confused by assessment report

[XxAlisonxX]

I have sat and read my daughters assessment report over and over again, but i think there trying to tell me that she has got ASD

this is what they put
Due to the diversity and variability of difficulties in sensory integration that an individual with an autism spectrum disorder diagnosis may exhibit, each individual needs to be assessed separately, in a range of environments and over an extended period of time and a number of locations. This above outlined screening assessment can only be a snapshot of Dee?s sensory processing skills and should be interpreted as a starting point for further in-depth assessment.

they have also out lined that she has severe difficulties with multi-sensory processing, Auditory processing difficulties, motor co-ordination (dyspraxia) and sensory processing disorder, Motor coordination is her weakest area and expressive language difficulties,

am i right in understand that and she has got specific and complex language needs aswell as ASD,

if any one would like to help me out going threw this report i would be most greatfull.

Of course I can only go on what you have provided (I didn't expect you to post the whole report!), so this is what I made of it:

She has a diagnosis of ASD.
Due to the wide spectrum of ASD, they need to perform further tests to find out her individual needs.

You then continued to to outline other things they said, so yes, I'd understand it like you (specific and complex language needs + ASD)....although it does seem to suggest that they intend to assess this further to determine a clearer picture of her needs.

Hope this is of some help. I assume that you have this back via your child's school?? If so, I'd arrange an appointment with the schools SENCO (teacher in charge of special needs) and ask them to go through the report with you. Alternatively, there should be a phone number on the report which you could ring to gain further assistance.

Last thing to add is that you start by saying that you think they're trying to tell you that she has ASD. The part of the report you highlighted did seem to suggest that she already has a diagnosis of ASD (unless this report also included a diagnosis). I'd follow this up to find out who and when a diagnosis was made (again, you can get this either via the schools SENCO or by phoning the Local Education Authority).

this is an independant report we had done, and no shes didnt have a asd dx prior to this.

Sorry to assume that it was done through school.

I'd still contact the people who did the assessment for a clearer explanation - surely they can offer that. And I'd still find out who and when a diagnosis of ASD was made.

Does she go to a state school?

I read it that she might have asd based upon this assessment but it is a snapshot and not a full assessment in a range of settings so they can't say for certain.

she currently goes to a ms junior school and is due to move to secondary in sept, i have to go threw this report and sort out all the bits that need to be put in her statement before we can make a decision on what to do for a secondary placement

These reports can often be quite confusing to read and understand. If you are having difficulties, I'd take it into school and gain the advice of the SENCO - surely it is them who are sorting out the statement?

Although, you've also brought another few points. Have you already got a statement for your DS, or getting an assessment for one?

I guess you mean that either she is in Year 5, or you do have a place for her in secondary school if she is currently in Year 6!?

yes she is statemented and yes she is in yr 6, but no she doesnt have a secondary school yet, the lea have given us a choice of 2 schools, a ms high with sli provision or a sn school with no language provision. we were waiting for this report before we decided the right path, but as it stands niether school now is sutable. iygwim,

Thanks for clearing that up. Wow, what a decision to make. We had a tough decision when deciding where our DS should go in Sept.

Like I've said, I'd talk this through with your DS current school.

You know your child best. It sounds like she needs some speech and language input - don't know if the SN school could get a speech and lang therapist in? All I can say is that for our DS we wanted to keep him in ms school (he was rejected a statement anyway) and to lead as normal education as possible.

Every child is different, with different needs, and like I said, you know your child best.

Wishing you all the best with your decisions!

Allison, does your dd have semantic pragmatic disorder? Till recently classified as SLI but recent fashion change so mostly now considered as the tail end of the autistic spectrum.

yes she was dx with severe SLI