Wondering If This Is Sensory Processing Disorder

Sounds like my daughter exactly except for a couple of the things you mentioned. I've wondered the same thing about her as well. She's already been diagnosed with ADHD but she is going in to be evaluated for PDD, aspergers in November. If I were you, talk to your pediatrician and get some references on who or where to take him to be evaluated. Explain everything you have here to the dr and he/she should be able to direct you. Keep on doing it until you get some answers. Good luck!

You can have a sensory evaluation done by an OT. We are having one done at Mt Washington Pediatric Hosp, probably a little out of your reach, but there has to be a Children's center in Montgomery county somewhere that can help you. The OT can rule it in or out and maybe give you advise as to where to go next. Your ped can also recommend someone.

Thank you for adding the things you have tried so that we would not be repeating those as suggestions... We have one that got a pseudo evaluation by a lady at the county health department, she cannot diagnose any disorders but was able to give us many many ideas of which way to go as far as trying...like letting him rock when he's upset, or jump/bounce...that winds him up like he's a clock, he is wound up for hours and hours and hours after bouncing. Using a backpack with some books in it worked for quite some time. It grounded him and when he had it on he was able to stay in the group and pay attention very well. He started getting teased and started refusing to wear it so they stopped trying.

The lady was able to give us information about OT/PT and how it might work, it didn't in our case though. It was a lot of good quality information that has been our source of references quite a few times.

I think getting the school to provide an evaluation is your right and they have to pay for it. We took a class last night on IEP's. You have the right to make your school pay for this and if you formally request it in writing they have only a certain amount of time to respond and do it.

I googled: getting help to get an IEP for my child through school

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Yeah have him evaluated. I have read that as many as 1 in 6 kids have some kind of sensory problems, but most out grow them. Its only when it efffects daily life when it becomes a disorder. Not many actually have it become a disorder. You can have him evaluated by an occupational therapist as well because they are usually the ones that will do the therapy if he does have sensory problems. Good luck!

I have a child with sensory issues. This does not sound sensory to me, but may be. The others are right, have him assessed by an OT. Why have you waited 4 years to address this? Therapy really helps. My daughter started therapy at age 4 and "graduated" from OT before starting 1st grade.

We went to Children's Hospital in DC for an evaluation. Since it was too far for us to travel with our 5 yr. for once a week therapy, they found someone closer to our home. It could be many different things. Children's said some of his behavior was along the lines of OCD. But the therapist recommended to us closer to home said she thought it was more of the sensory disorder (he does the licking and smelling too). Regardless, they are helping him through it. Both places agree that he has an anxiety disorder. Good luck!