• Diagnoses

• ​

• What are diagnoses?

• Diagnoses are names used to label a specific set of symptoms that are being experienced by a child.

​

• What does a diagnoses really mean for a child?

• The diagnosis or labelling of the cluster of symptoms then helps to narrow down and specifically tailor:

• What other issues commonly occur simultaneously.

• What medication might be appropriate.

• What therapies might help the child (e.g. Medical, Occupational Therapy, Speech Therapy, Psychology).

• What the course of intervention (medical and/or allied health) might be and what outcome might be expected (prognosis).

• What can be done to help the child.

​

• Why are diagnoses helpful?

• A diagnosis helps the child and their carers (parents, teachers, health professionals, carers) to:

• Access information about the relevant cluster of symptoms.

• Communicate the salient features of the child’s challenges to all people involved in the child’s care.

• Possibly interpret certain behaviors differently in light of the diagnosis.

• Obtain information about what can be done to help the child.

• Determine specifically where and how to help the child.

• Access funding or services that might not otherwise be accessible.

​

Some of the Diagnoses We Assist With

• ASPERGERS SYNDROME

• ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDER / ATTENTION DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADD/ADHD)

• AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDER (ASD)

• CLEFT LIP AND/OR PALATE

• DEFICITS IN ATTENTION, MOTOR AND PERCEPTUAL ABILITES (DAMP)

• DEVELOPMENTAL COORDINATION DISORDER (DCD)

• DEVELOPMENTAL DELAY

• DOWN SYNDROME

• DYSGRAPHIA

• DYSLEXIA

• DYSPRAXIA

• FRAGILE X SYNDROME

• GENETIC DISORDERS

• HEARING IMPAIRMENT

• LANGUAGE DELAY

• LANGUAGE DISORDER

• LEARNING DIFFICULTIES

• LOW MUSCLE TONE

• OPPOSITIONAL DEFIANCE DISORDER (ODD)

• PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER – NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED (PDD- NOS)

• RETT SYNDROME

• SELECTIVE MUTISM

• SENSORY PROCESSING DISORDER (SPD)

• SPEECH DELAY/DISORDER

• STUTTERING

• TOURETTE’S SYNDROME

• VOICE DISORDER

​