Chris wrote:
> On Jul 1, 10:46?am, Nan <Badmam@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> On Tue, 1 Jul 2008 09:33:35 -0400, "Sue"
>> <sburke9...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>>
>>> "Stephanie" <nothanks.nevergonedoit.com> wrote in message
>>>> That sounds backward to me. A UTI test is a no-brainer.
>>>> "Behavioral"
>>>>> issues are less cut and dried.
>>
>>> It is backwards. You always rule out medical first. Then if is
>>> nothing medical then you can safely work on the behavioral. If it
>>> is medical and you are treating it as behavioral, then you are
>>> possibly making things worse.
>>
>> Exactly. ?As a child I was told, "Start paying attention!" when I
>> would say I didn't hear what my mom said. ? Later, she took me to an
>> audiologist and discovered my hearing test failed in both ears due to
>> excessive wax build up. ?Once it was taken care of, I heard fine. ?My
>> mom felt pretty bad about puni****ng me for not paying attention.
>>
>> Nan
>
> That's fine by me, but definitely not my preferred method. I'm more
> inclined to work with my child to get to the bottom of an issue and
> therefore ask pertinent questions for either case - medical or
> behavioral. A 6-year-old is fully capable of answering some pointed
> questions honestly if not lead into a certain direction -- if she
> doesn't feel she can help it or change the problem, then medical
> evaluation should be pursued. I will avoid submitting my child for
> some painful, humiliating, invasive tests if at all possible.
UTI test is straight forward and certainly not painful. It would only be
humilating if someone added humilation into the equation unnecessarily.
> So, no,
> you don't have to automatically run to the doctor in every
> cir***stance. I can't imagine running my daughter into the office for
> unnecessary tests when I know full well what she is doing is
> behavioral.
How? UTI tests are conclusive. Parental judgement about behavioral issues
are a little less straight forward and more prone to error as Nan's story
illustrates.
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