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Mum of 8 year old struggling with the pandemic

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My son is 8 and can be the most loving little boy. 

He is still in the process of getting his diagnosis but the likely hood is that he is on the spectrum.

He is currently struggling with the pandemic and has all along especially when a family member has informed him a full lockdown of the country will happen again.

He is now in full panic mode as he does not want to be without his one to one he has at school and it has caused numerous anxiety attacks. 

Any help would be grateful as we his family mum and dad and 2 brothers would like to be able to help.

Thank you 

  • Is your son getting enough 1-to-1 time with someone at home? If possible, that would be good. Could you set him a series of tasks to do, learning new things? It could be cooking, gardening, watching educational films together. Try to keep him with stimulated and challenged. Best luck with everything Slight smile

  • inform him that the lock down will soon be released and vaccines are been deployed within days 

  • Is it possible he's missing the routine? That's what freaked me out. He may be craving a stricter routine. The good thing about school is they follow the same strict schedule everyday. Kids get more frustrated at a lack of routine as they can't set themselves their own. Try laying out what you'll do in a day-week and then stick to it as much as possible.

    The one to one I presume is some sort of therapy maybe? If so is there room for it to be carried on by a family member or is there a zoom option? I presume whoever was doing it will be willing to provide resources.

    The other thing is stimulation. Is he being stimulated enough at home or maybe too much? It's finding out what he is missing about school and why the pandemic is so scary and then coming up with a nice comforting plan together.

    Hope this helped