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Sending Ds info to EP

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Skylar123 · 10/04/2014 23:17

Can I ask you guys something as I have been umming and ahhhing about this.
The LA EP visited Ds at school (age 7) and asked Ds how he felt about school on a 1 to 10 level. His answers were totally different to what he tells me and also when I asked him
About it later that day he told me he didn't understand her question. When the EP told me how he answered the questions she put to him I told her I have a chart that Ds and I have done where we have broken down all lessons and rated them 1 - 10 with comments Ds made at te time in relation to each lesson, which is nowhere near like the info she has just given me.
I know this may sound trival but EP asked me to send this in to her - should I ?
Thanks in advance for any comments/views

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Riv · 11/04/2014 00:47

Why are you hesitating? something is clearly worrying you about sending the chart to her. If you can work out what it might give you an idea of what to do.
I would copy the chart and send a copy to her. You know your child better than she does after all, and your data is far more specific.
In a school or clinic situation your DS may give the answers he thinks she wants to hear even if he understands the questions. I'd also ask the EP how she asked the questions and if she used "Talking mats" or something similar to support his understanding.
T.M. is a well used, very simple and very helpful technique involving the child sorting pictures or words or symbols that they have chosen to represent things they are being asked about - the child decides if they go on the "like" "don't like" or "neutral" mat (can be a coloured paper with smiley and frowns on or whatever)
Working with a scale of 1 - 10 and like / don't like are actually very difficult and abstract concepts, especially if the child has communication or language probs.

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