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Confused with diagnosis process

KayT
Help with diagnosis process
Hi, my son is 6 and has been having problems since nursery (probably even before that but it never seemed strange to me). We've gone through a long process so far with family support workers, behavioural support, senco, observations etc. I recently completed a few assessments with the behavioural support worker who then took them back to their camhs nurse who scored them. We were told today that based on the scores my DS is now being referred to camhs for a tier 3 assessment. The 'results' that I have written down on the copy of the referral says this:

Conners Rating Scales:
ADHD Index - Teacher - 96% probability score
ADHD Index - Parent - 99% probability score
GADS Questionnaire - Score of 108
SCQ - 19

If anybody can give me some insight into what all this means as it's like a foreign language to me that would be great! 

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  • SmileHi KayT,

    Sorry, I am not here to really answer your question because I don't want to take a guess and get it wrong.  Just to say though, I don't think parents should be given 'scores' without an adequate explanation because it leaves them speculating - just as you are now.  I have been in that position myself.  I personally think you have every right to contact the person who has sent you this and ask for them to discuss exactly what those scales refer to an how they consider them significant.  I think it should come from the  mouth of the person who wrote it, if that makes sense.

    Best of luck

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  • SmileHi KayT,

    Sorry, I am not here to really answer your question because I don't want to take a guess and get it wrong.  Just to say though, I don't think parents should be given 'scores' without an adequate explanation because it leaves them speculating - just as you are now.  I have been in that position myself.  I personally think you have every right to contact the person who has sent you this and ask for them to discuss exactly what those scales refer to an how they consider them significant.  I think it should come from the  mouth of the person who wrote it, if that makes sense.

    Best of luck

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