naughty children

SingleSue

We have had no input for a fair few years either, a short while ago, I really wanted to ask the advise of CAMHS regarding middle son and the resurgence of the violence and aggression.....but to talk to them would have meant a referral and even the most urgent appointment has a 6 month waiting list.

That said, the input from the specialist outreach service run by the local school for autistic children, has been amazing in regards to youngest. They even ran special classes for his teachers when he was at primary school as although the teachers knew the basics of teaching a child with autism, youngest being complex autistic threw a few curve balls at them. This enabled youngest to stay in mainstream (albeit statemented and with a very high level of support), something his specialist had always said would not be possible.

At all other times when I need advice, I tend to mentally bang my head against the wall, fall to pieces and then start doing research., speaking to the outreach service, his GP and the school for ideas to get us through it.

shegirl

SingleSue wrote: »

We have had no input for a fair few years either, a short while ago, I really wanted to ask the advise of CAMHS regarding middle son and the resurgence of the violence and aggression.....but to talk to them would have meant a referral and even the most urgent appointment has a 6 month waiting list.

That said, the input from the specialist outreach service run by the local school for autistic children, has been amazing in regards to youngest. They even ran special classes for his teachers when he was at primary school as although the teachers knew the basics of teaching a child with autism, youngest being complex autistic threw a few curve balls at them. This enabled youngest to stay in mainstream (albeit statemented and with a very high level of support), something his specialist had always said would not be possible.

At all other times when I need advice, I tend to mentally bang my head against the wall, fall to pieces and then start doing research., speaking to the outreach service, his GP and the school for ideas to get us through it.

The training of teachers is a great tool isn't it! My sons were trained by the psychologists from CAMHS (both his previous school where they were airhead idiots and didn't get it and his new school) and he's got a great pair who are termed as LAs (but still teachers).Have to say I was disgusted at the lack of knowledge and ability within his previous school given it's a profound and sld special school (new one is special too but seperate secondary and he has his own classroom and works there instead). God knows what we'd have done if that training wasn't available!!

Never had use of an outreach service here but I know there is an outreach teacher involved in assisting his school.Not sure what else they do tbh.

I guess with CAMHS,you'd need to be already on file and in use,even if it's just occasional catch ups on progress and assistance to be able to use it when needed.6 months is a long time,especially for some issues,so maybe there should be something easier to access?

Richie-from-the-Boro

Old thread - bumped - with a useful resource here - layout is logical and the authors claim it's based on case-studies of positive DLA outcomes.

Maybe this will help just one .. .. someone

Soapn

I'm thinking my middle one (boy) is autistic. Been saying since he was a baby something wasn't right with him but have been told there is nothing they can pinpoint. Chromosomes tests, hand scans, genetic tests, the lot, and apparently nothing conclusive.
We've just had to get on with it.

24skins

Know I'm late to the party here but was interested by the posts about training for parents - did other parents find this wasn't available in their area? The National Autistic Society provided Earlybird and Help programmes and the specialised nursery that my son attended ran several courses including training parents up as SaLT/SFL assistants - that's how I ended up in my current career (and degree course).

Earlybird in particular was invaluable, it's a decade(!) since we attended so my memories of the detail are a bit hazy, but over the course of three months we (and four other families) had a psychologist and speech therapist visit at home to video us with our children, the videos were then shown in a group setting and we would have feedback on how to improve our interaction in order to encourage speech and social development.

Blackpool_Saver

unhappyphone wrote: »

Not to mention, most children "grow out" of ADHD with proper coaching, but those with unstable homelives keep their symptoms into adulthood.

How dare you,:eek: my son was diagnosed with ADHD at 6, he is now query Bipolar disorder, it is now widely accepted that ADHD is a precursor to bipolar.
He inherited this condition from his Dad, and while symptoms change and do not manifest in the same way, people rarely grow out of it.