Hi Linda
thanks for your letter. The very first step you must take is to get a
referal from your GP to your local health and social care services. Aletter
to the doctor from his school backing up your thoughts is helpful. You
should then hopefully get an appointment with a suitable professional from
the mental health department who will be able to give him an assessment and
then hopefully a diagnosis. Good luck. What area are you from?

Sharon


>From: "thepresentwife2000 <thepresentwife@...>"
><thepresentwife@...>
>Reply-To: seas02@...
>To: seas02@...
>Subject: [seas] Hiya, new member here, in need of some guidance please.
>Date: Wed, 14 May 2003 09:51:39 -0000
>
>Hiya,
>
>My name is Linda, i'm a manager in a out of hours activity based kids
>club. We cater for children from 4 to 12 yrs of age. We get a
>whole range of children coming thru our setting. Two of which have
>infact been diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome. I am in fact in the
>process of enrolling on various courses appertaining to special
>needs, and am also helping out at another kidsclub, which offers
>respite care in the holidays for children with special needs.
>
>The problem I am facing at the moment is at home. My boyfriends
>eldest son (now aged 13) has always been labelled a problem child.
>But his behaviour, attitude and learning difficulties have never been
>looked into. When my boyfriend has tried to seek help, he has just
>been fobbed off. So his son has been labelled as a stressy child.
>E.T.C.
>
>Well with me working with children and doing various courses and also
>coming across children with special needs, I am gaining more
>knowledge.
>
>Yesterday, I was infact on a course for Behaviour Management which
>was delivered by the SEN SUPPORT TEAM. They gave us a brief insight
>into ADD, ADHD and Asperger Syndrome. For each condition there was a
>check list.
>
>The one for Asperger is as follows:
>
>Asperger Syndrome
>
>
>Put simply, a name describing difficulties of someone who has
>specific problems with communication and social behaviour. There
>are 3 main kinds of difficulties that pupils with ASPERGER SYNDROME
>may have to face. The following list gives an idea of what this can
>mean for the child.
>
>
>· Problems making friends/getting on with people.
>· Difficulty understanding what other people need and how they
>feel.
>· Speaking to people in an inappropriate way.
>· Not knowing when to stop and start talking.
>· Having problems looking at someone in the eyes.
>· Seeming loud, rude or silly.
>· Poor understanding of social situations including
>conversation strategies.
>· Giggling for no apparent reason.
>· Misunderstanding of language e.g. don't `get' jokes.
>· Inflexible thinking – must follow certain routines.
>· Become upset if routines changed
>· Obsessional interest in one subject/hobby to exclusion of
>everything else.
>· Poor co-ordination, clumsiness in games or untidy handwork.
>· Disorganised and difficulty following instructions.
>· Moody and unpredictable.
>· Others find it very difficult to communicate with them.
>· People become upset and angry with them.
>· Don't see others as a solution to their problems so
>won't ask
>for help and can be emotionally isolated.
>
>THIS IS MY BOYFRIENDS SON.
>
>I am please seeking some advice. Where do we go from here. All
>these signs are Robert. We now need to know how to go about getting
>some help and advice so we can go about getting him the right help,
>which he has so far missed out on.
>
>Many thanks for taking time to read this.
>
>Your advice will be greatly appreciated.
>
>Take Care
>Linda
>x
>

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