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trainee edpsychs!
On pumpkin's birthday last week, a trainee edpsych from the city council sat in on her nursery class for 45 minutes and observed pumpkin. She apparently, as described by the nursery teachers, 'took a lot of notes.'
We had a meeting here at the house a few hours ago to discuss her findings, and the lady basically saw several areas of needs for improvement for pumpkin. Basically she is bewildering the other children by talking to herself, not turn taking and not being able to / wanting to communicate with them / play the games they play.
Wow. Its reassuring when a total unknown comes in and can in 45 minutes spot autism and its associated deficits/difficulties straight away. Take that, know it all relatives who gave me loads of shit over the weekend! *headdesk*
This trainee edpsych lady will be involved from now on in, involve herself in the writing of the next IEP in February (our first one is just sort of cobbled together, really, as everyone involved is a novice at this sort of thing, including myself and better half), and poke and prod the specialist support services for that referral to go through and pumpkin to get even more help.
This can only be divine intervention - help is just pouring out of the woodwork for pumpkin, and i am duly grateful for it.
On pumpkin's birthday last week, a trainee edpsych from the city council sat in on her nursery class for 45 minutes and observed pumpkin. She apparently, as described by the nursery teachers, 'took a lot of notes.'
We had a meeting here at the house a few hours ago to discuss her findings, and the lady basically saw several areas of needs for improvement for pumpkin. Basically she is bewildering the other children by talking to herself, not turn taking and not being able to / wanting to communicate with them / play the games they play.
Wow. Its reassuring when a total unknown comes in and can in 45 minutes spot autism and its associated deficits/difficulties straight away. Take that, know it all relatives who gave me loads of shit over the weekend! *headdesk*
This trainee edpsych lady will be involved from now on in, involve herself in the writing of the next IEP in February (our first one is just sort of cobbled together, really, as everyone involved is a novice at this sort of thing, including myself and better half), and poke and prod the specialist support services for that referral to go through and pumpkin to get even more help.
This can only be divine intervention - help is just pouring out of the woodwork for pumpkin, and i am duly grateful for it.
impressed
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We're trying to avert disaster in September when she starts real big girl school :/
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(we had jimi's kindergarten holiday program this morning and she was in RARE form...oh my...)
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This is divine, i tell you all. Divine. And i spent a decade (between 20 and 30 yrs old) as an athiest/agnostic. Yes.
edited: oh, i meant to say i sure hope Jimi's dx is more forthcoming. Everyone ought to be as lucky as we have been (once we got past the nay saying know-nothing HVs). Everyone. No one should have to fight for help for their child :/
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yeah, i mentioned in preschool several times that i felt she was adhd but it went totally ignored. i hadn't any clue about asperger's then, had heard of it and actually had a class on special needs children but didn't put 2 and 2 together.
i can't get the school psych to call me back...i'm threw a little hissy fit in the office today after the christmas program...oh my.
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Down with know-it-all relatives!
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yay for pumpkin! :D