drunkmonkey wrote: » Is he capable of going to ordinary school, if so maybe an SNA helping a teacher might work. Early intervention is anything but unfortunately. Is he still on the public waiting list, keep him on it for assessment.
drunkmonkey wrote: » What I was asking is he able to go to an ordinary school class room if the teacher had extra help, the reason I ask is he doesn’t need to be in a school with an autism wing if so. Is he in a crèche/preschool the early intervention should be able to get an sna for him there and get them working with the speech and language therapists. I’m not sure what your dealing with so hard to advise, as you were recommended an OT(short for get him doing more) and speech therapy those problems can disappear come big school time if worked on. Get the second opinions from the public system even if it takes a long wait as things do differ from professional to professional. Had he an eye & ear test before the diagnosis?
DubCount wrote: » Home tuition can be great, and I would concentrate on getting that set up as soon as possible. If you get a good home programme up and running, it can be better than a ASD preschool unit. A typical ASD unit will have 1 teacher and 2 SNAs for 6 children, whereas home tuition is 1:1. For development of language, motor skills, behavioural issues etc., 1:1 is preferable. The ability of ASD children to ignore can be amazing, and 1:1 attention can be the only way of assuring attention. The development of social skills through being around other children can be developed through non-school activities, or later on. Sometimes several parents can club their home tuition funding together to organise mini-units for themselves. If you want to go this route, check out some of the ASD groups on Facebook etc. to find other parents in your area. Good luck.
Millem wrote: » Hi Mother123, Is there a Jonix near you? I am in Dublin so know very little about Cork. Is your son doing his ecce? If so could the mainstream Montesorri apply for an AIMS worker? It takes time though Another option is get the Home Tutor to go into his mainstream Montesorri. Check though I don’t think you can get 15 ecce hours and 20 home tuition hours. You could get 15 ecce hours and 5 home tuition hours or 20 home tuition hours and pay privately for ecce. Check the above as I could be wrong!! If you do avail of the home tuition your son will be granted the July provision during the summer. In relation to OT and SLT have you applied for DCA and incapacitated child tax credit? Also I have previously posted before of a vhi health insurance plan than gives 75% back on OT, SLT etc. it is a day to day benefit so no waiting periods. It is well worth getting. Also check out Sensational Kids. I know you said the distance was too far but you are entitled to free transport if you live a certain distance from the early intervention class. Best of luck
heldel00 wrote: » Keep in mind that if he does go to mainstream he will only get access to a SNA. He won't get one specifically for him. They will be shared amongst the other child with additional needs in the school and he will have past of the day where he more than likely would have to manage by himself (obviously with help of the class teacher.) It is absolutely disgraceful, IMO.
Motherof123 wrote: » There is no Jonix in Cork. He is currently doing his ecce I was under the illusion that he could only do either or. Seno is great but she never told me I could do both! She actually said you can't do both so I went to the playschool to give notice to cancel the ecce and said I'll pay and we were told it's €75 a week. So after thinking about it and doing some research I think 12 hours ecce and 8 hours home tuition would be fantastic for him. My husband has switched his shift so he is around during the day and we give him as much 1:1 ourselves as we can. Also I'm a SAHM so I'm constantly trying to find new ways to enagage by mixing up games like all around the garden on his hand and he loves the tickles and now he's trying to do this to my hand. The July provision sounds brilliant it would help him a lot. So Once you apply for the home tuition for 8 hours I wonder would I have to reapply In the summer to change it to 20. We got the VHI it's fantastic! 75% returns also have booked OT for him and will be using the vhi. The problem with the transport and the schools if they are far he has travel sickness and if the journey is over 30 minutes in the car he would feel sick. I also had travel sickness as a child but grew out of it. Thanks for your advice
Millem wrote: » Just double check with the hours. I think you can use the balance of hours with home tutor eg 20-15=5 It’s better value to pay ecce yourself €75 and get the department to pay the home tutor. Home tutors can get €34-€46 per hour. You should get the full July provision during the summer again check this out. I find email the best when dealing with them as you have a record!
downwesht wrote: » Hi Op,there are various Autism groups in the Cork area,these provide information and support.The Rainbow Club and autism West cork are 2.CoAction also may help.You should apply for a tax credit for your child too and there are other financial supports too.Your local citizens advice centre may help.
Motherof123 wrote: » The Seno doesn't offer much extra advice other than her job. So she told me you cannot get both ecce and HT but a lot of people have split the time. Now unless this is a new rule where you can't split (I hope it's not a new rule) because I really want to share his time between socialising and one to one. It's my only option to take the home tuition as the early intervention ASD preschools are free and far between and FULL! It's a juggling act and no one can give a straight answer as to where the child is on the list. We cannot afford the €75 per week we have a low income and have booked OT for the month of January and February once a week for 1 hour. I totally understand what you mean about the HT being worth a lot more. But I don't want to cut his days down for a lack of cash. So with €75 for playschool and €85 for OT we wouldn't have money for groceries.
Millem wrote: » Ok that’s great so you Defo can split them. I thought you could but always best to check Is your child toilet trained? If not you can get nappies free off your PHN. Also now your child has a diagnosis they should get a medical card.. I know carer’s allowance is means tested but maybe you might qualify?
hickory wrote: » Has the playschool said he cant cope with playschool? They can apply to aims and get different resources with level 7 being an extra resource. The aims worker will even incorporate speech and language work from speech therapist into the table work and it can be really good as it becomes a game for all the kids. The aims person over the area gives the class aims person different strategies and work dependent on the child. If playschool is happy to keep him it would be good for social side of it
hickory wrote: » My creche weren't familiar with aims either but they were really proactive with completing and the process was really simple. I think within 2 days of submitting the forms we had an apt for the lady to come meet us the following week and a decision in another week or so. I think what is now aims was previously called something else and hence why they are not familiar with it. As far as I remember there is a form that the preschool answers and then parent answers also and I remember going in and we talking through those before we submitted. I told my playschool that early intervention said they had to apply for it, so I didnt give a choice
glen123 wrote: » Btw, regarding IC tax credit -the quickest way to apply is through myAccount. You just add the tax credit there and submit scanned forms via My Enquries. You then do the same for each year incl the year when your child was born. This tax credit can be backdated as far as 2015 (if you child was born in 2015, for example). I you paid taxes during those years, especially if more than 3300 per year, you'll get a refund of 3300 for each year. DCA is hard to get. If you haven't already done so, join DCA Warriors group on FB - plenty of advice there how to correctly do the forms, how to do daily diary, etc. DCA is granted based on extra care, not diagnosis. Carers allowance is means tested however the means test is such that your family income would have to be in the region of around 60k gross for you to get nothing. Carer's Allowance is only granted once DCA is approved so you need to make sure you get everything right go get DCA asap to avoid going through appeals etc. Carer Allowance application will be on hold until the result of your DCA is known.
