we have been for assessment appt- and now ds1 can suddnely play imaginatively, hugs ds2 and kisses me!

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glad things are going well. but you know what we are all going to say - KEEP THE APPOINTMENT! Far better to have the assessment and be told all is well, than to end up wishing in a years time that you had gone through with it.

agree.

never cancle an appointment for assesment.
There is nothign better than being told your child is perfectly normal and of no concern.

Wonderful.

Do NOT cancel appt. though.

Sounds like ds1 is making great progress.

DO NOT CANCEL THE APPOINTMENT

dd1 (ASD) is always doing a similar thing to me - we took her down to BIBIC last month for assessment. Comes to the gross motor skills side, and we were running through general development - "can she jump?"

oh no, I said, she likes getting onto a trampette, and bouncing, and she calls that jumping, but she has never jumped. dd1 walks over to the trampoline, climbed on and started jumping.

we had a meeting here at home yesterday to monitor progress at pre-school. her TA was here, and early years senco. we were discussing how to get her to colour match. we currently use toy dinosaurs in blue and yellow, and 2 bowls (blue and yellow) to get dd1 to sort the dinosaurs. She has never done this taks successfully. tried to get her to demonstrate her failure to area senco, and she completed the task.

Sometimes I just think she's taking the p*ss

Seriously, I have about a hundred other similar tales - I always say that if I could organise an official review/progress check every fortnight or so, dd1's issues would be a lot less. She seems to take great delight in wrongfooting me, but as long as it means progress then I'm all for lookig a fool!

Agree to keep appointment for two reasons- one the sheer length of the wait if you do get concerns again

the other I am less inclined to post but please don't take it the wrong way- chances are your LO is now making progress and will keep that and do great but- ds3 has been often known to make ridiculous charges forwards for a day ort wo and then regress. For example, today he dressed himself, wow! And he was dry for six months... now he's incontinent and I know tomorrow I will be dressing him same as ever.

I honestly beleive thats a very unlikely svcenario for your LO but its wrth keeping the apointment, JIC.

As they all say...
Do Not Call Off Anything.

If you have worries again it will take an eternity for another one to roll up.

Also, when they ask you questions - don't answer on the basis of 1/few day only. Tell her/him also all about the worst days when you worry the most. So that if it comes back then you know you have already discussed it.

My dd has loads of 6 steps forward and half a dozen steps backwards.

Better you look foolish than your ds doesn't get the help he needs when he needs.

Btw, how old is your ds?

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At one of DS4's 6 monthly assessments the SALT asked me what I thought he'd do if she gave him a toy telephone. I replied that he would chew it for a bit and then chuck it across the room. Of course he had an imaginary conversation on the thing complete with nodding, laughing and "bye" at the end.

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