JenRose Report post Posted May 22, 2008 Had a phonecall from consultants secretary telling me that she wants to come and see dd in the home in july. yikes.................................. we think its because we paint such a different picture of her than nursery do, nursery say everythings fine blah de blah and lie their heads off at sendist tribunals. they have insinuated that the problems are at home. which in a way is good because at least they are giving us a chance to let them see dd as she really is. also the consultant who is coming is the one who "eventually" dx,d ds with PDD so she knows us. im just a tad nervous though about it, has anyone else ever had a home visit from camhs? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
deeejar Report post Posted May 24, 2008 Sorry Jen, I have never had a home visit from CAMHS, so don't know about that. I have got an appointment for my ds in two weeks. I am going through statement, and I think my LEA are disputing the diagnosis. I know I sound cynical, but can't help it! I tried to see the consultant psych for months before, and was told that it was not possible. Now, all of a sudden, 2 weeks after being told my ds is going to be referred, hey presto an appointment! I was told I would have to wait until my ds is 5, so I suppose they changed the rules just for him! Lucky me! I am tempted to not go, until after the statement has been finalised, I can just keep cancelling, the kids always have the snuffles anyway! I hope that your dd really plays up on the day, and is much worse than usual! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
darky Report post Posted May 24, 2008 Yeah I have. Well the CAMHS ASD nurse specialist (specialist my eye) He always looked like a cat on hot bricks here. It was nothing to worry about at all. He always came away with more information than he came with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bid Report post Posted May 25, 2008 My DS was diagnosed by a specialist diagnostic centre, and we had a home visit and a school visit as well as the clinic appointments. Years later my littlest DS went through the CDC process, and again it involved two or three home visits I think, plus playgroup and clinics. Bid Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
dooday24 Report post Posted May 26, 2008 hi,reece had camhs out to see him and just spent an hr chating to us and reece she was really nice. but typical he was really good whilst she was there, donnaxxxx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
justamum Report post Posted May 26, 2008 nurse specialist from CAMHS came to my house today. She saw immediately just how fidgety my lad is and how his attention kept wandering from task. She more or less said he is on the autistic scale. She asked him if he knew he was different, he does and always has done as he asked me when he was 5 why he couldn't do the things other boys his age could do. She felt it important he knew and there was nothing wrong with being different, I told him he is not different he is 'special'. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb1964 Report post Posted May 28, 2008 Hi Jenrose, Yes, during our daughters assessment we had fortnightly visits from CAHMS for about 6 months - various individuals the first couple of times and then the CPN for the rest of the time to get my daughter to open up a bit to her and for them to see her in her own environment - which I think was good as she is totally different in the house. The visits could last up to two hours per time - and on one occassion she took her out. She also attended the CAHMS centre one day per week for about 3 months or so - and they took her out with a small group of children to various things to view her behaviour outside as well. Take care, Jb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
