Published on 12, July, 2020
My 2.5 yr old was diagnosed today as somewhere on the spectrum (paed would not commit to where on it, though I would say mild to moderate). He is receiving some salt intervention already, but have basically been told there is nothing else for him at such a young age. Is this really true? If so, I fail to see what the benefits of recognising early are! He should be starting pre-school in September which we have to pay for until his entitlement kicks in in January ( he is 3 in September). I understand that he will get 15 hours 1:1 from January too. But what happens before then? I just thought once we had diagnosis, we would get a lot more help!? Is there anything else we can be doing?
Yeh, meant speech and language therapy. With regard training for us, we are going on a hanen course in June. Anyway, does anyone know if you can get 1:1 support for pre-school prior to their pre-school entitlement kicking in, in the term after their 3rd birthday?
Ahhh, that makes a lot more sense than anything involving sodium chloride... lol
Speech and Language Therapy, I think.
What's salt intervention?
Hi and welcome!
Getting a diagnosis is a big achievement - there are lots of people who really struggle to get this far.
There isn't a magic intervention that can make a massive difference to him but you can start learning how to bring him up in the most appropriate way. Have they offered any training for you as a parent? The other thing that it gives you is that when he does go to school they will be able to deal with him more appropriately.
Although it is called a spectrum it isn;t possible to say that anyone is at a particular point along the line. There isn't a line and each sufferer is unique.
Pre-school may be challenging for him. I suspect that people assume that exposure to social situations makes people learn how to be social. This doesn't really work very well for some children with autism.