DLA WAIT TIMES THREAD 56

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DLA waiting times continue from thread 55

@PollyH3 ah ok. Yeah senco at my daughter’s school is useless. Thinking they may call her new school tho, as it was her old school that filled the form out when she was in year 6. ( Was end of the year) now she’s gone upto high school. So thinking they contact her new school.

Same for me, my daughter had a language assessment this week and I found out the assessor had tried 2/3 times to contact the senco in the month before and they hadn't responded 🙄. School constantly saying we will implement this or put that in place and NEVER do its so frustrating

@PollyH3 senco at her new school promise to put things into place for her but don’t! She had so much support and 1-1 in primary. High school is a smack in the face for her, everyday she’s in isolation or suspended from school. She struggles so much but they are no help! I had the school print all reports out from when she started September and sent them off last week to hopefully help her claim. States she’s always in isolation and been suspended 6 times, they havnt stated any send needs tho 🤦‍♀️ so she just sounds like a naughty child 🙄

I didn’t know they worked Sundays! Fingers crossed they are moving on a little bit quicker x

I was thinking same, so glad that they are gives us all a little hope things will move a bit quick x

Was you asked to send more info in?

@JW070116 terrible isn’t it. I sometimes wonder why they are in that job role and I know everything gets blamed on funding or lack of time or resources but it’s not good enough. Most days my child is labelled as being disruptive and is moved due to lack of attention span but nobody does anything to try improve that for him, his teacher must dread me walking up to the door each morning as I’ve always got something to say 😂

Absolutely I’m new claim sc 19/07 so 19 weeks Friday fingers crossed not much longer x

They’ve been working weekends for the past couple of years since Covid trying to pick up the back log

Hi good afternoon.

S/d 16/7 n c
Iv been silently following for a while.. decision maker called this morning with a couple of questions and said she was ready to make a decision and I would get a letter in 7-10 days that is all she would say .. feels like it's going to be a decline 😔😔.. whe she rang i was shaking and had complete brain block 😭 😭..is it normal for them to say that about a letter?

@Worriedlorna fingers crossed for you I think that all sounds really positive! You can ring and find out what she has decided I just don’t think the DM tell people

Yes totally normal, if you haven’t asked for a text message or you could be getting a Text soon after my call it was 1 hour later I got a text. Fingers crossed for you

I knew they worked Saturdays but didn’t know they worked Sundays can only be a positive thing I suppose x

Thank you very much. I will give them a call tomorrow. This has all sent my anxiety into complete over drive and for them to say no now would be just awful .x

Thank you.. I will call in the morning.. it will be devastating for me and my son if it's a no 😔😔..xx

I had similar except I asked if she could text me and she said no she didn’t think she could but she was new and she wasn’t sure if a text automatically went out if it was awarded but if it wasn’t then a letter would be sent. She said some letters come within two days but they have to say up to 10. I called the next day and we were awarded, still waiting for the letter but it was only awarded Thursday.

I am trying my best to stay positive but it's so so hard isn't it after such a long wait.. I will call tomorrow with every crossed...
Congratulations on getting awarded that's fantastic news..x

Mine masks when she is actually in, she did 2 days last week, and I don't get calls or emails to ask how she is or why she isn't in or how can we help 🙄 I don't go off on one often but I'm about to 🤣

@JW070116 oh yeah my son masks pretty much all day but his attention span he just can’t hide 😂😂 last week he got told off for stimming too so I wasn’t best pleased. No I try not to go off on one but my face suggests other wise sometimes 😂

They aren’t linked here. That’s pretty shocking

That’s very shocking considering they are two different things. They aren’t always linked together. A child can have adhd but not asd and vice versa

Exactly that. So if they don’t have a need to have an ASD assessment they can’t access the other? I’ve never heard of that. No one should feel forced to go private either, instead they need to work out how to reduce these huge waiting times and provide the service without parents forking out thousands

Makes no sense at all tbh. I’d be contacting someone about that

I think it’s only because they requested both, if only ADHD requested then they get put on the waiting list just for that. Also they are only 5 (6 next month) RISE won’t assess for ADHD under 6.

I’ve been told the same thing repeatedly, by RISE, EP, CP, SENCO, specialist therapeutic school.