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What happens next?

Skelosia

My son is suspected ASD. The Community Paediatrician referred him and I received lotsof questionnaires yesterday. They are all filled out, and will be posted very soon. (Need to print a photo!)

But what happens next? And how soon? Are the questionnaires assessing if he needs assessment or are they part of his assessments?

Sorry, but I am very new to the actual assessment part. We have been fighting for 5 years to get to this point.

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  • Generally, (I'm assuming which ones you're talking about) the questionnaires both indicate whether or not one is necessary, and if so also form part of the assessment itself. Your view is vital to the process as you know best how he lives his daily life and what's going on for him.

    My assessment took 2 hours after waiting a little over a year for it, following an 'urgent' referral. I'm given to understand that it varies according to the circumstances in your part of the world, but it's a valid question for you to put to the people responsible for carrying out the assessment. Sadly, there's no guarantee of a straight answer, the difficulty being that there isn't a consistently applicable timescale/beaurocratic process across the country, and of course unpredictable circumstances can get in the way, although this last is true of anything, any time!

    You should get an answer reasonably soon as to whether they will schedule him for further assessment, which sounds highly likely, but I'm afraid that you may have to continue for a while as you are, yet. Keep going as you have been, the next stage is at least 'in sight' as you've been properly referred, and don't forget to keep coming back here for your own vital support!

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  • Generally, (I'm assuming which ones you're talking about) the questionnaires both indicate whether or not one is necessary, and if so also form part of the assessment itself. Your view is vital to the process as you know best how he lives his daily life and what's going on for him.

    My assessment took 2 hours after waiting a little over a year for it, following an 'urgent' referral. I'm given to understand that it varies according to the circumstances in your part of the world, but it's a valid question for you to put to the people responsible for carrying out the assessment. Sadly, there's no guarantee of a straight answer, the difficulty being that there isn't a consistently applicable timescale/beaurocratic process across the country, and of course unpredictable circumstances can get in the way, although this last is true of anything, any time!

    You should get an answer reasonably soon as to whether they will schedule him for further assessment, which sounds highly likely, but I'm afraid that you may have to continue for a while as you are, yet. Keep going as you have been, the next stage is at least 'in sight' as you've been properly referred, and don't forget to keep coming back here for your own vital support!

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