Published on 12, July, 2020
My daughter is nearly 7 (year 2) and was diagnosed 2 years ago. She is in mainstream and they have no major concerns as she is quiet and manages her work. However at home she is becoming increasingly anxious, everything she has held together in the school day comes out at home and she struggles with her emotions. She gets so upset and hopeless and thinks she is terrible at everything despite lots of reassurance and encouragement and us being positive. She finds friendships hard and is heartbroken if she thinks people are upset with her so will do anything to people please which is obviously a concern as she gets older. she is struggling with sleep and separation anxiety at night. I can see little warning signs that I know will cause her upset as she grows up. She struggles with noise and the hustle and bustle of school that I have no idea how she would cope in the local secondary in a few years and that fills me with dread, I did bring up ehcp with the teacher who dismissed that completely and said she is coping ok with the (minimal) sen support she already has. I can see that her anxiety is increasing and I don't know what steps I should be taking so any advice would he appreciated. Many thanks
Hi Becky,
Sorry to hear that your daughter is going through a rough patch. I was wondering if this would help on the friendship side of things - This page shows social groups for those with autism, it might be worth while having a look there to see if there was anything that your daughter might be interested in? https://www.autism.org.uk/what-we-do/support-in-the-community/social-groups
Maybe also see if there are any social groups in your area for children with autism?
Hope that helps,
SarahMod
Thank you very much, this is really helpful thanks