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scottishclive22

hi all,

our son, 3, is currently being evaluated for the reasons for his severe speech delays. As he has a number of ASD traits, difficultly in playing with other kids, poor attention span, poor level of eye contact, he will be reviewed for ASD by a peadatrician in the next few months.

He has started on the NHS Speech and Language therapy, but this is only 1 hour per week and we are not sure how many sessions he will have.

As such I was wondering if anyone can recommend a good independent Speech & Language therapist in the East Sussex / Kent region. We have found a few, but its hard to decide without any recommendations.

Also does anyone have any good tips to promote engagement / better eye contact with us and his peers / carers at nursery.

Many thanks

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  • Many thanks for the advice. At nursery he is quite attached to his key worker and is happy to play with her and play alongside some other kids, particularly the quieter ones. But he is quite clingy when we drop him off and unless his mother stays with him for a bit he cries (although somedays he is perfectly happy to go). But the feedback from the nursery and what we have seen is that he relaxes (in terms of not crying and is happy to play with toys / run about) quite quickly. So we are not sure if that is an autistic trait or just he is clingy / shy.

    We have been toying with the idea of taking him out of the nursery more to have some more time with just his family, but are concerned about the exposure to other children of his age. Is there a happy balance?

    p.s. we are only at the start of the assesment process so it is quite hard for us to work out what could be an autistic trait and what could be part of his personality.

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  • Many thanks for the advice. At nursery he is quite attached to his key worker and is happy to play with her and play alongside some other kids, particularly the quieter ones. But he is quite clingy when we drop him off and unless his mother stays with him for a bit he cries (although somedays he is perfectly happy to go). But the feedback from the nursery and what we have seen is that he relaxes (in terms of not crying and is happy to play with toys / run about) quite quickly. So we are not sure if that is an autistic trait or just he is clingy / shy.

    We have been toying with the idea of taking him out of the nursery more to have some more time with just his family, but are concerned about the exposure to other children of his age. Is there a happy balance?

    p.s. we are only at the start of the assesment process so it is quite hard for us to work out what could be an autistic trait and what could be part of his personality.

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