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Mumsnet Discussions: Special needs : Joint assessment clinic with speech therapist and paed (6 messages)
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Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By moondog on Wed 14-May-08 22:56:06
Yes Nikos, excellent idea, as are things pointed out by the other gals. smile
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By PipinJo on Wed 14-May-08 22:48:18
You can't plan for it....only tell the truth i.e don't be in denial as I was....no he isn't hand flapping now and saying 40 words blush all because I didn't want my son to be faced with stigma.

It will just flow your expierences with your ds....what ever they ask. Don't forget you are biased ....you will say ds is doing better as I did....because you are a mum and want the best....they will see from observations. Make lists yes as it does get nerve racking in there and help to remeber everything. But as MD says, don't forget to write down important Qs. Good Luck!
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By TotalChaos on Wed 14-May-08 21:03:12
DS was at joint clinic last month. As SALT had done an observation at his nursery the month before, it was felt they didn't need much more info on the language side of things. The paed took a detailed history from me of DS health, development and behaviour, the ed psych did a few non-verbal tests on DS (very low profile, getting him to copy pattersn, match categories), and they all watched DS playing with teaset/doll/horse etc. I think a list of what does and doesn't concern you is a good idea.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By nikos on Wed 14-May-08 20:10:05
Thanks Moondog. I really trust the speech therapist involved as she is an expert in autism. She saw ds about 10 weeks ago at nursery and thought he was showing some Aspergers traits. He has improved so much since then (I go into nursery to support him). I thought about doing a list of bullet points of definite unautistic traits (ds good eye contact and imaginitive play and has no obsessions/eats well/sleeps well) and the behaviour that is still causing concern (still some aggression/echolalia/lack of social interaction). Would this be a good idea.
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By moondog on Wed 14-May-08 19:22:16
I'm a salt.
It will be quite informal.You will be asked a lot of questions and they will give your ds toys to play with and either watch you with him or interact with him themselves.

Please don't worry. They will try to put you at your ease.Write down anything important you want to discuss beforehanf.

Best of luck. smile
Contact the poster Contact mumsnet about this post By nikos on Wed 14-May-08 19:16:17
Anyone know what I should expect? Ds is 3.5 and being investigated for Aspergers.


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