{"id":549,"date":"2020-08-20T06:41:39","date_gmt":"2020-08-20T06:41:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.centresupport.com.au\/victorianchildcarecentre\/2020\/08\/20\/before-the-diagnosis\/"},"modified":"2020-08-25T06:57:20","modified_gmt":"2020-08-25T06:57:20","slug":"before-the-diagnosis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.centresupport.com.au\/victorianchildcarecentre\/2020\/08\/20\/before-the-diagnosis\/","title":{"rendered":"Before the diagnosis"},"content":{"rendered":"[vc_row el_class=”bg-section1 autism”][vc_column][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]For many families, the identification of a child\u2019s disability is a gradual process that occurs over many months or years. For some children, a clear diagnosis of a specific condition or disability (or multiple disabilities) is possible. For others, the diagnosis may not be possible or may be reliant on further tests\/ observations in future years.<\/p>\n

Our role as educators is to support families by communicating with them about their child\u2019s progress towards learning outcomes and their overall development.<\/p>\n

How families respond to our concerns with depend on our relationships we have built with our families and how much we understand their perspective, concerns, beliefs and culture.<\/p>\n

Some families are relieved when we notice, some will be finding it challenging to come to terms with the diagnosis, some won\u2019t believe us, some won\u2019t help us and some will take immediate action to get outside assistance.<\/p>\n

However, just because the child doesn\u2019t have a diagnosis it doesn\u2019t mean we can\u2019t start trialling strategies to help them.<\/p>\n

Before we start we need to remember some important points:<\/p>\n