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Newbie needing info please

NAS73042

Hi,

my daughter is 11, although she has no diagnosis, I feel she fits a pda profile from what research I have done. Does anyone have any experience of this? She has been seen previously by cahms and has recently been re-referred after police detaining her under mental health after attacking me (punching, kicking, pulling my hair) and making threats to end her life- because I said she wasn’t allowed out with friends after a week of school refusal.

I guess I’m reaching out to you guys for what I should actually be looking for and what professionals I should be approaching. At the moment going private for assessment isn’t really an option as I’m a single parent with two children, so can’t really afford it.

Any help or advice would be much appreciated!

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  • Just re read your message. Has Camhs mentioned PDA? Have you discussed your thoughts with them about your daughter potentially being Autistic? May be a good place to start. Are there any other professionals involved such as speech and language or educational Psychology? 

  • in reply to Lau

    Thank you for replying.

    she doesn’t have any other professionals involved, she is very much like an ‘average’ child. But the more I learn about pda the more she makes sense to me. I did previously mention pda to my gp (I printed the checklist to show them) but it seemed to me that she had no idea of what pda is. And when my daughter was previously seen by cahms she wouldn’t engage with them so she was discharged.

    I will do everything you have suggested above now, I’m going to be ready to start the fight for this first thing tomorrow morning 

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  • in reply to Lau

    Thank you for replying.

    she doesn’t have any other professionals involved, she is very much like an ‘average’ child. But the more I learn about pda the more she makes sense to me. I did previously mention pda to my gp (I printed the checklist to show them) but it seemed to me that she had no idea of what pda is. And when my daughter was previously seen by cahms she wouldn’t engage with them so she was discharged.

    I will do everything you have suggested above now, I’m going to be ready to start the fight for this first thing tomorrow morning 

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