It's been 7 weeks since dd(13) attended school. She's currently being assessed for ASD although right at the beginning of the process. She hasn't really had an any appointments relating to the assessment yet after 18 months. I've chased this and been assured by camhs that she's on the list.
She's currently taught in the asd unit at the school, but hasn't been for 7 weeks. She doesn't have a statement. She did have another period of not attending back in November and saw a cpn at camhs. She them was assigned a support worker and sees her every couple of weeks. As well as the potential asd there are also huge issues with her mental health. She doesn't get washed, take care of herself, doesn't see anyone, seems to have pushed away the few friends she had. She rarely gets dressed. She has also talked about hearing voices, visual and auditory disturbances. So to me it's much more than asd.
I have called camhs and our gp several times now and am just at the end of my tether. She hasn't seen the cpn again since November. She's has not seen a physc or such either. The gp just says that she's in the camhs system his hands are tied. I've spoken to camhs several times about the hearing voices and signs of depression. They log the call, pass on the info to the cpn and that's it. They see the support worker appointments as enough but it's not. Nothing else is done. I've spoken to the senco several times but they are waiting for camhs and dd is recorded being absent due to illness. I just feel like I'm banging my head against a brick wall. Dd really needs some help. We all do. But no one seems to be listening.
I've tried to talk to her this morning but she hid in the wardrobe. Has anyone got any advice where to go from here. I spoke to camhs yesterday and the call was logged again. The cpn is on leave this week so will see the call report sometime next week. And that's the best they can do. "We don't have any answers" is the response I got when I pushed. Is that what I can expect?