Tests for processing speed etc?

[MerryCouthyMows]

Where would I go to, and what should I ask for with this?

I want DD and DS2 tested for processing speed issues, and expressive and receptive speech percentiles.

They have both had documented Speech & language issues from toddlers. Both been under SALT in the past.

DD discharged at 7yo, speech ok-ish, still some words mispronounced or 'switched' at 15yo. Comprehension a HUUUGE difficulty at school.

DS2 is just going BACK under SALT, because his speech is still very Yoda-ish immature for a 9yo.

Comprehension also an issue for him.

I want some evidence if percentiles for them, so that I can access more help for them.

What tests should I ask for, and where from?

SALT? School? OT for sensory issues? God knows!

And advice?

Hi Couthy

My experience is that the OT started the ball rolling with a basic assessment which included sections about sensory and verbal processing, but it was only when DD had all the assessments done as part of the ADOS testing that it was talked about in terms of percentiles - that was from the EP service. I now have a much clearer idea of just what DD struggles with in terms of visual and verbal processing (1st percentile).

Have your DD and DS2 had any input from the Ed Pysch service?

DD has been on SA+ since she was 3yo & in Nursery. She is in Y10. She has seen an EP just TWICE since 2001 when she went on SA+. Once when she was 4yo, once when she was 6yo.

I have been trying to get the Primary SenCo and then the Secondary SenCo to put her forward to see the EP ever since, but they "have to prioritise the few visits they get for the most severely affected DC's". All of which means that she has been on SA+ for 12 years, but hasn't seen an EP for the last 9 years of that.

I've been told that if I want her to see one, I will have to pay privately for it. Which isn't an option as I'm out of work & disabled myself, and a Lone Parent.

DS2 was on SA+ from 3-7yo, SA from 7-8yo, and has been ILLEGALLY taken off SA/SA+ DESPITE outside involvement from medical people & other again it's. he last saw an EP when he was 3yo. I get told the sane as DD, they are "prioritising those who disrupt the classroom in most severe need, if you need to see one then pay privately".

Veeeeeery helpful. Not.

DD discharged from OT (never saw a sensory specialist OT, all about movement bugger all about her sensory issues) at 7yo. She shouldn't have been, but, yet again, "prioritising services, at least she can walk and write..."

I just need this so I can get her post 16 help.

Requesting a SA and then appealing a refusal could be a good strategy.

I guess. I never got told I could appeal a refusal to assess before. Maybe it will at least get them reassessed (well, assessed properly for the first time) by the EP if they have to have reports in order to assess.

Essex seems to only even bother to ASSESS the most severely disabled or those who disrupt the classroom. Those who don't fit either category yet still need++ help get nowhere.

Guess I'll have to try again...

You will be refused sim

Sim?