Hi I'm New Looking For Some Advice

Good Morning All

I am new to the page, my little boy is 2 1/2 year old and he has been attending a day nursery where they have noticed he was behind on development areas. After a while of doing different assesments, 1 to 1 activities etc they felt it was something they needed to refer to SENCO. unfortunately because I didn't go back to work after maternity leave with my little girl I couldn't afford to send him to full time nursery so we put him into a community pre school. When he started attending we got contact from an early inclusion officer and she came out to asses him whilst in the new setting. He has only attended 4 full sessions 1 day a week ( 2 settling in sessions for half days). They noticed that he likes to put things in his mouth and they said that he is a high risk in the setting, on Monday the lady preschool came to my house and said they cant have him in the setting anymore as they don't have enough people to watch him. I was also informed that the committee had been having meetings regarding my son the previous week which we wasn't notified about and I feel very upset about although his name was not mentioned I still feel it is something we should have been informed about. The inclusion officer is coming to my house on Tuesday and we are going to go through the next steps and see if we can get any funding. we haven't actually had a diagnosis but pre school just turned around to me and said we see he has got autistic traits.

Gosh sorry that was long but something im just looking for some advice on as me and my husband are feeling so alone :(

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  • Dear NAS64531,

    I’m really sorry to hear how hard you are finding this.  There is lots of information on our website and advice and support available to you.

    You may find it useful to have a look at our autism page on our website which has a vast amount of information. The page contains information on the basics of what the autism spectrum is, how it's defined in a clinical sense, and the characteristics of autism: http://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-is/asd.aspx.

    If you were interested in finding out if your son is on the autism spectrum, he would need to have a formal diagnostic assessment. You may find it useful to have a look at the following link for further information about diagnosis and the benefits of getting one:http://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/children.aspx

    If you have questions, you may like to contact our Autism Helpline team. They can provide you with information and advice. You can call them on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm).The Helpline is often very busy and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor.

    We also have an Education Rights Service who provide information, support and advice on educational provision and entitlements. Please see the following link for further information: http://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/education-rights.aspx.

    I hope that helps,

    Regards,

    Kerri-Mod

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  • Dear NAS64531,

    I’m really sorry to hear how hard you are finding this.  There is lots of information on our website and advice and support available to you.

    You may find it useful to have a look at our autism page on our website which has a vast amount of information. The page contains information on the basics of what the autism spectrum is, how it's defined in a clinical sense, and the characteristics of autism: http://www.autism.org.uk/about/what-is/asd.aspx.

    If you were interested in finding out if your son is on the autism spectrum, he would need to have a formal diagnostic assessment. You may find it useful to have a look at the following link for further information about diagnosis and the benefits of getting one:http://www.autism.org.uk/about/diagnosis/children.aspx

    If you have questions, you may like to contact our Autism Helpline team. They can provide you with information and advice. You can call them on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm).The Helpline is often very busy and it may take a couple of attempts before you get through to speak to an advisor.

    We also have an Education Rights Service who provide information, support and advice on educational provision and entitlements. Please see the following link for further information: http://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/education-rights.aspx.

    I hope that helps,

    Regards,

    Kerri-Mod

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