LEA/SALT success

[Jimjams]

Got fed up faffing around getting nowhere so rang up an LEA bg cheese today. She has agreed that ds1's private SALT can go into school whilst the NHS one is on maternity leave as they haven't found a replacement She said that they would fund the equivalent number of hours as the NHS SALT had done. I said that she hadn't been in as much as she was meant to, and she said that no hours were specified on the statement. I said that we had had long "discussions" about that And she then said that she was "of the opinion" that statements needed to specify hours. Good GOD!!!! Spent ages arguing about that in Spetember. Anyway just in time for ds1's (vile) annual review on Friday.

School trip today was a disaster. He refused to go into the aquarium and dh got called to pick him up (I had a Japanese exam).

Glad to hear about the SALT. Sorry about school trip.

Will think of you on Friday

Just wanted to say Jimjams thinking of you for Friday. I have my dd's annual review on the 13th July and like you I am dreading it - though I don't know why. Have you had all of the reports through yet? If so, how many do you get? I just don't know what to expect.
Good luck and I am sure it will all go well

Congratulations on getting a SALT result. Fingers crossed that it's a good omen for Friday.

Sorry about the school trip. Do you know why he didn't want to go inside or is it one of those ASD mysteries that you can never find an answer for?

Hope your exam went well.

I haven't had any reports! I'm not sure it is the annual review- there was a bit of an argy bargy between school and LEA as to when it should be done. Everyone is going though....

oh its a mystery coppertop! Am seriously worried about trip to in-laws in the summer. It's going to take us all day to get to Ireland (I think we'll leave at 5am and arrive at 10pm) - what the f* do I do if he then refuses to go in the house (if you carry him in he then headbangs the door screaming and screaming until he gets out!)

Jimjams good news on the SALT There was going to be something on You and Yours (vile smug programme often) about the shortage of SALTS today but I didn't hear it.
Do you ever use travel sickness medicine for your ds1? Some of them can be quite usefully sedating too, even in miniscule doses, much less than recommended in the BNF. Difficult to justify if he never actually gets travel sick though..

oh god I give my son nothing (not even calpol unless his temps above 40- and then he has it limited). Everything these days is full of sweetners- sorbitol if nothing else- and the fall out is too much afterwards. Can't stand the screaming.

The trouble with this not going in places is that it is totally unpredicatable. DH is more worried that he'll refuse to get out of the car on the ferry!

We really need to buy a campervan. Found an ideal one- only 33 grand ha ha ha. Anyone got last nights lottery numbers?

Jimjams We have just been referred to a NHS homeopath for ds3. Does ds1 see a homeopath or take any remedies? I just wonder if there would be something they could prescribe.

My ds3 has similar probs with calpol and increasingly severe reactions to antibiotics. My GP now only prescribes one antibiotic, and only if it is the only option.

Wish I had useful advice for journey.

A friend of mine emigrated to Australia with her family including autistic DD. She got some potion from the Paediatrician to help with the journey (don't know what it was) and tried it out BEFORE they went to check for reactions etc. I will try to phone her in Oz, need to chat anyway of course You know what my advice would be, dong't go! I think you've got more than enough reasons not to but, obviously, you have to weigh up the after effects! Sometimes though its good to do something as an experiment and sometimes it goes well but sometimes its just the confirmation you need that its not a good idea. Can just picture you all in Homer Simpson's Grand Behemoth (the one where he got lost in the woods and mistaken for Big Foot)

Yeah he sees a homeopath maddiemo. At times it has helped dramatically at times of crisis (such as after the birth of ds2) so I will go and see her before the holidays.

Davros is of course right. We shouldn't go. Maybe if it is a disaster dh's family will finally understand the problems (especially if they see it on their home turf). They've had plenty of other opportunities to "get it" though so maybe I'm being too optimistic. Mind you I'd rather have the disaster with 2 kids, rather than 3 so there are advantages to getting the trip out of the way. And it will be ammunition for getting ds1 out of the (dh's) family christening in October.

I know what you mean about trying stuff out btw davros. That's how we treat every trip out- so we are pleasantly surprised if they work out. The difference of course is that bailing out in those circumstances is easy.

thats great jimjams except for the school trip bit

We have a few reports through already for dd as her statement is for review soon aswell. I have started to feel more pleased if they are worse now as I know she will get more support. Am I mad?

And more success. Just had the termly review at school and everyone was very positive. They were also pleased I'd phoned the big cheese and the statementing officer almost passed out when I said that she had said that hours for SALT needed to be specified in statements

Lots of good ideas for next term. They're going to get some year 4's to come and play/read with him, and they're going to start to get his classmates to take on the roll of the meal time assistant a bit (under supervision of course). No mention of moving him.

And he should be doing 3 whole days soon.