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[quote=Anonymous]Five appointments in one week is too much for you and for your child.  Especially if your child is being assessed.  Also, you need to choose your battles.  I don't know what the appointments are for, but concentrate on what is essential.  Unless your child has a life-threatening illness and has to be seen by specialists in five disciplines right away, the notion that your child has to have five different work ups (where essentially his history is going to be covered in depth identically five separate times again and again and again) is not necessary.

You need to zero in on the essentials.  It's great to have a great teacher in your corner.  But it sounds like you are chasing tails instead of getting therapies.

I have a profoundly disabled kid.  In her case, I could take her to appointments for therapy every day -- speech, PT, OT, intensive clinics.  But she's also a kid and she wants to hang out, go to the pool, go to camp.  It's impossible to chase every tail.  Prioritize.  Do what's essential.  [/quote]

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