ADHD child,,Can I get any financial support please?

funnymonkey

Hello. Can you please help me.
I have suspected that my child has adhd for many years and after numerous referrals by my G.P each have been refused as the school have been unhelpful CAHMS have finally seen my son aged 12.
There are many tests to be carried out by CAHMS which will take a whaleboat they seem to think that my son has adhd as I suspected.
Can anyone please tell me if I can get financial support as I am working and would I need to wait for a definate clarification that he has adhd?
Thank you very much

TELLIT01

I wouldn't think that any benefit could be claimed until a firm diagnosis has been given. A strong belief, even if later proved true, won't be a basis.

Bogalot

Is this a different child to the one that had ADHD in 2014?

What additional care needs does he have in comparison to other young people?

elsien

DLA/PIP are not based on the diagnosis as such, but on any support needs your child has over and above other children of his age. That is what you would need to be able to evidence and have the professionals back you up on. Labels on their own entitle you to nothing.

funnymonkey

Bogalot wrote: »

Is this a different child to the one that had ADHD in 2014?

What additional care needs does he have in comparison to other young people?

Constant monitoring whilst at home but seems to mask this at school
which is not uncommon but makes it difficult to show evidence.

kingfisherblue

TELLIT01 wrote: »

I wouldn't think that any benefit could be claimed until a firm diagnosis has been given. A strong belief, even if later proved true, won't be a basis.

A diagnosis is not necessary.it depends on whether the child has additional care and/or mobility needs compared to another child of the same age. Some children never receive a diagnosis, yet clearly have disabilities. They are often known as SWAN children (Syndrome Without A Name). My friend's child is non-verbal, has clear developmental delays, has continence problems, very poor concentration, and problems with walking. She was eight years old by the time she was diagnosed with a rare genetic disorder, and that was only because her parents were invited to be a part of a study more than two years earlier. Two months before diagnosis, a boy in Texas became the seventeenth person in the world to be diagnosed.

Despite no diagnosis, her needs were (and still are) significantly more than the needs of another child of the same age. She received and continues to receive DLA (under 16).

OP, you can put in a claim for DLA, but there is no guarantee that your son will qualify, whether he has a diagnosis or not. It depends on his needs.

iammumtoone

I am in a similar situation to you a son that I believe may have issues, as you been to the GP about this before, he shows no sign of anything at school.

Currently they think he might have ADHD, this has come about from the doctor organising an independent specialist to monitor him at school.

The reason I an going through this is I want help for him, help so the school reconise his issues and support him better to improve himself. I want help and advice how to deal with him at home. I know how difficult it is to have to almost constantly watch your child, how you can't even have a bath/cook a meal/ do anything without the need to stop and help/sort out a problem.

However I fail to see how getting extra money (via dla) is going to make any difference? How will a few quid more a week help us? what am I going to do with it that will help him? My son needs more time than other children of his age but no amount of extra money is going to stop that or help with it!

I am not being critical I am curious why you think dla will help your child? Maybe I am missing something is dla is a route to more than money?

I fully understand why dla is needed for some children, they need money spend on adaptions for the house/special equipment/learning aids etc. These children will be on the more severe side, as much as I know my child needs help, I also reconsie that whatever (if anything) he has it will be in a milder form than many others as otherwise the school would have noticed something and it would have been picked up well before now.

You are welcome to PM if to want to know more about how I got to this stage,

springdreams

It is unlikely that you will receive financial assistance for a child with ADHD.

My son is diagnosed ADHD and is statemented for it. He was refused financial support in so far as we don't receive extra money into the house. The only additional help he receives is with his schooling - he will receive extra tuition as and when it is needed, extra help in the classroom if he needs it (he is 16 now and actually finds it embarrassing to have help in the class as it flags him as being different and he just wants to blend in and be treated the same as the other boys). He used to have a mentor as he has difficulty appreciating what is appropriate behaviour and what is not. The mentoring stopped at his request. The school receives extra funding for all of this.

I work full time, and always have done. I was given advice and support on how to deal with my son at home from a local ADHD charitable organisation. Perhaps there is something similar where you live?

I also bought loads of books on the subject, which were helpful for both myself and my son.