Portage advice needed

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Portage worker came to visit on friday and brought an activity that he has already mastered succesfully.Being synical it looked like she hadn't planned anything for him and just grabbed what ever she had in the back of the car.She sat and showed him picture cards to name objects that had obviously come from the house she had just visited as they were all mixed up food on them generally horrible.I just dont see the point in her coming if she isn't going to make any effort.This is the same worker who left us with 1 book for 10 weeks through the summer to develop positional language you can imagine how long it took for him to get bored with that.Sorry to go on but dh just doesn't get why I get so upset about things like this.

Have you got a portage team leader? Who is in charge of your portage worker?

If so i would just ring him/her and say you aren't getting of with portage worker and would like another one. i am sure lots of people do this as not everytone 'clicks' with someone.

Agree with Fio. Contact the portage office and ask them if you can have a different portage worker. There might be a bit of a wait until someone else has a space available but the wait may be worth it.

Well I do agree to a point, and if you're not happy you have every right to change. I'm not suggesting you are but could there be a possibility that you may be a bit harsh on her???? I'm not saying you are or having a go, God forbid, i'm just sayiong that they may have limited toys available in general and correct me if i'm wrong but they only suggest things for you to try. I could be wrong but I wasn't aware it was their job to provide toys all the time. I DO understand what you are saying, REALLY I do.
My portage worker brings toys that are too easy for Lottie sometimes and I just think ha haaa - she can do that already, she's doing better than you think. Pethaps she had just grabbed a toy that she thought he might like without putting in loads of thought, or perhaps she's thought about it quite a bit but just got it wrong? Also not sure it's her fault that the cards she had were a bit grubby, she probably had loads of people to see last week and not enought time to do everything. I hope I'm not speaking out of turn here and that I haven't upset you. At the end of the day if she doesn't make you happy then change her. I just hope you end of with someone better, not someone worse. I get on with my Portage home visitor but agree that I'd hate it if I felt she didn't care. As it I see her once a month and we discuss what she can bring with her next time that lottie might be into, what I should be working on, things around the house that we can work into her play etc and she sends me laminated word/picture cards etc by post inbetween. Perhaps she just needs a chat with you about how you are feeling etc? I do hope you feel better about it all soon, it's important to feel confident about the help your child is receiving.

I know every now & then our Portage worker needs to update dd's checklist, perhaps you could suggest this needs to be done. Then see if you could work together on a few targets that you all decide are priorities. Surely working together is the main objective. If this doesn't happen or things don't get any better, then yes, I would chase this up.

Thanks for the advice everyone sorry Thomcat did upset me a bit but that does'nt take much at the moment as I lost my mum to cancer at the beginning of August.I had a chat with his portage worker this morning at playgroup and we have cleared the air over various things that have been bugging me and I hope that they will improve.It was nice to see that she had set an activity up specifically for him this morning.I would also like to say that it doesn't matter if we get on or not the important thing is that we are both working to help my ds2 to achieve his full potential.

Oh well sory that I upset you, I didn't want to do that, I was just trying to make things better.

Sorry to hear about your mum.

And like I said, I hope things get better.