Advice needed

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Today my son scribbled all over a test page, 2 actually. He says he doesnt know

why he did it, that he just did it to do it. He has never done anything like

this before so I am a bit concerned. Or should I be, it's a first time thing

and could just be his mind wandered, I dont really know. Anyone have any advice

or gone thru some of the same things?

Thanks

Debbie

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Doctors checking babies for mental disorders Autism, attention deficit

disorder diagnosed, treated earlier and earlier

CHICAGO - Within days of their birth, healthy babies will look you in the eye.

By 4 months, they will delight in others. And by 9 months, they will exchange

smiles.

Day did none of those things.

" We used to say it was like it burned his eyes to look at you, " said his mother,

Tamie Day of Antelope, Calif. " It was like a physically painful thing for him.

It wasn't just that he wasn't looking at us; he was purposefully looking away. "

Day, who has a psychology degree, suspected her son might have autism. She

enrolled him in a study, published in April, that found that babies like

are indeed at high risk for autism if they do not respond to their names by 12

months of age.

At 18 months, he was formally diagnosed with autism, about a year earlier than

usual. Before he turned 2, began daily intensive behavior treatment

designed to help him lead a more normal life.

He is part of a growing field in psychiatry called infant mental health. Doctors

and scientists are increasingly looking for early signs in babies of autism,

attention deficit disorder and other mental problems that just a generation ago,

scarcely anyone thought could appear in children so young.

Some scientists even believe that intensive treatment in some susceptible babies

can actually prevent autism, attention deficit disorder and other problems.

Rest of article: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18660812/

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