RE; Education Professional Referring to DD by Her Initial, Not Name in Mail ??

[RockinHippy]

Just that really...

DDs names was in the tittle bar of my email, so not hard to spot even if you are so busy with so many different DCs to deal with

Reply came back to me referring to DD by the initial of her Christian name only

TBH I'm not over enamoured with this person for several reasons & I am in the process of trying to dump them from their current role anyway, but this got right up my nose as IMHO its very sloppy & unprofessional & was for me in part the final straw.

AIBU ??? or overly fussy ??

(Not sure whether to mention it in my complaint or not)

TIA

YABU. I would have no problem whatsoever with a teacher using DS initial in an email. At all. Whatsoever.

I think there are more important things in life to worry about tbh.

YABU. If you've got something really to complain about, making a petty point like is will take away from the core issue and make them think you're looking for reasons to be "outraged"; and therefore possibly undermine your real issue.

I suggest you focus on the real issue (whatever that is) and make sure your DD gets whatever support the Education Professional and you are discussing.

Emails aren't secure. Could it gave been a confidentiality issue?

Is it something to do with confidentiality? Sometimes professionals do this to make information less identifiable

oh ffs

and yes agree '

at work we only ever put initials in subject lines - becomes a thing you jsut do

OP get a life

I thought this was quite normal-my ds's teachers do this all the time. Why is it a problem?

You obviously don't like her, but this is no biggie.

Often education professionals use initials only in email to preserve some element of privacy / confidentiality.

e.g. I would have an email from the SENCO entitled AZ statement which would simply refer to A throughout. In the event that the email goes astray, the child's identity is protected.

It may be that whoever sent the email does that automatically.

It's fairly crap to be honest.

Yes there are mire important things to worry about but if people didn't also moan about the small things nothing would be listed on mumsnet.

It's to do with confidentiality as others have said
YABU

Confidentiality.

My social worker does this for my disabled son. Doesn't bother me at all.

I'm a teacher too.

"Trying to dump them from their current role".

Is her first name the one she is known by?

If she's invariably known by a middle name, I would be annoyed if someone chose to use which might be a totally different instal.

But initial v full name wouldn't bother me.

Thank you all :)

some more than than others

Blankiefan Thank you - that's pretty much exactly why I am asking - I could see why it might be seen as "nit picky" but part of her role is to form a close bond with DD, which she hasn't even attempted to do, so I wasn't sure if this was worth mentioning.

To clarify - DDs name WAS in the subject line - I had written it myself, so no, not a confidentiality issue & this was in a REPLY to my email. Also, no, not a teacher.

YABU. It doesn't matter if you wrote it, confidentiality policy will most likely dictate that she cannot write your DD's name.

Okay, as I can see this is offending some, so I had best be a but more open, as that wasn't my intentions at all.

This person is a senior school nurse & is the Lead Professional assigned to us for a CAF/TAC - I was talked into it as taking pressure off me, but having looked into the whole thing properly as regards local reasons for a CAF - I don't even understand why it was suggested at all & wish I had followed my gut instinct with this whole thing, especially this person.

I'm finding its not taking the pressure off me at all, quite the opposite, as they neither listen properly nor follow through with any promises made in the various meetings. In different circumstance I would take them as I find them, but yes, you are right, as it stands I am not really liking them as I find them to be very fake & not doing the job properly but talks it up well. They also counteract my querying things not getting done, with pointing out things I supposedly haven't done myself, things already discussed & sorted out & with my background I can spot a faker at 100 yards & its making me like them less every meeting - hence why I want out - its proven counter productive for DDs well being as I was on top of things myself without the CAF, difference was then, things were followed through.

Hope that clarifies things enough :)

So the full name was only in the place where you had put it and all her references used the initial only? That is the opposite of unprofessional! All the team involved with my kids (they both have disabilities so a lot of different people and a lot of comms) use only initials. It is considered good practice.

Sorry. At the time i wrote my post you last one wadnt there. Clearly this isnt about the use of initials and you need to discuss with them why this isnt working iyo and how it can better work.

Standard practice to use initials for confidentiality.

So the full name was only in the place where you had put it and all her references used the initial only? That is the opposite of unprofessional! All the team involved with my kids (they both have disabilities so a lot of different people and a lot of comms) use only initials. It is considered good practice

Thank you Isee I didn't know that, so in that instance I can now see that I was being unfair, it just seemed very impersonal to me, hence why I took issue with it, but as its rules of there trade so to speak, it makes more sense - thank you

Sorry xpost Penelope & you too