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leoniedelt) wrote2007-12-18 08:18 pm
leoniedelt) wrote2007-12-18 08:18 pm
yay for
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.