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Wow,wow,wow

mumof4boys772

Well,it seems depending on what my sons school says,he will be getting a diagnoses of high functioning autism and sensory issues! i diddnt know whever to laugh or cry! went to the peadatrician in the week and i presume  when she hears from school she will diagnose? school are backing me fullly as i spoke to them the other day,its just like phewwwww. we are also on the waiting list for cahms,not sure whever this is a good thing or bad as ive heard such neagativity about cahms.

Anyway when we get a diagnoses where do we go from there?

  • mumof4boys772 said:

    Thanks,he already had a visual timetable,however they took it off him as he became obsessed with it lol,he already has salt and is under the audiologist as well,his behaviour at school is noweher as near as bad as it was,im told hes a lovely little boy at school! chortle! however at home my oh my wow its like constant world war 3.

    He gets help at school and is in various groups,they used to have a lot of trouble getting him into the hall however they slowly integrated him into it and hes not to bad now,they would not use the ear defenders i bought as it may have caused other problems which i can see,however i think he may have problems with wet play as it gets so noisy and he checks the weather forecast to see if its going to rain,he also has had a problem with pe for the last few years,im not sure if its because they are out the class routine or what?

    School really have been fantastic ans the senco has been great,so i have no complaints on that part,i think we just had a useless pead till we got the new one and she has been fantastic.

    i just wanted to send hugs, and what you have put sounds so much like my 3 year old at home, im glad you are getting the support hun. i have just posted about my little man xx

  • Thanks,he already had a visual timetable,however they took it off him as he became obsessed with it lol,he already has salt and is under the audiologist as well,his behaviour at school is noweher as near as bad as it was,im told hes a lovely little boy at school! chortle! however at home my oh my wow its like constant world war 3.

    He gets help at school and is in various groups,they used to have a lot of trouble getting him into the hall however they slowly integrated him into it and hes not to bad now,they would not use the ear defenders i bought as it may have caused other problems which i can see,however i think he may have problems with wet play as it gets so noisy and he checks the weather forecast to see if its going to rain,he also has had a problem with pe for the last few years,im not sure if its because they are out the class routine or what?

    School really have been fantastic ans the senco has been great,so i have no complaints on that part,i think we just had a useless pead till we got the new one and she has been fantastic.

  • You can apply for a statement of SEN if he doesn't already have one, which will ensure that what supports he requires are legally obliging on the school, and you can apply for it yourself through your council's SEN department.

    He may need his own TA at school and they will likely have to make some reasonable adjustments for him and perhaps have visual timetables etc.

    CAMHS are usually useless when it comes to autism.  They don't have specialist clinicians and in my experience are not helpful with co-morbid anxiety and depression.

    There may be a S&L assessment of your son through the school or paediatrician.

    The school can be asked for things like headphones if he has auditory sensitivity, and perhaps they have a sensory room/quiet room for when he is overwhelmed.

    Other than that there isn't really too much else.  You can push the school to do social stories with him, but neither CAMHS nor schools (unless you are lucky) usually do social-skills support which is one of the high-need areas.