Assessment of birth children

[Fakinit03]

We are about to start stage two and have a birth son who is 3.5yrs. Our agency are currently doing stage two meetings via webcam and are managing to progress in this way. I'm just not sure how well this will work for assessing our son as he is not very interested in chatting via webcam and will wander off after a 5 mins.
A work colleague who has adopted twice tells me with the second adoption her first sons asessment only consisted of being asked to draw a picture of his new family. He was pretty much the same age as my son.
I'm wondering what other peoples experiences of birth child asessments are so I can try to imagine how this might work in the current situation
Thanks in advance!

My daughter was 4 when we went through the process. She was there when we met the social worker for the first time and then again in thre last few weeks (we scheduled the rest of the home visits for when she we at nursery). Each time it was very informal. Eating cake and asking a few questions. Regardless of what she said, due to her age, it wouldn’t really be taken into account. Luckily she said she wanted a sibling and wasn’t that fussed about anything else. The social worker explained her job and what adoption was and she went off and played. It’s just a quick few lines in what is a rather long in depth document. Don’t worry. Your son will be fine :)

Not been through this but I wouldnt worry too much.

At his age he won't really understand the concept of adoption, I would imagine they are just trying to get a feel for you as a family, as opposed to assessing him.

Good luck

I think it was mostly just chatting. The social worker brought some seeds for her to plant and they chatted. our dd was 8.

I'm sure it'll be fine and informal.

My birth son told our social worker his favourite drink was beer, he was 6 at the time.

2dads247 your kidding??!! 😂 Omg! That is totally something my son would say! Or just run around pretending to pump on everything! I'm so nervous of what he will come out with!
Recently at the supermarket we were at the checkout and he just said, we can't be finished shopping you haven't got any alcohol. You need more gin!
I nearly died of embarrassment! I hardly ever drink!

The joys of children. Thankfully SW saw the funny side.

My boys (2&4 at the time) told SW they wanted a brother because girls are stinky. Their 'stinky' sister is currently asleep on my lap