| Diagnosis of children's brain development is always | | | | doctor's specialty, some famous doctors in child |
| painful and time consuming for the parent. From | | | | brain development disorder, may take up to six |
| the first day when you take your child to see | | | | months of waiting for initial appointment that not |
| your family doctor, to the day you know what | | | | only delays the child corrected diagnosis, but also |
| type of brain development disorder which your | | | | increases the risk of condition becoming worse. |
| child has, you may come cross many "wrong" | | | | Here are some tips which have worked well for |
| diagnosis and be suggested to take your child to | | | | some parents, I hope that they will kelp to reduce |
| see one specialist after another. Although there | | | | the time of waiting and to save time for parent |
| are many children brain development disorder | | | | running around to find treatments for their |
| specialists around, each specialist may only | | | | children. |
| specialize in one field. The only hope is of that | | | | A. In general |
| information collected from each specialist will finally | | | | 1. Share your concern with your doctor or |
| help to determine the exact type of disorder, so | | | | specialist |
| that your child will be treated with corrected | | | | 2. Listen to their suggestion |
| medication. | | | | 3. You may ask for initial screen by your family |
| Many parents in the U.S. complaint " Why don't | | | | doctor |
| we have a group of specialists who specialize in | | | | 4. Seek help from other specialists as soon as |
| diagnosing children brain development disorder in | | | | possible |
| the same hospital or children clinic, so all child can | | | | 5. Follow up your appointment |
| be diagnosis and treat quickly. Why do we as a | | | | 6. Seek a second opinion |
| child parent have to search for each specialist and | | | | 7. Get your concerns and questions answer |
| the time for each child to see such specialist | | | | 8. Know available treatments and education when |
| sometime exceed 3 months, etc...". In fact, each | | | | the true causes are found |
| country has its own health care system and non | | | | 9. Get your child copies from all doctors who your |
| of them is perfected. | | | | child has been seen. |
| I. In Canada | | | | 10. If you seek help from alternative medicine, |
| Because of universal health care system, after | | | | make sure you are understood and understand, |
| your child is seen by your family doctor, she or | | | | because most of the famous alternative |
| he will be recommended to the department of | | | | practitioner came from non English speaking |
| brain development disorder of local children | | | | countries. |
| hospital. From there, the team of specialists will | | | | B. Joint parent child development support |
| diagnose your child one by one and after all | | | | organization |
| diagnosis are collected and the team final meeting, | | | | 1. Share your concerns with members |
| they will inform you, the type of brain | | | | 2. Find a place where you can talk quietly with |
| development disorder of your child with | | | | member instead of raising your concern during |
| suggested treatments. | | | | meeting. |
| The time of diagnosis in Canada may be shorter, | | | | 3. Raise your question in the general meeting |
| but all doctors are pre determined. Like it or not, | | | | 4. Share member experiences |
| you can not choose your own. You may refuse | | | | 5. Share your check list |
| to see some doctors, but you will get your child | | | | 6. No technical term and personal labeling |
| to wait for weeks for next appointment and | | | | 7. If you find other sources, share with your |
| diagnosis is no, no to all parents. | | | | members |
| 1. There are many support group in your local | | | | 8. Be supportive and do not make any judgment. |
| area, If you will be given information to join | | | | C. here are the suggested list of specialist team |
| 2. Your child will be sent back to your local brain | | | | We don't know that the list below are helpful to all |
| development disorder local clinic | | | | parents, it has been used by other parent with |
| 3. You will need to come back, depending to your | | | | high success rate in diagnosis. It is said that the list |
| doctor diagnosis from time to time ( usually six | | | | save parent time and prevent delay treatments |
| months) or suggested by your family doctor or | | | | to their children. |
| local clinical doctors. | | | | 1. Development and behaviour pediatrician |
| 4. All medication are free | | | | 2. Pediatric neurologist |
| If you want to seek from the alternative | | | | 3. Children psychiatrist |
| medicine, you will have to pay for their services, | | | | 4. Children psychologist |
| but please inform your family and clinical doctors. | | | | 5. Speech and language pathologist |
| II. U.S. | | | | 6. Occupational therapist |
| You will have to make you own appointment or | | | | 7. Physical therapist |
| have your family doctor do it for your. You have | | | | 8. Play therapist |
| the right to choose any doctor whom you think | | | | 9. |
| will be best for your child. Because of each | | | | |