The group was pleased to welcome two new couples to our February meeting whose children had been diagnosed about a year ago. Though we are of course always sad that new people have cause to need our group, we’re always glad to see those who do. We hope we can help each other make life better for our children and our families.
As always, we had lots of experiences to share. There was a lively discussion about what makes a good appointment with a consultant (!) and we’re looking forward to passing some of our views on to one of the paediatric specialist nurses who will be joining our next meeting. We also benefited from comparing notes about our children’s eating habits, particularly with reference to school dinners. It’s always handy to be find out what happens at other schools, so that, if need be, you can say to your child’s school “Well, this is how they do it so much better at x school…”
Louise handed out some useful posters and stickers thoughtfully provided by Vodafone for the new JustTextGiving service, and we’re also ordering some new cards so that we can subtly promote DiSC to other parents who might want to know about it. Hopefully by the next meeting we’ll be able to distribute a stack of cards to everyone who comes along, so that you can leave them in clinics, in surgeries, in pharmacists, or simply pass one across with an encouraging smile to anyone you see at clinic who you think might not know about us. Watch this space…. and put the date of the next meeting in your diary, March 15th, so that you can come and meet our new psychologist, Claire Semple, as well as our old friend Alison Gunn, PDSN.
And if you’re still worried about your child’s school dinner, click on this link…