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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Op here. I have heard a lot about dr black and I'm sorry if this offends some, but I have often wondered if dr black has ever not diagnosed a child with some SN case. I worry that people like him may over diagnose. [/quote]

I know of people who were not diagnosed with ASD by Dr. Black. But I agree with the pp that there is *something* going on with everyone who bothers to go there.[/quote]

It makes no sense to pursue an evaluation and especially one that costs 4K and involves a long wait unless you think that your child needs help.[/quote]

Well, on my part, I can say that there's a strong possibility that we are only dealing with environmental factors and not a "SN" ... but they freak you out so much about the value of Early Intervention that it starts to seem like irresponsible parenting not to follow up on the most minimal possibility of missing something.  And "needs help" is not necessarily the same thing as "has a diagnosable developmental disorder." [/quote]

that is the whole point of seeing a professional isn't it?   To figure out whether it is a "diagnosable developmental disorder" or not.[/quote]

Right, but the PP's question was whether there are clinicians who just diagnose everything. [/quote]

after 6 it is not really "early" intervention, is it? [/quote]

I don't know - the OP didn't say the age, and my DS is just 3.  But I don't think there is a tremendous amount of evidence on what exactly constitutes early intervention for extremely mild/aspergers/previously PDD-NOS cases.  Given that the conventional wisdom seems to be that Aspergers may not even become evident until early grade schoo, it seems like early intervention would need to have a different definition than that used for more obvious cases that are diagnosable at 2 yrs old. [/quote]

The avg age for an Asperger's diagnosis is ~8.   I don't think anyone will diagnose Asperger's at 2.  Parallel play is developmentally appropriate at that age.[/quote]

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