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Mumsnet Discussions: Special needs : ds1 will be observed at school this week- (7 messages)

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By oops on Wed 14-May-08 19:22:08

I sought a referral earlier this yr for all sorts of asd tyoe behaviour.

he is now pretty much "normal" and i have phoned the p=clinic to say that i am not sure that we need to purseu this any futhre.

but they are going to
do this anyway-whatn will happen at school?
i feel quite tense aboutnit all. sad

he#s 4.5 btw

By oops on Wed 14-May-08 23:11:39

anyone?

By Christie on Wed 14-May-08 23:30:44

I would imagine the ed psych will observe your DS in the classroom, and possibly in a play situation, probably chat to his teachers and then make a report.
If you feel he is ok it is quite possible the report will recommend no further action.
Try not to get too worried about it, oops.

By TotalChaos on Thu 15-May-08 08:27:02

I agree with what Christie said. Should all be done in a very low key way.

By oops on Thu 15-May-08 13:26:46

I just feel that we are getting judged...
I sent him to school with his brother's water bottle- it was ds2's name on it.
ds1 lost his a couple of weeks ago.
some of the issues are also around his nasty nehaviour to ds2 and now i feel that the ed psych will note this and make a big thing of it,.

she made a big big thing if him wearing a hoodie with the hood up for the first appt (he has it up all the time if he is wearing one) and then for the second appt he wasn't wearing a hoodie so no hood up.
I dress hima nd choose the clothes so not really indicative of anything bth- just what is clean and dry.
But the ed psych thought it was very important.

and ds1 has vv short hair- dh took him to get it cut and they scalped him. Ds2 has mega hair- i've been really busy and need to find another chair dresser (not the scalpers) so they made a big point of how they both were looking different...
hmmm
it is troubling me a bit

By Christie on Thu 15-May-08 17:40:57

Oh dear you poor thing. You sound really worried.

I'm willing to bet that your ed psych has no children of her own! If she had she would know that:

a) sometimes your children are dressed in the only clean and ironed article of clothing you have handy.
b) lots of brothers and sisters don't look alike or dress alike (I made a conscious effort to dress differently from my sister!!)
c) the important thing is that your DS has a water bottle so that he doesn't get dehydrated.
d) there are all sorts of reasons why two brothers could have different hairstyles.

Could you have a word with the SENCO before the ed psych comes in and let her know you are feeling very anxious about it?
Hopefully she will be able to reassure you and may also pass on your concerns to the ed psych.

By oops on Thu 15-May-08 22:13:44

I do know that all that stuff doesn;t matter, but the ed psych may not smile

and lol that the clothes are ironed grin

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