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foxy · Post by **foxy** » 16 Jan 2007, 14:18

Sounds very promising Izzie and hopefully k will now get the one to one she needs

bellybabe · Post by **bellybabe** » 16 Jan 2007, 14:22

Glad it went well!

BTW I was completely confused about legislation - I was thinking of the Additional Support for Learning Act. Not that i really know anything about it.

Maria · Post by **Maria** » 16 Jan 2007, 14:37

Glad you feel more positive now Izzie. To be fair to the school, it can sometimes be very difficult to balance out their duty to protect pupils in their care from disruption from other pupils, while also making allowances for the needs of the individual pupil. Hopefully, the meeting this morning will put some strategies in place, which will improve matters for everyone.

rapunzell · Post by **rapunzell** » 16 Jan 2007, 14:40

I'm glad to hear the meeting went well and the docs were so helpful. Hope the school does much more now - they'd better!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 16 Jan 2007, 15:55

Glad to hear it went well. Sounds like you and yours need more support than you're getting. It sounded like the school didn't have a full understanding of Ks condition.
Well done in biting your tongue ( and not blasting them all down).

arachnid · Post by **arachnid** » 16 Jan 2007, 16:14

Great to hear that your meeting went better than you probably expected!
Hopefully things will also get better from now on. You'll be feeling a bit happier about things now, till next time aye??? But feel free to rant anytime!!!!

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 16 Jan 2007, 16:31

Everyone needs agood rant now and again.
In our house we can get Mr Soupy going on "potholes and speed bumps". eldest daughter on LRT timetables "great work of fiction, no wonder Ian Rankin started on mystery books with these as inpiration"
Youngest daughter on most things vegetarian and not killing wasps in the house. ( I revised that one after being stung helping one out , ungrateful wretch!)

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 16 Jan 2007, 18:35

Good news, Izzie. Hope all goes well for you (and the moggie) too now!!

Sandra · Post by **Sandra** » 16 Jan 2007, 21:38

Great to hear it all went well Izzie

teddygirl · Post by **teddygirl** » 16 Jan 2007, 22:42

Pleased to hear the meeting went well,Izzie.

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 21 Jan 2007, 18:37

Izzie wrote:Can anyone help me here???????

If someone has no frontal lobe in the brain how can I help them?

We have not long been told this about K she has been getting into lots of scraps at school with pupils and teachers and then gets sent home.this is what she wants and thinks its good to be home with mum.

We are having a big meetting soon at her s/n school and I have all sorts of docs coming from the hospital.She is getting 1 to 1 at school but they let her loose in the playground and she can't cope with all that freedom.

All help on this matter would be most helpfull to me as I want to go in there guns blazing.

Don't know if this link help you. I hope it does.
mighthttp://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m224 ... i_84722697

Izzie · Post by **Izzie** » 21 Jan 2007, 18:46

B.M. can't get onto the link but thanks for the thought

Bob Jefferson · Post by **Bob Jefferson** » 21 Jan 2007, 18:48

Try again:

http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/ ... i_84722697

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 21 Jan 2007, 19:16

Thanks Bob. Don't know what happened there

Izzie · Post by **Izzie** » 21 Jan 2007, 19:35

Good site on ADHD K has been on Strattera for nearly a year now and what a life saver that tablet has been.

But it is good to know she will have ADHD when she is an adult I think

Black Mamba · Post by **Black Mamba** » 22 Jan 2007, 18:10

Here's another site I found. Hope it's a bit more helpful.

http://www.has7.com/frontal-lobe/fronta ... be%20brain

bouncie_kiwi · Post by **bouncie_kiwi** » 24 Apr 2007, 17:26

the less people who read this the better, although Izzy i hope this may be of some help to you. The YPU (i am sure you may have already heard of this) have a "day centre" - it is a lot more intensive than outpatients but not as restrictive as IP, AND they give loads of help with schoolwork etc. have you considered this? i have to say i highly recommend it, if that place did not exist it is likely i would have no standard grades or highers at all, and likely no future prospects whatsoever - the staff are lovely, extremely patient and understanding and there is even a garden with fun stuff

Izzie · Post by **Izzie** » 24 Apr 2007, 17:49

bouncie_kiwi wrote:the less people who read this the better, although Izzy i hope this may be of some help to you. The YPU (i am sure you may have already heard of this) have a "day centre" -

Never heard of it

Please tell me all about it

SoupDragon · Post by **SoupDragon** » 24 Apr 2007, 18:27

Think its the Young Persons Unit in the Royal Edinburgh Hospital grounds

(might be young peoples unit)
run By NHS

bouncie_kiwi · Post by **bouncie_kiwi** » 24 Apr 2007, 18:39

The YPU run a "day programme" which combines schoolwork (people come in to teach classes) with other things like art therapy and other things (im talking a good 5-6 years ago now, although i am sure it hasn't changed a huge amount) there were around 20-25 kids there all aged from 12ish to 17/18 - other things we done were "relaxation techniques" and strategies for coping with anxiety and schoolwork, exams etc...i am not sure of the exact referral criteria, although it is worth badgering the YPU or your GP or whoever else you are involved with about...older kids (doing highers etc) can go out to college 2 or 3 times a week, i think mostly Stevenson or possibly Jewel & Esk..
It is better than IP because you don't stay overnight or weekends. The good thing is it doesn't really seem like a "hospital" setting or anything, it just seems like a relaxed school environment, with more understanding 'teachers'.
i have tried to find some more up-to-date info on the web but there it is few & far between...with no real information

Poppy · Post by **Poppy** » 24 Apr 2007, 18:42

This is what's on NHS Lothian re the YPU

bouncie_kiwi · Post by **bouncie_kiwi** » 24 Apr 2007, 18:46

Yeah i seen that one, it only seems to go on about the Inpatient programme unfortunately, i still can't find any information on the Day Programme though.

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