so- we got a referral for ds1- very sensitive/snappy/generally unsociable..

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tempting as it is for you to draw a line under things, and think it's all OK, far better to carry on, rather than back out. better to have an unnecessary appointment, than to wait months if things start to worrying you again.

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We're going through something similar with dd oops and tbh, there are good days too when all seems as it should be and we think we're bonkers, but we're not. There are issues and there have been for years. It's just that they've ben put down to age and immaturity before. Now she is 7.5, the 'symptoms' are hard to ignore and the gap between her and her peers is widening, and she is recognising in herself that she is 'different' from others and wonders why.

You're doing the right thing by keeping the appointment and just write down your observations and examples as they're easy to forget once you're in there.

Ooh I could be writing this - our referral appointment has just come through, and I am in the same situation. I know I need to carry on with the appointment, just reading back through my threads on here over the last 12 months show me that I am fairly sure that something isn't quite right.

There is that niggly paranoia that you will turn up, they will tell you there is nothing wrong, and it is all your imagination/parenting.

Oh, and I felt the same as flame before our initial assessment too thinking they'd think OTT parent seeing something that isn't there. Hmm.

It wasn't like that at all and when we went, it was clear to the paed that things aren't quite right. Over the next few months there will be observations of dd done both at home and at school to try and pinpoint what exactly the problem is and in the meantime giving her the support she needs at school to keep her on track.

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