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SCHOOL VISITS AS AN IMPORTANT PART
OF DIAGNOSING BEHAVIOR CHALLENGES IN YOUNG CHILDREN
When children in preschool or the early elementary years are referred for an assessment of behavioral challenges it is standard practice for clinicians to conduct developmental, family and social histories with the family, observe the child at play in a clinical office interview, to have parents and school personnel complete behavioral questionnaires and to sometimes carry out diagnostic testing. What in not standard is to observe the child in the classroom. I suggest that an observation should be an essential component of a diagnostic work up. (READ MORE)
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