Guest guest Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 Hi Eileen -- I do not have personal experience with Dr. Sices, but a friend of mine had her son evaluated by her last year and was very pleased with her time and thoroughness. However, I, personally was disappointed by the diagnosis she gave her son. This child very clearly has neurological/developmental issues. I am not saying that he is necessarily on the spectrum, but he clearly has issues. Last year he was 3-1/2 and he could not construct a syntactically correct sentence. He would jumble up the word order, although he had the words correct. If you ask him a question, it takes him approximately 30-60 seconds to start to respond -- he is working hard on constructing the sentence of his response. He also stares right through people; would only play with one toy all day every day, and engaged in playing with that toy in a very repetitive manner (pushing the Tank Engine back and forth and back and forth over the track all day); had frequent unexplained meltdowns; had a very limited diet; couldn't tolerate the slightest movement on a swing; couldn't tolerate his skin being bare (would wear long clothes in the heat of summer); has "blanking out" spells; and has tremendous anxiety. This is all I can think of right now, although there were many more issues. The child's pediatrician told my friend that he thought her son was autistic and referred her to a speech path who also thought he was autistic. The school psychologist also thought he was autistic. Dr. Sices, however, diagnosed him with social anxiety. That's it. With all of those other issues going on. HOWEVER, this child's mom was to some degree in denial and I believe the diagnosis was reached purely by parental questionnaire/interview, so if my friend painted a rosy picture, obviously the diagnosis would be off. So, of course, I will never know how my friend answered the questions, but I also don't know what questions were asked. But I remain frustrated by Dr. Sices' diagnosis for this child. That is all I know about her! Thanks. Margie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 4, 2006 Report Share Posted August 4, 2006 >has " blanking out " spells Margie - Sounds like your friend's child needs a sleep deprived EEG!! He may be having seizures, and the sooner that is diagnosed, the better. Chris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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