Private ADHD referral - School & Trust won't complete forms

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Fluffycloudsfloatinginthesky · 27/02/2025 11:25

Anyone been through this. School agree referral to Cahms is warranted however completely refuse to complete forms for a private assessment - it's also trust policy.

I think I need to get SEN lawyer involved but anyone been through this scenario and got any advice.

Basis for this is that they cannot guarantee their qualifications.

Apparently it doesn't matter if CAMHS will accept their diagnosis . It also doesn't matter that they are actually the lead for local NHS trust most of the week, if the forms come on a private day they won't be completed.

They have apparently never had anyone go private in the entire trust and if they fill the forms for me they have to do for anyone else and they cannot be sure they would guarantee the credibility of the provider.

I have already done a private mental health assessment for which they wrote a letter and in that assessment her scoring was above the adhd thresholds (also dad has it)

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OhCrumbsWhereNow · 27/02/2025 14:31

Fluffycloudsfloatinginthesky · 27/02/2025 13:58

I am trying to obtain an adhd diagnosis and understand if medication is indicated. She has already been suspended once from school and is refusing to attend some lessons.

Unfortunately being in Y9 I don't feel I have a year to wait on Camhs given she won't be far off GCSEs by then and I'm not sure it wouldn't be too late to turn it around.

We also went the private route in Y9 (earliest opportunity due to Covid) and because a 3 year waiting list would not have been much use.

Medication has been life changing for us all - and especially for DD.

CaptainFuture · 27/02/2025 14:31

Fluffycloudsfloatinginthesky · 27/02/2025 13:58

I am trying to obtain an adhd diagnosis and understand if medication is indicated. She has already been suspended once from school and is refusing to attend some lessons.

Unfortunately being in Y9 I don't feel I have a year to wait on Camhs given she won't be far off GCSEs by then and I'm not sure it wouldn't be too late to turn it around.

A diagnosis or assessment?

OhCrumbsWhereNow · 27/02/2025 14:30

Does child have another teacher in their lives who has known them a reasonable amount of time?

When DD was assessed, I submitted questionnaire responses from school and her main music teacher.

Reason being that he had taught her for 5 years at the point and knew her well, whereas at school she had spent most of 2 years in lockdown and no teacher had taught her for more than a couple of hours a week for a term (and the teacher they asked to complete the form happened to teach one of her favourite subjects).

Psychiatrist totally understood the issues and took mine, DH, music teacher and school's scores into consideration alongside school reports and their own assessments.

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Fluffycloudsfloatinginthesky · 27/02/2025 13:58

I am trying to obtain an adhd diagnosis and understand if medication is indicated. She has already been suspended once from school and is refusing to attend some lessons.

Unfortunately being in Y9 I don't feel I have a year to wait on Camhs given she won't be far off GCSEs by then and I'm not sure it wouldn't be too late to turn it around.

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Andagain2 · 27/02/2025 13:53

what are you trying to achieve? While both my kids schools accepted their private ADHD diagnosis - they also had educational phycologist testing which recommended changes in the school (ie like a computer, exam rest breaks) which the schools accepted.

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