It just seems that is all we do....evaluation after evaluation! Whether it's the school or different doctors.
And in all honesty, we get these evaluations done, but then it seems like that's it...not much help after! My son sees a neuropsychologist every year. She is a sweet woman and Mason seems to do well with her considering we only see her once a year. Well he is due for this evaluation again. I made these appts a long time ago, before he had his 3 yr eval for school. So I called hoping I could get out of this appt with him just having a huge eval done with the school...plus we just had the autism eval done in April. Well she says she wants to see him and see exactly what the school and the other psychologist have to say. So now because he is older she wants to do one eight hour appt...they used to break it up into 2 hour appts over 4 weeks...how in the world does she think he is going to cooperate for 8 hours??
So I talk to my DH and tell him I think I am just going to cancel, that I don't feel he needs the appt. and of course it turns into another argument between us and he says "fine, I'll just take him." We seem to argue about anything and everything lately and especially when it comes to Mason!
UGH!! I'm just sick of the evaluations, the arguing with my DH, etc, etc, etc. I want to help my son, obviously, but I just don't see how ANOTHER eval is going to help...we know what's wrong with him, we just tested all of his different levels of learning...what is the point?
Anyway, thanks for listening! Anyone else going through this and just feel like it's endless and pointless?
I haven't had too many evaluations for Jason as yet, but he's been in and out of the doctor's office lately, he's going to start seeing a psychiatrist in a couple weeks, and he's just started therapy.
Things have been super-crazy, and poor Jase is just going a little bonkers. We were supposed to take him into see the psych this week, but I just cancelled the appointment and rescheduled for the 6th...I don't think Jason can handle much more on his plate right now, and I'm not so sure about me, either!
We'll probably have another assessment in about nine weeks, when we're hoping to send him to preschool. I don't think that's going to be much fun. We have an EEG scheduled for the first week of November, but I'm supposed to keep an eye on him in the meantime, and if I see more "seizure-like" behaviors, I'm supposed to tell them, and they'll move up the appointment. Geesh.
Poor kid is starting to freak out when he sees new people now!
ugh. yeah- im so sick of intake forms too. . .filling out the same old crap time after time. . . all his behaviors and rating everything from 1-5 or 1-10. . . same questions by dr's, therapists, neurologists, psychologists. ugh! it's RIDICULOUS! Yes, once services kick in, you will actually start hearing about his progressOut of the 25 numbers programmed in my cell phone TWENTY of them are my sons docs and schools, etc.
YUCK
SICK OF IT WITH YOU!
Oh I hear that Autumn!!!!
And I guess I just hate all these waiting lists that go along with these evaluations!! I guess maybe once services kick in I won't feel so annoyed! HOPEFULLY!
You have my sympathy! T got SO stressed during the evaluations she went through, to get services. So for us there was an endpoint. I felt terrible for her. But, for the school, unless things change, this is it for 3 yrs!
Not looking forward to the 4 hour medical eval, next winter!
I cannot imagine how much of this you are dealing with ... and I am sorry you must.
I feel ya.We have are major one in sept but some many in between.LIke i have the head land of the OT coming to my house to see my DS we are hoping that after she sees how he is at home shr will bump him up on the waiting list.THe I have for EIBI and SCD.and so many more.And they all have to tested him over and over again and they all work in the same place.yeah i feel for yeah I know what you mean. I'm tired of all the evaluations too. But the are necessary in order to receive any services from the government.