[senco-forum] ASD diagnosis

BTW -- sorry Amanda -- I now notice that you state the an EP made the 'referal'. So perhaps it did go thriugh a CAMHS. But it does seem strange that the school was not consulted -- I agree with you. Brendan 

-----Original Message-----
From: kngbrndn at aol.com
To: amandavh at btinternet.com; senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Sent: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 2.55PM
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] ASD diagnosis

But an EP isn't qualified anyway to make a positive or negative diagnosis of 
ADHD. This is likely to be an LA strategy of trying to keep the numbers of 
ADHD's down for budgetry reasons. The EP should be questioned as to his/her 
qualification to diagnose a medical disorder -- and also for parent to request a 
GP referral to the local CAMHS -- if the childs behaviour continues to be a 
matter of significant concern. Cheers Brendan King 

-----Original Message-----
From: amandavh at btinternet.com
To: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Sent: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 2.31PM
Subject: [senco-forum] ASD diagnosis

Hello
  When discussing the diagnosis of ASD using a checklist, I wondered if anyone 
else has had a similar experience to me.  We were told that a pupil with 
diagnosed ADHD did not have ASD as a result of a completed parental checklist.  
The referral was made by our Ed Psych.  We were not asked to complete a 
checklist.
  Amanda
  Secondary SENCO
  Cornwall

Amanda
Secondary SENCO
Cornwall