"Very helpful with communicating with our son"

We were very happy with the Forensic Services and SALT.

They made time for us, we felt heard and never dismissed.

It identified better which communication problems our son struggles with, and how better to communicate with him, like giving processing time, shorter instructions. It was also helpful to get the very useful handouts about assertive communication. Plus advice on useful books and a social group we were not aware of . We tried out both, the group was not a good fit and the book we ordered had unrealistic scenarios, but it was nice we were given all this information.

It also helped that the therapist was a lovely, cheerful person that our son was mostly happy to engage with. She was also very accommodating as to fitting us in at times that suited us best and was happy to do a home visit because it was still an effort to get our son to attend.

Because our son could sell ice to eskimos, you are not aware of him having these problems with understanding and processing . Also when you have children with ASD, PDA ect. you fear to be seen as weak parents all the time, so you try to be stricter, impose more boundaries as you are told to do, but actually this makes things worse. With giving processing time it does make home life a lot better. 

There are still occasions where he lashes out for unknown reasons. Maybe more advice on possibly anger management or what other avenues to pursue would be helpful.