sylvm Report post Posted June 27, 2007 Haven't posted on here for a long time as things improved for us. Daughter is now coming to the end of Year 5 with secondary applications looming in the Autumn. We feel it could be a good idea to get an upto date assessment done to use with our secondary application plus to use when opening communications with the new school but my question is what sort of assessment would be best. I thought about getting a psychologist's report but am not really sure whether this is the best way to go or not. I am also confused about whether it would be best to get an educational Psychologist's assessment or that of a clinical psychologist. M has coordination difficulties plus was diagnosed with mild ASD 2 years ago now. She was also given a diagnosis of Tourettes as an attempt to explain the behaviour issues we were having with her (she also had tics although these have almost disappeared). At that time, she was temporarily excluded 3 times due to physical attacks on pupils/LSA. Although things have been better, she has recently hit me a number of times and can be very volatile. She is not statemented but was given earmarked pupil funding until the LEA abolished this recently. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BusyLizzie100 Report post Posted June 28, 2007 Hi, I'm presuming you mean a private or independent report, yes? In my opinion, definitely, definitely a educational psychologist, and definitely one that specialises in ASD or is very knowledgeable about it. We had reports from the clinical psychologist re DS1 when applying for stat assessment and we were told that the educational reports count much more than the 'medical'. Just my opinion, and I'm not sure how you track these people down, but there you go. Your mention of EPF and the fact it's just been abolished makes me wonder if you're in the same county as me - can't mention it, I suppose, but is it Home Counties just north of London???? Don't get me started on the changes to SEN funding....! Lizzie x PS If you find a good Ed Psych, let us know because I may be asking you for contact details!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
sylvm Report post Posted June 29, 2007 Hi, I'm presuming you mean a private or independent report, yes? In my opinion, definitely, definitely a educational psychologist, and definitely one that specialises in ASD or is very knowledgeable about it. We had reports from the clinical psychologist re DS1 when applying for stat assessment and we were told that the educational reports count much more than the 'medical'. Just my opinion, and I'm not sure how you track these people down, but there you go. Your mention of EPF and the fact it's just been abolished makes me wonder if you're in the same county as me - can't mention it, I suppose, but is it Home Counties just north of London???? Don't get me started on the changes to SEN funding....! Lizzie x PS If you find a good Ed Psych, let us know because I may be asking you for contact details!! Lizzie - I have PMd you. Sylviax Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
UltraMum Report post Posted July 3, 2007 The NAS have a list available of some ed psychs ... http://www.nas.org.uk/content/1/c6/01/07/8...ychologists.pdf Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
