ASD diagnosis as it stays with the child forever and can cause issues later on.[/quote]

No, the ADOS is not just a checklist.  You're probably confusing it with the Vanderbilt.

In any case, most of the time public schools don't administer the ADOS.  Most of their staff aren't qualified to do so.  If parents are seeing developmental pediatricians and going to the trouble of getting a neuropsch evaluation--it behooves them to include the ADOS.

Op, stop using phrases like autism was ruled out when you didn't do the ADOS.  Telling this to the school as well as the developmental pediatrician didn't think it was necessary--whether true or not--makes you seem like you're in denial or hiding something to the school.

So get the ADOS done independently.  You still may face the same issue with the school but at least you'll actually have a leg to stand on.[/quote]

If you've had other tests, like the GARS or CARS, you don't need the ADOS, too.

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Theses aren't good substitutes.  Besides GARS is what the teacher is filling out.

The bottom line is the Op's kid is having behavioral difficulties.  Ohi is going to be a hard sell.  [/quote]

They need an assessment for the behavioral issues.  Why the heavy focus on ASD if it is behavioral?  If OP says it not, then the question is what is causing the behavioral issues?[/quote]

And he has a diagnosis, ADHD. Which can cause a lot of behavioral issues. Seriously, doesn't everyone know this?[/quote]

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