DS had a salt assesment when he was just gone 2 years old. They didn't pick up any ASD because after being shown a couple of times 'how to feed dolly' and several prompts ,he eventualy did pretend to feed dolly. At the time he only spoke a few words , and LOTS of gibberish, he could follow very simple commands if and when he was in the mood. So 7 months later he had 6 sessions of SALT (30 mins per session) to learn to take turn alongside 2 other kids (one of which was distracting ds with his constant screetching). After that the SAL Therapist said ds had made progress!?? Now nearly 10 months down the line we are still waiting for the next lot of SALT sessions, We were told before Xmas, then by April , then in May, ...we have phoned them up countless number of times, finally we get a reply because they have received the report from the paed about possible ASD. The SALT people are up in arms saying that the paed shoudn't have mentioned ASD , and that the SAL Therapist is used to working and assessing ASD kids, so that she couln't have missed any signs regarding my ds!
I'm livid to say the least. My ds is so behind with his speech and understanding of language,he still uses lots of gibberish and he clearly shows some ASD traits albeit mild ones .The SALT have not seen him in nearly 10 months and they said no to another more up to date assessment, and of course the final straw they do not agree with the paed and the nursery SENCO who saw my ds. What is going on! I feel like we have taken a step backwards.
Sorry for the rant.