My recent communication with Communication Disorders Team:
"I am contacting you regarding the possibility of ABA therapy to support DS’s eating. I have seen it on a BBC documentary showing the Treehouse school in Muswell Hill with great results for eating. I am not a great fan of ABA but willing to give it a go for the eating side of things.
He is often going to school without breakfast and then not eating lunch at school. Even though the teacher has tried a picnic on the classroom carpet.
At night he will occasionally eat something but not enough to sustain himself.
We are all concerned again and he is still a skinny boy."
This was the reply:
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I have spoken to Horselover (and copied her into this email). She is a member of our Team who supports behaviour across the county and we can certainly support you with strategies for eating. In the mean time I've asked Horselover if she can refer you to the Challenging Behaviour Psychology Service for help with managing DS2 at home. She will need his NHS number and the number of your GP and is meeting with them on 11th Dec.
The ABA programme was for a child with severe learning difficulties who was not eating solids. Often children who are more high functioning can become highly anxious (like DS2) when a programme like this is put in place and food then becomes an issue particularly if you use the type of programme you saw on the BBC documentary. Horselover has said she is happy to join a meeting in the new year to help design a programme."
What do you think? (I am at the stage of throwing my rattle out of my pram but holding it in for the sake of DS2)