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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 58044" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>I hadn't realised that she actually advised you to keep looking... that IS disappointing. It could be due to a number of things, not least being they've lost so many fully qualified therapists that there are no longer enough supervisors; or, they can't take anyone on for long-term management, they can only give you an initial assessment and an indication of what sort of specialist to look for.</p><p></p><p>I remember the days of telephoning around Sydney trying to find someone, ANYONE, who would see my three younger kids all together, to try to find some sort of reasonable diagnosis for them. By seeing specialists individually, I felt they weren't getting a complete picture. I almost cried with relief when one doctor, a GP with a special interest in these sort of learning problems, said he could see all three kids the same day. I threw them in the car and drove like crazy to the other side of the city (Sydney is HUGE, in area) and the bloke just sat there. he DID say that a friend of his was a psychologist who could assess all three kids, she normally charged $x per child but at his recommendation she would only charge $y total and see the kids sooner. Nothing else AT ALL. As I left he shook my hand and said, "You really do have your hands full there. Do let me know if you ever find out what's wrong!"</p><p></p><p>Although I was angry at being mucked around YET AGAIN, I still rang his friend the psychologist. Turned out they'd met briefly, once, she had an 18 month waiting list and he had NO RIGHT to tell me he could arrange a discount in any way. And she didn't assess kids like mine, anyway, Kids with learning problems, she said, needed someone more expert. She couldn't tell me who. And so our search continued.</p><p></p><p>Something I DID do, which I recommend you do also, is document everything. Keep a more informal diary listing your own feelings as well as what was said. In years to come it will be a very useful tool.</p><p></p><p>And you might like to do what I'm now doing, and write a book about it.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 58044, member: 1991"] I hadn't realised that she actually advised you to keep looking... that IS disappointing. It could be due to a number of things, not least being they've lost so many fully qualified therapists that there are no longer enough supervisors; or, they can't take anyone on for long-term management, they can only give you an initial assessment and an indication of what sort of specialist to look for. I remember the days of telephoning around Sydney trying to find someone, ANYONE, who would see my three younger kids all together, to try to find some sort of reasonable diagnosis for them. By seeing specialists individually, I felt they weren't getting a complete picture. I almost cried with relief when one doctor, a GP with a special interest in these sort of learning problems, said he could see all three kids the same day. I threw them in the car and drove like crazy to the other side of the city (Sydney is HUGE, in area) and the bloke just sat there. he DID say that a friend of his was a psychologist who could assess all three kids, she normally charged $x per child but at his recommendation she would only charge $y total and see the kids sooner. Nothing else AT ALL. As I left he shook my hand and said, "You really do have your hands full there. Do let me know if you ever find out what's wrong!" Although I was angry at being mucked around YET AGAIN, I still rang his friend the psychologist. Turned out they'd met briefly, once, she had an 18 month waiting list and he had NO RIGHT to tell me he could arrange a discount in any way. And she didn't assess kids like mine, anyway, Kids with learning problems, she said, needed someone more expert. She couldn't tell me who. And so our search continued. Something I DID do, which I recommend you do also, is document everything. Keep a more informal diary listing your own feelings as well as what was said. In years to come it will be a very useful tool. And you might like to do what I'm now doing, and write a book about it. Marg [/QUOTE]
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