Hi all, I'm very new to this. My just turned 3 year old is in the process of getting an ASD diagnosis. He is verbal but only communicates his own needs, will not reply to questions. I suspect I will not see the community paediatrician until next year and I do not know how long the wait will be from there until DX.
I am in the fortunate position of having money to put into this to get him the best help. The thing is, i need to know how to spend it wisely. I am currently doing private SLT. I will get a couple of NHS SALT sessions over the next few months as well. He gets 15 free hours care at pre-school but no one to one or any special help as no diagnosis yet and he is not at all disruptive. He doesn't seem to be benefiting from pre-school at all as goes completely non-verbal there. I could go for a private diagnosis but not sure whether hurrying on the diagnosis is going to help us at all (we and the pre school are pretty sure).
I keep hearing that early intervention is important. What do people generally think about ABA therapy? I was thinking about the intensive early intervention programmes where two tutors do 35 hours a week with DS. It makes sense when I read it (although the hours sounds long). I also spoke to ABA-easy steps in Acton today. They have just opened a clinic for ABA therapy, you atten the centre for either 15 hours Or 35 hours per week(school hours) for 1 to 1 therapy (with a supervisor). Suspect this will be equivalent to the national debt of a small country but would happily spend anything to improve outcomes. If I do go ahead and do it, how do I know which provider to choose. Thanks in advance
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Mumoftwinsandanother · 28/09/2015 18:49
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