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Speech therapy this morning

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jenk1 · 23/01/2007 15:53

Well it didnt happen really, there were us and 4 other couples with their children who were being assessed, i did tell the therapist that i didnt think it would work with other children being there last week but they asked us to try.

Straightaway she got upset, stood in the room crying for me, then refused to get off my knee all the time pulling at my hair, then whenever another child moved near to us she got upset and started saying over there so we kept having to move away from the other kids, then she put her hands over her head and i told the therapist that she wanted her headphones so she said get them if it makes her feel better, and i could see all the other parents staring over and i was thinking for goodness sake its not hard to see that DD has SN stop staring at us.

She refused to look at the therapist,kept saying too noisy and crying "go home go home" so the therapist said it wasnt right to assess her and i took her home, previously she had said for me to join in when DD is playing games - What games, i said .

She either lines things up or puts things in bins/cupboards takes them out again lines them up puts them away and then pushes her pram around with my blond wig in it !!!!!!

so i have to join in with the lining up/pushing the wig, DH is threating to take pictures

dont know how they are going to assess her though if she wont cooperate.

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AttilaTheMeerkat · 23/01/2007 16:31

Am sorry to read that the speech therapy session did not go as planned today.

You did at least tell the SALT that this was probably not going to work beforehand; why these people do not listen I do not know!!.
Is she now planning on seeing your DD solely?.

The part of the sentence about your DD pushing the pram with your blonde wig in it made me laugh. Seriously though I would take some film footage of her doing this and other behaviours. Perhaps this will help the professionals take more notice.

jenk1 · 23/01/2007 17:31

people do laugh when i tell them about the wig in the pram!!!

we have taken pictures of her lining her toys up and i will take some of her pushing the wig

she hasnt said about seeing her on her own but me and DH have an appointment to see her next week without dd so i will bring it up then, she,s also said she is going to come to the meeting about dd in nursery next week.

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NewMoonOnMonday · 23/01/2007 17:38

Sorry to hear that it was crap at SALT today. I hated a lot of DS's group SALT sessions too, but he did make some progress when the sessions went well - and they did half the time

I was rubbish at joining in with DS's games before he went to school - it's easier now but incredibly boring . DS used to just make queues with his toys and he'd get very angry if I touched anything, so it wasn't really possible. I was also told to keep commenting on everything we saw together, which is what most parents do I suppose, but it's such hard work when you don't get any response from a child - you just feel stupid and demoralised (well, I did).

coppertop · 23/01/2007 17:57

Does the SALT assess them in groups? I suppose financially it makes sense as they can do 5 at a time but surely that's no good for the child or the parents???

I must admit that I did LOL at you joining in with wig-pushing.

jenk1 · 23/01/2007 18:37

newmoononmonday, are you a regular btw? your DS sounds exactly like my dd.

she told me to comment on everything that we do together and she said "It must be hard because you dont really get anything back from her"

I havent actually thought that way about dd, i have been so concerned with her medical problems and ASD that i havent even realised that my own child doesnt talk to me of her own accord, that made me feel really .

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beckybrastraps · 23/01/2007 19:02

My dd was assessed individually. Were they looking in particular at interaction, or is it just the way they do things?

NewMoonOnMonday · 23/01/2007 19:29

Jenk - I dip in and out of MN and change names regularly. I used to be Lillypond and before that Jenkins88. Haven't looked in on SN's for a while because it went really quiet, but remember that you have a DS (pre-teen I think) with AS and your DD has CP. Sorry, if I'm wrong about that and I don't expect you to remember me, I've always been more of a lurker than a poster

jenk1 · 23/01/2007 20:35

oh yes i do remember you as lilypond, and you are right about my DS and DD.

hope you and your children are ok.

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NewMoonOnMonday · 23/01/2007 21:23

Thanks Jenk - hope things are improving for you and your family too.

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