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Hi new here... just saw my son bullied

Kat2013

Hi Im Kat

Feeling frustrated and upset I have no one in my friendship circle who understands

I have a son of 8 who has Autism... he attends a mainstream school and wanted to join the after school club I went to sign him up and while we were there I heard a boy in his year say to a goup of boys...

"yuk look its him, what is he doing here who said he could come that dumb boy"

his friends told him to be queit coz his mum was there and that he shouldnt say it in front of me...

So now I feel crushed, angry and torn because I dont know what happensd when I'm not around

and my son doesnt really understand when people are mean to him he wouldnt even realise unless it was physicalSealed

 I'm contemplating putting him in a special school I just dont want him picked on... any thoughts or comments welcome

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  • Kat,

    This is horrible for you - until recently I thought my son's poor social skills would mean he did not get affected by nasty comments even though it affected me. I'm not sure about this any more.

    Before you abandon mainstream school perhaps you could visit the local secondary.  It depends on your son's needs but for my own son the local secondary school has been excellent. He had extra familiarisation days to smooth the transition from primary to secondary, and when he needed a bolt hole to avoid obnoxious children in the playground this was arranged. I met with teachers at primary school to make sure the proper paperwork was in place when he went to secondary, so they were fully aware of the situation, and then also met with the SEN at the secondary school before he started.

     

     

     

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  • Kat,

    This is horrible for you - until recently I thought my son's poor social skills would mean he did not get affected by nasty comments even though it affected me. I'm not sure about this any more.

    Before you abandon mainstream school perhaps you could visit the local secondary.  It depends on your son's needs but for my own son the local secondary school has been excellent. He had extra familiarisation days to smooth the transition from primary to secondary, and when he needed a bolt hole to avoid obnoxious children in the playground this was arranged. I met with teachers at primary school to make sure the proper paperwork was in place when he went to secondary, so they were fully aware of the situation, and then also met with the SEN at the secondary school before he started.

     

     

     

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