I had suspicions daughter maybe dyspraxic - asked school to refer in her dec as GP wouldn't and said it had to be the school. school then said they would contact school nurse - in January I spoke to the school nurse myself and no referral from the school had been done as school not contacted them. did the referral over the phone. got to the end of feb - chased it up and referral gone missing so re done again.
yesterday finally got the letter asking me to to make an appointment which will be the end of June for an assessment. if it is anything like her brother , if they decide she needs therapy it wont start until at least sept and I think with my son we had to wait until nov so in reality from start to finish to get any therapy will have take a whole year.
as we are off to tribunal she was seen privately on Monday so I know she has hypermobility, difficulties with proprioception and possible developmental coordination difficulties rather than dyspraxia. she can also not hold a pencil properly which is causing her issues with holding her pencil so ideally want that sorting out as she is now 10 but reality is no therapy until she is 11 which may be too late to change her pencil grip.
is my waiting time the norm across the country? OT seems to be in such short supply or huge demand
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bjkmummy · 19/03/2014 07:54
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