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newly diagnosed son

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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has constant outbursts and meltdowns, can be rather aggressive at times, followed by tears upon tears and then becomes withdrawn and negative.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 Moonraker,

    Thankyou for your reply. Well we did go back to the Educational Psychologist and told her how let down we felt by her. We basically asked her what she was prepared to do to help us before we take it to the Educational Authorities, and we would also be complaining about how she is letting our son down. She has agreed a meeting with an Inclusion Officer to discuss whether we would be able to ask for a statement fo our son, but still feels it's unlikely he will be put in for one. This meeting will be after the Easter hols and probably the end of May because of the Sats....the Sats that my son is not capapble of sitting, but they still maintain he is doing well!

    Do you think we have done enough or should we be fighting now and not waiting for that Inclusion Officer?

    Thankyou for your advice, we really do appreciate it. Best wishes to you.

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  • Hi Moonraker,

    Thankyou for your reply. Well we did go back to the Educational Psychologist and told her how let down we felt by her. We basically asked her what she was prepared to do to help us before we take it to the Educational Authorities, and we would also be complaining about how she is letting our son down. She has agreed a meeting with an Inclusion Officer to discuss whether we would be able to ask for a statement fo our son, but still feels it's unlikely he will be put in for one. This meeting will be after the Easter hols and probably the end of May because of the Sats....the Sats that my son is not capapble of sitting, but they still maintain he is doing well!

    Do you think we have done enough or should we be fighting now and not waiting for that Inclusion Officer?

    Thankyou for your advice, we really do appreciate it. Best wishes to you.

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