Hi
I am thinking of having my DS(5) assessed but I am worried that if we get into this it will snowball out of control and we won't be able to stop it or say no to help if we feel DS won't benefit from it. This is just from previous experience when we lived in Australia for a year and at one stage DS was going to 4 appointments a week - physio, physio swimming, walking therapy and speech therapy - PLUS regular paed appts. They never did diagnose him with anything except a hole in the heart, low muscle tone and global development delays. However he was not formally assessed.
Since we came back to Scotland we avoided assessment because DS hated all these appts so much and he started to take off all of a sudden. However, I'm now thinking of applying for DLA as he has Encopresis and it's made me start to wonder if he should be assessed now. Even though he's doing great it's obvious he still has some issues.
Sorry I'm waffling! My question is basically - if they offer me appointments and a social worker and whatever else - can I say no? I'm not always keen on this interference (although obviously if I felt it would be beneficial for DS of course I would do it). Can we decide as a family how much, if any, help we want?
Thank you for reading and I look forward to hearing from you
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beanpip · 02/10/2009 17:26
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