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newly diagnosed son

hibbsy

Hello there, we are new to this forum and we are looking for help and support that anyone can give please.

Our 11 year old son has just been diagnosed with a-typical autism.He also has a speech and language problem, dyslexia (which we have known about for a couple of years) and a severe anxiety problem.

He has had a severe melt down at school as he is struggling with the pressures of the impending SATS tests this year and feels inadequate against his peers. He does have CAMHS involvement, SENCO support, and we are liasing with an educational psychologist, but we are stunned at this new autism diagnosis and struggling to come to terms with both that, and our sons low self esteem, awful anxiety issues and very low state of mind, it really is heartbreaking and we are struggling to know how to support him best. He has constant outbursts and meltdowns, can be rather aggressive at times, followed by tears upon tears and then becomes withdrawn and negative.

We are completely exhausted and concerned about the future and how we are going to get through this. Any help and advice would be so gratefully recieved!

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  • hi, i have just read your post with interest, my 11 yr old son has been having difficult issues at school with his behaviour, i have been battling with schools and GP's for the last 7 yrs and finally after moving to scotland last year we have finally found a GP willing to listen and help. She and the school both sent referals for ASD/ ADHD testing of my son.

    After almost a year an Educational Psychologist was brought into the school to monitor and test my son which today i had a meeting with her to be told he definiantely is autistic and she believes he has Asbergers Syndrome, but will need further testing to determine where on the spectrum he is.

    Although we have suspected there was something wrong with my son to finally have it confirmed is such a shock, where do we go from here?.

    The Educational Psychologist has referred him for the further testing but now also wants to refer him for help to Notre Dame Centre for help with his attatchment issues she says he has ( i didnt think he had any issues here) and also for help with his social and emotional issues as he cannot interact with his peers.

    He has had a few issues with bullying in his Primary school although the school is on top of this but as he starts Senior school in August i am panicking for him with the transition to senior school. I have also been told academically he is well below his peers but his general knowledge far exceeds his peers.

    Please help im just so confused right now on where to go and what to do now .

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  • hi, i have just read your post with interest, my 11 yr old son has been having difficult issues at school with his behaviour, i have been battling with schools and GP's for the last 7 yrs and finally after moving to scotland last year we have finally found a GP willing to listen and help. She and the school both sent referals for ASD/ ADHD testing of my son.

    After almost a year an Educational Psychologist was brought into the school to monitor and test my son which today i had a meeting with her to be told he definiantely is autistic and she believes he has Asbergers Syndrome, but will need further testing to determine where on the spectrum he is.

    Although we have suspected there was something wrong with my son to finally have it confirmed is such a shock, where do we go from here?.

    The Educational Psychologist has referred him for the further testing but now also wants to refer him for help to Notre Dame Centre for help with his attatchment issues she says he has ( i didnt think he had any issues here) and also for help with his social and emotional issues as he cannot interact with his peers.

    He has had a few issues with bullying in his Primary school although the school is on top of this but as he starts Senior school in August i am panicking for him with the transition to senior school. I have also been told academically he is well below his peers but his general knowledge far exceeds his peers.

    Please help im just so confused right now on where to go and what to do now .

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