For Parents
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An Integrative Cognitive Profile
A diagnosis following an assessment for autism, ADHD, dyspraxia or other related condition essentially says that your child ticks enough boxes in the diagnostic criteria to warrant a diagnosis. However, a diagnosis provides no information about:
- how to create better strategies to make your child’s life easier at home, or at school.
- what is actually causing the difficulties for which a diagnosis was sought (for example there are myriads of different ways of being autistic).
- you may get some ideas of what reasonable adjustments to ask for at school, but these are likely to be generic and may not be appropriate for your or your child’s specific underlying issues.
A diagnosis simply places you into a category that is so broad that a diagnosis does not tell you very much.
If your child is unhappy at school or their behaviour at school or at home is negative, it is likely that no one has ever got to the root of the actual problem. Therefore, any interventions that are in place may not be working - or may even be doing more harm that good. Just because your child may have similar difficulties to another child, does not mean the underlying issues are the same. Interventions should be tailored to the child according to their actual underlying issues and not according to their symptoms or diagnosis.
Aspiedent CIC have a service that helps gets to the root of the issues for children diagnosed with, or on the diagnositic pathway, for Autism, ADHD, dyspraxia, or other related conditions. Suggested interventions are provided to detail what will help in school and at home. This is an Integrative Cognitive Profile, though we often call it an autism/ADHD/etc profile.
An Integrative Cognitive Profile, is generally life changing for the better. This is because they help both the child and people around them to understand their individual strengths and weaknesses and how they interact with each other.
If you are on the diagnostic pathway an Integrative Cognitive Profile can help you make the necessary adjustments while waiting for a diagnosis.
Detailed Understanding
A diagnosis gives you very little information about your child. We provide the detail around the specific ADHD, Autism or other cognitive issues that is unique to your child.
Access To Education
You will have a better understanding of the right interventions and support needed for your child to be able to thrive in education. This will help you identify the right educational setting.
Correct Misconceptions
Correcting misconceptions of what the symptoms relate to, means problems can be properly addressed and you can support your child as they grow up.
Better Home Life
Home life improves because you finally understand your child and how to accommodate their needs.
Improved Self-Esteem
Better self understanding and awareness of strengths and weaknesses improves self esteem.
EHCP and PIP
Increase access to the right support, such as a support plan in school, an EHCP or PIP.
Child Finally Understood
Your child will feel like finally someone understands them. They can be given the language to explain why they have the difficulties they have.
Better Strategies
Being more self aware of yourself makes it easier to create strategies to help you instead of hiding difficulties at school or at home.
Understanding Behaviour
Getting to the root of the issues brings an understanding that your child is not displaying bad behaviour: they are behaving in response to their issues.
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