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Respite!!!

tiredeyes

Been offered respite for Bounce and the lady allocated to him will start in the new year. After 21 years he is the first to be offered respite and not sure what to expect! Does anyone have any experience with respite workers????

I have been asked by paed for Bumblebee to think about respite for him has well, he currently doesnt have a def diagnosis but was told by paed she thinks its Global Cognitive Development Delay and now paed thinks he has possible Autistic traits.

We have already met the lady who has been allocated to Bounce and she is at university but has no experience with Autistic Kids, not sure what to ask for or expect! any ideas???

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  • hi tiredeyes.  On the 1 hand it's good you've been offered some respite.  Will his respite worker be taking him out?  I'm sorry to say this but it wd be better if she had experience of autism.  Has she any experience in a caring role at all, in any respect?  Also what is she studying at uni?  Sorry for all the questions but I've met carers who have been doing the job for yrs + they vary in ability, personality etc, even IF they've been trained in autism.  Many professional carers have not been trained in autism or haven't had enough training.   Does she have any qualifications in caring?   I'd ask for another meeting, perhaps with the person who allocated the student to you + Bounce.  I'd be querying her ability to do the job, sorry, but I would.    I'm presuming she'll know all about Bounce before she starts, to avoid any obvious pitfalls etc.  Sorry for being a doom + gloom merchant.  It's just that I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

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  • hi tiredeyes.  On the 1 hand it's good you've been offered some respite.  Will his respite worker be taking him out?  I'm sorry to say this but it wd be better if she had experience of autism.  Has she any experience in a caring role at all, in any respect?  Also what is she studying at uni?  Sorry for all the questions but I've met carers who have been doing the job for yrs + they vary in ability, personality etc, even IF they've been trained in autism.  Many professional carers have not been trained in autism or haven't had enough training.   Does she have any qualifications in caring?   I'd ask for another meeting, perhaps with the person who allocated the student to you + Bounce.  I'd be querying her ability to do the job, sorry, but I would.    I'm presuming she'll know all about Bounce before she starts, to avoid any obvious pitfalls etc.  Sorry for being a doom + gloom merchant.  It's just that I've been there, done that, got the t-shirt.

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