Hello, we've gone round and round in circles trying to work out whether it's worth getting some professional help with DD or not, and so I could really do with some advice.
DD is 10. She was assessed for Dyspraxia aged 5. Didn't get a diagnosis at the time as her fine motor skills were good, but did have a few sessions with the OT, doing cross body work which helped a lot.
Since then, a teacher at DD's school has also flagged up dyspraxia in terms of DD blurting out slightly socially inappropriate stuff (her daughter has dyspraxia so she is alert to it). DD is also very un-coordinated and is way behind the rest of the class in any sports. However, she could ride a bike age 6. Complicating factor is that she is borderline hypermobile, but again, falls short of a diagnosis.
For the last few years, DH and I have been wondering about inattentive ADHD, because DD is very, very distractible. Noise is quite bad, but reading is worse. We send her upstairs to do a simple job, she picks up a book, forgets everything she is meant to do. She is getting fed up with this herself and seems to be unable to change.
School are aware of this, but the further complicating factor is that DD is fairly able, so she is doing fine within school and so - technically - it's not causing any problems. But on the home side, it's very very noticeable.
I don't think we're going to get any help through the NHS, but we are wondering whether a private diagnosis would be helpful, not only so that DD can understand what's going on and not be so upset, but also so that we can find ways of dealing with her better. And with secondary school looming, if there is a problem, I would rather it were named now. As things stand, she is going to lose her bag/homework/phone every other day, so I think some kind of understanding would really help.
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greyfriarskitty · 30/07/2017 14:59
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