Daphne Keen

[hoxtonbabe]

Evening All,

I have my appointment with her soon and I explained my issue to her sec about the school however she doesn't appear to want any previous papers/assessments/reports, this seems extremely strange especially as my DS is now almost 16 and hides a lot of things quite well.

This isn't sitting well with me already.

When is your appointment? My dd's is November 1st. We were sent a questionnaire for the school to fill in but I also plan to send reports we have and a diary.

I saw her when DS1 had left primary but not been able to start secondary. I didn't send any paperwork but took an indexed bundle with me. Even though I did not leave copies she had the right names, dates etc in the written report. tbh I think she had made a provisional diagnosis before we got to her office (greeting, eye contact and climbing the stairs) and had confirmed within minutes.

She puts a lot of store by what parents say, but she asked for a whole raft of reports when she saw our kids so not sure why she hasn't in this case.

She asked for some of the reports after the assessment though, and didn't give us a diagnosis for DS2 until she had them as he was very borderline. Maybe she just wants to see your DS first?

Wild, I think my DS is very borderline also and not sure you would pick anything up in a short space of time. His eye contact is ok, he is always tapping his leg or hands, but he is not hyper, he is very easily liked by others and is well mannered and behaved ( for the most part) but he tolorates people and has no interest in forming meaningful friendships, he has a very narrow window of interest and is fixated with the army/ law enforcement.

As he is getting older different things are presenting different, it was noted far more when he was younger about his car and train obsession, him dominating conversations and steering it back to what he likes to discuss, I get that a lot at home as no matter what we talk about it will somehow go back or have some reference to his interest.

Keep on: I will do just that, give her a nice orderly file, especially with the stuff from when he was younger as the signs were more classic then, now he's a bit iffy ( iyswim)

Thanks folks..will let you know how it all pans out

I reckon she gets all her information about our kids from MN.

We must be her biggest client base.

She probably knows all our kids well by now and lurks every Friday in the corner of the Goose and Carrot with her Champagne Spritzer.

LOL @Star

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA @ Star