Lateral flow test distress

[ayshigirl]

My son aged 13, has major sensory issues and can't bear for me to do the lateral flow test on him. Up till now he's only done a handful as it's too distressing for him but he has started very unwillingly allowing me to do the odd one now on him. He refuses to do it himself but we've heard he may need to do it at school. Are there any tips that might make it easier for him. He even hates blowing his nose so it's a huge challenge.

Would mindful techniques work like getting him to think about his favourite holiday instead of what was actually happening?

Don’t do it?
If the school need to do it they need to get consent so just refuse consent?
That’s what I would do anyway. A fair few of kids at my ds school don’t take tests now.
My ds does but he has no sensory issues about it.

My 8 year old has autism and can't cope with anyone testing him. However he will happily test himself - it took a few tries, but he's really good at it now.
If he can blow his nose slightly before the test, that will help move any sample down a bit.

I work in a school and trained to do the LFT testing. If a child refuses to do it we do not force them. If you have previously given consent you can remove it.

The testing is VOLUNTARY. If he or you do not want him to do it he does not have to.

The same as the vaccinations that were given in schools. If the parent consented but the child refused they didn't get it. We are not going to pin children down to do it. The parents were told and needed to make other arrangements.

My son has autism and sensory issues. Some days he can cope with the tests and, others he can’t. School are very understanding and don’t force it. It’s a reasonable adjustment.

DH and I have to take regular tests because of our work and so long as we’re clear, it’s likely that the rest of the family is too, so they’re happy to accept that. If one of us tested positive, we’d keep him off.

It's entirely voluntary. Just say no thank you.

My son suffers from awful nosebleeds, he has been hospitalised with them, so we do LFT's at home and Email the school with the results and a picture of the completed LFT. If your son has been able to do them at home then tell the school you will do them there and inform them of the result!!