Meeting with the child behavior specialist
Yesterday was our first meeting with Dr. R. We picked up the boy from school at 3, and I ran into his teacher in the office who told me that E had been having a hard day. Great. We made it to the office just in time for our appointment. There was some toys there and E jumped in and started playing. Dr. R. came to get us and we went back with him, leaving E up front under the watchful eye of the staff.
We talked about what was going on, described him and his behavior patterns, and spent a good hour just addressing all the things we were concerned about. He asked excellent questions and I got the sense that he was wanting to understand the whole picture. He then went to get E and brought him in. E was being fidgety and somewhat shy so he didn't say much. He was asked what type of things he is good at, to which he said "riding my scooter" and what he would like to do better at "riding my bike". Hm. After a few minutes he walked E back down to the waiting room, and E talked much more on that trip than in the office. Dr. R. noted that E was blinking repeatedly in the office, and also saw the distractibility in the two walks he took with him.
We are going to fill out some questionnaires about E's behavior (as we are the ones who can see it day in/out) and ask his teacher to also fill out some, and we mail them in and have another appointment on 10/10 to evaluate what information we have sent in.
As if that was not enough for one day, D got a phone call in the meeting from her surgeon's office telling her that the pre-op EKG they did on her for her scheduled sinus surgery on 10/2 came back 'abnormal', but that's all they could tell her. Needless to say when you're told that your heart may not be working right, it definitely adds to the tension. She did a ton of reading last night on the effects of prednisone, as she has been on it most of the summer, and it can cause an irregular EKG. Of course her primary m.d. is out of town until Monday, so D is a ball of stress. I just told her to call her allergist and see if they can read it and tell her if she's okay or not.
ARGH!
We talked about what was going on, described him and his behavior patterns, and spent a good hour just addressing all the things we were concerned about. He asked excellent questions and I got the sense that he was wanting to understand the whole picture. He then went to get E and brought him in. E was being fidgety and somewhat shy so he didn't say much. He was asked what type of things he is good at, to which he said "riding my scooter" and what he would like to do better at "riding my bike". Hm. After a few minutes he walked E back down to the waiting room, and E talked much more on that trip than in the office. Dr. R. noted that E was blinking repeatedly in the office, and also saw the distractibility in the two walks he took with him.
We are going to fill out some questionnaires about E's behavior (as we are the ones who can see it day in/out) and ask his teacher to also fill out some, and we mail them in and have another appointment on 10/10 to evaluate what information we have sent in.
As if that was not enough for one day, D got a phone call in the meeting from her surgeon's office telling her that the pre-op EKG they did on her for her scheduled sinus surgery on 10/2 came back 'abnormal', but that's all they could tell her. Needless to say when you're told that your heart may not be working right, it definitely adds to the tension. She did a ton of reading last night on the effects of prednisone, as she has been on it most of the summer, and it can cause an irregular EKG. Of course her primary m.d. is out of town until Monday, so D is a ball of stress. I just told her to call her allergist and see if they can read it and tell her if she's okay or not.
ARGH!