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We stopped comparing and started asking
A good assessment finds needs, not a score.
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WEAVE FAMILY, ONE PAGE
We stopped comparing and started asking
She solved shapes her own way. She needed a better way to tell us what she needed.
A respectful assessment finds strengths, health needs and useful support, not just a score.
Communication is harder than expected. Movement, play, learning or self-care differ. Hearing, vision, sleep, feeding and seizures matter.
List strengths, then check health and communication, then set participation goals, then link home, school and care.
A good assessment does more than label. It finds needs and opens support.
WRITE: What they can do, what is hard, what helps. BRING: Hearing, sight, health and school information. ASK: Goals for communication, daily life and independence.
FAMILY: Follow interests. Use preferred communication. Notice useful gains. Never compare, punish, hide the person, force practice through distress or use unproven cures.
URGENT REVIEW: Lost language, movement or daily-living skill needs urgent child-health or neurology review. Call 112 or go to emergency care now for a first seizure; repeated seizures without recovery; sudden weakness; severe breathing trouble; collapse; or unusual unresponsiveness. Get rapid protection for abuse, neglect, serious injury or danger. Non-emergency support: Tele-MANAS 14416 / 1800-89-14416.
Dr. Wilfred D'souza, Dr. Niharika Reddy. weave.clinic/family