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Date Posted:23:32:09 03/04/09 Wed
My 8 year old recently had the full neuro battery of tests to see what is going on with his literacy. He was diagnosed with dyslexia by a specialist speech path however there seems to be a difference in approach to this issue between speech and psychologists. The Neuropsych was pretty dismissive of the idea of dyslexia and would almost never call anything dyslexia because it is a label. The upshot is that my son has normal cognitive function, is way behind on his literacy with specific features (reversals, poor phonological awareness etc) but because he was mildly wriggly and resistant during testing and clearly wasn't enjoying it, she has decided that his problem is attentional. She assumed that he must be up and down at the dinner table, cant sit still at the movies etc etc none of which is the case at all. But because he was not actively engaged in the testing process then the diagnosis is going to be ADD with medication the prescribed treatment. He is a lovely kid, good friendships, never violent or angry. He doesn't push the limits particularly he just resists things and his confidence has been spiraling downward in relation to doing schoolwork. She was so sure of herself but it was so clear to me that she has absolutely no skill with children and very little sensitivity as she said all of this and more in front of my son who was looking down at the ground feeling humiliated and embarrassed at everything she said. It was a sad day for him really and I certainly wont be giving such a child medication. Isn't ADD and Ritalin just as much a label? I know people make excuses for bad behaviour but he just isn't like that.
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