Melissa Neff
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first heard Jun 2017
last heard Dec 2022
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Like, how well can they pay attention?
And so, with that, the research on IQ really shows that age six is about where IQ tests are considered to be the most valid indicator of what your later IQ will be.
So anything sort of before that in terms of cognitive testing is should be considered very provisional.
In terms of autism, I will say that, you know, I'm not sure what types of testing and I'm curious what types of testing the Asher had, but kind of the gold standard of autism testing is the ADOS.
Um and the ADOS is an interactive test that's not just asking parents questions.
It's it's one-on-one with the child, having them doing a bunch of tasks that elicit, you know, social interaction and communication demands and kind of look for those things.
And you can do the ADOS as early as
I wanna say two, maybe even a little younger.
And I will say that just anecdotally, after having done assessment for so I'll be going on seven years in May in private practice for assessment, I can usually spot autism.
In like a friend's kid or in the grocery store, or probably by one and a half, two years old, and or at least concern for autism.
I would never just diagnose random people.
Um that's good.
Highly unethical.
But when you start to see these patterns every day in your practice, you start to go, oh.
You know, that that child really doesn't understand that her sister is not an object and is actually a person.
So I think that there are definitely signs early on, but there's so much confounding in terms of what's normal, especially if you're a first-time parent and you're not sure what you're seeing.
So I'll give you some examples.
Tantrums and meltdowns.
Tantrums are really normal for young kids, but kids that are sort of typically wired, they usually get over it pretty quickly.
Sometimes when you're looking at a tantrum with autism, it is really based on a rigid belief that this is what was supposed to happen.
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