Good News ......... Sad News

Lovely comments . It has helped.

Faye - My grandson is just coming up to 5 years old - so yes, it is good that his assessment is coming early in his life.

Off to bed now - goodnight all.

Butty You have a lovely little grandson, how great is that? He's doing really well.

Nicely said, ga.

Butty you let go of one dream in order to grasp the next. When our son was assessed as having learning difficulties, the lovely Ed.Psych told us that he would go on to achieve great things, but the path he took might be a different one to the one we'd imagined. Your grandson will find a path and his family will all be supporting him as he walks it.

I can really feel for you Butty - as you say it would be great if he didn;t need it, but how reassuring that appropriate action is being taken to give him the best possible chance to continue developing as that "lovable, smart, polite and funny little boy" that you know and love. This is not a problem in itself, it is a solution (or a big step on the way)

How old is your grandson Butty. I can understand how you feel, but this could be a good thing, not leaving helping him until it is too late.

Hopefully he will continue with his terrific progress, Butty

Butty, it sounds as if he's in very good hands. Lovable, smart, funny and polite sounds delightful to me. No wonder you want to be with him and his family more.

Yes, he is coming on in leaps and bounds. Thank you for all your support.

We were all hoping he would transfer to an 'ordinary' kindergarten, which is the main ethos of his existing pre-school - to work towards that integration. It's just come as a bit of a blow.

Still, we are taking a very long view; it's early days yet.

Butty, he sounds as if he's coming on in leaps and bounds , and of course, in an ideal world you'd be able to be nearer and give emotional support to them all and to see his progress. It really does sound though, as if he has everything going for him there - how wonderful that the teaching support is as it is! Second to none, by the sound of things!

Don't you just want to be there with them at times like this? I hope they help him continue the good progress he's already made butty

Must be frustrating not to be nearer.

Butty hard to be so far away but it sounds as if all that can be done is being done. I can understand that the distance makes you feel helpless.

Oh, Butty, definitely good news/bad news. Definitely a good thing if he needs it and I'm sure they all know how much you care

Sorry to hear this
It does sound though as if he is having appropriate therapy
In England parents often have to fight for it.