I have known for a while my daughter has sensory problems but I'm wondering if there could be more to it and would like to hear others opinions or experiences. Sorry it's a bit long
These are my main concerns...
She will only wear certain clothes, she wears her own clothes to school as hates the feel of her uniform. She hates the feel of towels and refuses to wear socks.
She doesn't sit still (at home) even if she's watching the t.v she will be climbing on the sofa, rolling around, hanging upside down or fidgeting or chewing something.
She gets obsessed by things, she loves animals and whichever is her favourite at the time she will have to learn every fact about it. She will watch the same thing on tv over and over again. And she obsesses over time, constantly asking how many more minutes untill whatever. If i say something is 5 minutes she will sit there and count to 60 five times. Her memory is brilliant, she remembers things we did when she was not even 2 and details like what she was wearing etc.
She has little rituals like if she is brushing her teeth each side she will count to 8 (because she is 8) or she will say 1,2,3 before telling me or showing something.
She gets scared of loud noises and will cover her ears a lot.
She doesn't like unexpected change,
She has extreme emotional and sometimes violent reactions if things don't go how she wants although these are less frequent than before as I'm learning and avoiding what triggers her.
She has no problems communicating or playing with other children, she prefers to play with older children and in her class will prefer to play with just one close friend.
She is very conscious of what others think of her and gets really upset and embarrassed if she gets something wrong, she will sometimes get so upset and say she wishes she was dead because she's not normal.
She is doing well at school, though does sometimes need encouragement to start her work and reassurance that she is doing it right. Every school report since being at school has said how shy she is.
She has been referred to child development but im so worried that if there is something wrong that it will be missed as she is fine at school.
What will happen when she finally gets an appointment? Shall I take a list of how she is at home or do they just assess her from what they see. Sorry for the long post but I'm just so worried if something is wrong and how to help her