Published on 12, July, 2020
We are awaiting an assessment, and forms from the school and myself have been forwarded to the appropriate service.
In the meantime, the school want to meet to discuss my daughters needs, and how they might help support her. The thing is, I don’t think there’s anything she particularly needs. As mentioned here, she is the perfect pupil! Her problems start when she gets home.
Do you have any ideas for us? My daughter is 14 and between us we cannot come up with anything solid. She already does what’s best for herself, for example, chooses to sit alone in class so she can concentrate...
I guess if staff knew of her possible situation, they might not think her lack of eye contact, or ‘questioning’ look on her face is down to a bad attitude! She’s unlikely to respond to someone talking at her, if they haven’t called her name. How does she know they are talking to her if she isn’t looking at them?..
Hi there,
Letting them know of things such as addressing your daughter by her name when talking to her, and her eye contact/facial expressions, helps to build that understanding between teacher and student. Even minor things can make a lot of difference, so be sure to mention them so that the school can do what it can to help your daughter!x
Much love <3
Thank you. I am compiling a little list to refer to.
i asked her about eye contact, and she said it’s fine. She can do it. She said she is always thinking about how long to look for and when to look away. I think that’s a big giveaway, as people in general do not think about how many seconds to look at someone in the eye!