Autism Screening Questionnaire
Most of the parents/children that come to my office have already been diagnosed as being somewhere on the autism spectrum. Many times they come in with multiple issues as is common among the autism spectrum. That is, we will see a child ADHD and OCD features. Perhaps, Tourette’s syndrome with OCD features or PDD with ADHD. For those of you that are familiar with the hemispheric integration model, this makes perfect sense and is fairly common. Most parents come in with a multitude of records psychological evaluations. Many times they have been to a biomedical/D.A.N doctor and have had considerable amount of lab work and specialty testing. This is great for me as I have the benefit of all this additional information quantified before I begin to form my own impression. As of late, some folks in Tampa have begun to recognize me and asked me a few questions while I am out and about in the community. These questions as of late have been with regard to “Do you think my child may be autistic? “as opposed to”Do you think you can help my child?” Many times the answer is quite obvious, but many times it is not. Of course making a diagnosis on the street without the child even being present is difficult and not very professional. However, I understand that people are looking for help and answers. Since this is in my hometown, I usually refer them to our support group or this blog for information. That assumes of course that they are not ready to make an appointment for a consultation. I found this autism screening questionnaire on a wonderful website that I thought I would post a link to. As always, I hope this is helpful.