Published on 12, July, 2020
Good morning my name is Laura and I would really appreciate some help my 12 yr old is yet to be diagnosed she has been accessed and is said to be showing traits of OCD and being on the autism spectrum but we are still waiting through nhs to have her diagnosed. In the meantime she is not attending school as she is finding it extremely stressful and finds it hard to communicate with other children as they r all so confident and shall we say not her cup of tea lol she has no friends at school and struggles with the not so structured school day in a normal senior school
I have been working with the school and we have tried everything from support to reduced timetables to just going for an hour but even this is now proving a complete nightmare
so I’m thinking should I move her to another school one that would help suit her more? I am out of options and have no clue what to do but now worrying she is not getting any form of education or socialising skill of what she can manage
any advise would be so much appreciated thank you x
If she's autistic she might not like change. So I wouldn't move her unless she wants to.
Meanwhile will the school give you a copy of the subject syllabus so she can engage with the topics even if not physically there much of the time. Even if just one subject grabs her interest and she does just that at home. It would be something which perhaps could be a bridge to re-intergration.
Thank you for taking time to reply to me, yes we have tried all of this and I have the curriculum to follow at home but it’s just trying to get her back in there interstates we have tried pretty much everything I feel the school is just too big for her