Hi all,
Hope everyone is well.
I am very new to the autistic world - My son (7years old) has been referred to the CDC by his school and we have his first appointment with a paediatrictian next week.
While I am very happy that we finally have this appointment, I am now fretting about how to approach / present this appointment to my son.
We havent discussed ASD or anything similar with him so its not something he is aware of. I have spoken to him about how he feels overwhelmed with certain things sometimes and one of the main things he struggles with is agression/anger so we have conversations about emotions often, so I was thinking of presenting it to him as an appointment with a doctor who is going to help us try to find the best ways to help him feel the best he can / how he can learn best at school and manage his emotions?
I am just curious to find out others experiences of approaching this with their child? what did you all say to your child when you first went to see a professional?
It says on the letter its a 90minute consultation - I dont even really know what to expect.... I presume the doctor will be speaking to my son a lot and asking him questions?
Any help/advice/experiences would be very gratefully received!
thank you :)
Sam