Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello to you all, I hope someone is experiencing what me and my husband have concerns about.
My 9 year old has just been accepted on the Pathway Neurology Dept to be assessed for his behaviour. Our son is strict with his daily routine and time keeping, his meals are at a certain time everyday for example and if this doesn't happen, then he gets frustrated and bad tempered, worries, wets the bed, etc. Now each dept will want us to attend appointments certain times of the day, he will be asked questions by strangers, etc. We are adamant that we don't want to upset my son by taking him to be assessed out of his relaxed routine. He will constantly ask questions..why are they asking me stuff? Why are my friends not going? I was hoping that they would accommodate us by doing the Assessments in his school setting where he is more relaxed and part of school day. Has anyone else come across our predicament. We are not wanting to be awkward and refuse taking him but we dont want him upset and having to deal with the consequences after.
Hi Caz123
My son has just turned 10 and was assessed aged 9. He was diagnosed last Friday. He only needed to attend one appointment with CAMHS and was also observed at school without his knowledge. All other assessments were done by me either on the phone or via questionnaires on line. The process was pretty straight forward. I understand your reservations about attending out of routine appointments but preparation was the key for us. No surprises and gentle explanation of why we were doing things differently today.I hope this helps.
Hi, can I ask what was the assessment you had to take your son to? We would like to only take our son to one Assessment so not to upset him in his behaviour. We have been offered an appointment with Speech and Language, not sure whether this is the most important and relevant one to take him to.