In June we had our first appointment at CAMHS, this was more of a triage appointment with the idea of referring you on to parenting classes as they don’t refer children under 6 for diagnosis. Fortunately we had already done the recommended courses plus others with George so we didn’t have to do them again. … Read more
In my previous post I talked about embarking on a new journey to get our daughter diagnosed. Girls with ADHD and / or Autism are under diagnosed. Typically, girls on the spectrum are less disruptive, keep up better academically and are able to mask symptoms better than their male peers. Despite this we were optimistic … Read more
When we received George’s ADHD diagnosis back in August we were refered by our local CAMHS to a more specialist hospital for another ASD assessment. George was initially assessed for ASD via a DISCO interview back in 2010 when he was 3 1/2. At that time they felt he didn’t meet the criteria for any … Read more
The blog has been very quiet these past few months, partly as we were busy buying a house and undertaking renovating projects. Another reason is I was awaiting a firm update from CAMHS. Back in January George had a routine medication review at CAMHS, during this meeting we mentioned concerns about George’s behaviour and sleep … Read more
Following the diagnosis we explained things to George and to our surprise he took the news really well. He was confused the first few days and told everybody he had “twits”. He was so pleased to be able to tell people “I can’t help it”, I also found the way people reacted to George changed … Read more
George started his psychotherapy sessions in October 2012. During this time he was seen on his own every week and my husband and I had a separate meeting every other week. Gradually, George started opening up more and revealed how deep his communication issues and lack of emotional competency ran. He built up a good … Read more