Jace's Neuro-Psych eval only required a total of 6 appts. The first is just the intake and the last is the report. So his actual testing was 4 appts. This is way better than Aidan's. His first time it took 10 appts total and I wasn't willing to let it go longer, so I had to go to what I felt was an extreme measure...taking his priced trains away as payment for his belligerent behavior, and the requirement for earning them back was just getting it done! Aidan's second time reduced by 2. So Jace still has him beat even on the first time. Jace loves one on one attention, so this doesn't really surprise me that much. Aidan did great on the first two appts and then it was as if he was thinking, "Good grief, I already showed you how smart I am, all this repeating is a waste of time." They test for the same knowledge, but in different ways. Even though Aidan doesn't speak well enough for people to realize it, he's plenty smart enough to see he's being asked the same questions over and over, and be annoyed with it. :)
One neurologist had said I should test Jace, back when he wasn't even 2 yet. Though she was dead on with the CP diagnosis, she had globbed on to my comment that it was suggested Aidan might be autistic and insisted, "Autism runs in families, you know." (rolling my eyes here... I hate that phrase, I heard it SO many times for a couple of years) I contacted the office to see if it was even possible to test a 2yr old and, just as I suspected the answer was, not really. They normally don't start testing until age 4 or at least the child being verbal... which he was not. So that's why we tested now. :)
The results were a bit surprising, because it majorly validated what we've been told by the geneticist.
Something that's been really hard for some to believe, and even a bit difficult for me to accept.
Jace has every single "disorder" Aidan has. Seriously.
It's a long list, I'm not putting it on here. But they have to do with things like speech, movement, hyperactivity, aggressiveness, mood, and other learning disabilities. She also witnessed seizure activity during one of the sessions. Though he is on an anti-seizure med, he'd fallen the night before. Stressful (and wow, he completely freaked out by the blood and pain) events trigger breakthrough seizures, so it makes total sense he'd have episodes in her morning testing session. She said he is not just smart, but super smart with things like blocks, puzzles, and problem solving.
I'm grateful for the additional help this will bring Jace.
One neurologist had said I should test Jace, back when he wasn't even 2 yet. Though she was dead on with the CP diagnosis, she had globbed on to my comment that it was suggested Aidan might be autistic and insisted, "Autism runs in families, you know." (rolling my eyes here... I hate that phrase, I heard it SO many times for a couple of years) I contacted the office to see if it was even possible to test a 2yr old and, just as I suspected the answer was, not really. They normally don't start testing until age 4 or at least the child being verbal... which he was not. So that's why we tested now. :)
The results were a bit surprising, because it majorly validated what we've been told by the geneticist.
Something that's been really hard for some to believe, and even a bit difficult for me to accept.
Jace has every single "disorder" Aidan has. Seriously.
It's a long list, I'm not putting it on here. But they have to do with things like speech, movement, hyperactivity, aggressiveness, mood, and other learning disabilities. She also witnessed seizure activity during one of the sessions. Though he is on an anti-seizure med, he'd fallen the night before. Stressful (and wow, he completely freaked out by the blood and pain) events trigger breakthrough seizures, so it makes total sense he'd have episodes in her morning testing session. She said he is not just smart, but super smart with things like blocks, puzzles, and problem solving.
I'm grateful for the additional help this will bring Jace.
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