Carol Kranowitz
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385 appearances
1 recordings
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first heard Sep 2017
last heard Sep 2017
Carol Kranowitz’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Listeners might know that doctors often go by this adage, when you hear hoofbeats, look for horses, not zebras.
SPD happens to be a zebra.
And we need doctors and teachers to
And, of course, parents to look at the kid's behavior and say, wait a minute, this really isn't ADHD.
This is something else.
And I just want to tell you one little anecdote.
A friend of mine had heard me talk about my favorite topic.
And she said, you know, I'm just wondering if this applies to my 10-year-old son.
He has just been diagnosed with OCD, obsessive compulsive disorder.
And the doctor wants to put him on some heavy medication.
medicine that has not been tested well on children.
And she said, I didn't want to do it.
Carol, tell me what you think of this.
Well, this is what the doctor was basing the diagnosis on.
Every morning before going to school, the child would run around the dining room table many times clockwise and then many times counterclockwise.
Then he'd go to the front door and he would press really hard with his hands and then he'd press his
Shoulders and hips and thighs against the door jams equally.
And during the course of the day, he washed his hands many times.
OCD, right?
Wrong, wrong.
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