Hi everyone - It is 10.37pm here Tuesday night in NZ - My psychologist arrived at 7:30pm and left just on 10pm!! (poor thing kept her out too late). I am not surprised at all with what she has reported - not shocked or even disappointed, as I knew the report would mainly reflect on all 'the positive things' my son can do.
The issues that were brought up were: lack of language skills (even though as a family we can clearly understand him most of the time) - sensory issues, and lack of planning ability.
Aggressive behaviour????? Well, she basically worded: "I did not observe a situation where DS appeared to purposefully set out to harm a child or rough-play in any way." This observation was only observed within the kindergarten.
She said he has a gentle manner of relating to other children - ummmm oh yes right????
His depth perception is not good - and it is therefore understandable that his ability to sense his own body in space is not strong. It is recommended that his attempts to "space" himself from others e.g. during busy activity times on the mat, are appreciated as such and not perceived as him wanting to be aggressive or "push" other children.
This last sentence I have just written - Does that say, he does push and can be aggressive - BUT hey its not his fault??? Well she really needs to see him with his 11mth old brother - as yesterday DS2 was slammed to the floor big time - I almost took my 11mth old off to the doctor (bump on his wee head today )
She wants language to include "This is mine, This is DS"
She said he does have some symtoms of Dyspraxia, but not all of them - But he is not Dyspraxic????? Ok I am with her now LOL
So, when I asked - ok so what are we going to do to try and overcome some of these issues.
Her reply: Continue with what you are doing -I said, you have got to be joking????? She said, no the time out is the way to go - you are making progress, just continue with all of this.
Any comments??? Sorry for so long. She is such a lovely lady to talk with (but can she help us??)