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does he have dyspraxia

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amtd · 11/10/2007 20:50

My son has just started reception. I am well used to working with children with special needs but when its your own I question wether I am being over observant. Wonder if he may be dyspraxic.
Ever since he was a babe I have known there was something different about him. He used to get very frustrated with the toy hanging across his pram/remove it he was fine. He spent long periods of time at 10mths plus putting plastic cutlery in and out of a plastic cup the right way up. He spent lots and lots of time 'practising' the same movement up and down before he started to walk and has all ways explored every developmental stage thoroughly. As a tofddler and older he had a high pitched scream. his speech is fantastic, he hates dressing up, creative play, plasters, hair brushed but is very tactile -likes to stroke people, very sensitive emotionally and hearing. Lg motor skill ahd great difficuly learning to ride a trike. Can't hold a pencil correctly and the pencil mark is so light you can hardly see it. Took him ages to learn to hop but he tried and tried and tried and succeeded. Just cannot control his need/urge to touch things on the shelf in a shop. Long term memory fantastic but short term recall could do with a bit of help. Social interaction compromised. Left to complete a task on his own totally doesn't do it/can't do it but fine on one to one.
To nam e but a few of his symptoms. Have made an appt with an independent ed psych as waiting list too long in school - just wanna know been fobbed off so many times.
Any body got a comment

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daisy5678 · 11/10/2007 21:43

Sounds very like my son. He has a diagosis of ADHD, ASD and the occupational therapist puts him on the 2nd centile and says he is 'sensory defensive', which I am still googling and researching!

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daisy5678 · 11/10/2007 21:46

Sorry, should say that you should ask your GP/ school to make a referral to the occupational therapy service for an assessment. It took a year for my son's to come through, but now he gets one to one from the OT once a week and he will be doing sensory work with him.

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daisy5678 · 11/10/2007 21:46

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daisy5678 · 11/10/2007 21:54

He does sound like he has a lot of dyspraxic symptoms, but so does my son, and it was the sensory defensive thing that is always mentioned, along with poor motor skills...I kind of think it's the same thing as dyspraxia though, but J has enough labels so am not bothered about chasing this particular one, as long as he's getting the help, I don't care what they call it!

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chocolateteapot · 13/10/2007 17:24

I think you are doing the right thing seeing an Ed. Psych. You obviously have a fair bit of experience of children and I think you should trust your gut instinct. You have mentioned a number of things that are quite similar to how my DD was when she was younger, she does have a dx of dyspraxia. I'm a big fan of early intervention if there is a problem, it has made a big difference for my DD.

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amtd · 14/10/2007 12:38

Thank you to those of you who have posted comments.
Helps me feel less like I am banging my head against a brick wall.
My Dr has also now referred me to the child dev Peadiatrician at my local hosp and the school seem to be very supportive.