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Rose ross

Hi there, new to this site, my name is rosemary and I have two sons 5 and 3. My three year old has been diagnosed with autism in January this year. He is non verbal, but such a lovely happy wee boy, he has many meltdowns which I struggle with, very frustrating .. for him as well !! My eldest is now going to be assessed as he is showing some traits too, although he is developing well. Looking forward to reading and taking help for everybody's comments.

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  • We were told last year that my three year old son had autistic tendencies, we haven't had a diagnosis yet.  We met with the educational psychologist who recommended he attend the observation and assessment unit, which is a class for up to eight children with special needs with the staff trained to support and work with them.  Like you I was really anxious because my little boy has no speech and it took months to get him to settle in pre school even though he had 1 to 1 support there.  The staff in the unit were great, the first day he went for two hours, the second day for three hours and we built up until he was ready to go for a full day and after the first week he really surprised me, the staff in the unit recommended he go full time.

    He's been there for almost two months now and he's settled really well, he's really happy there.  The only issue we have is when I drop him off he gets really upset so at the moment my father in law takes him to school and he's okay when he drops him off.

    He went to a main stream pre school before he started in the unit and what I found was the staff didn't really understand my son or his needs.  We went to see the unit before my son was given a place there and we got to speak with the staff this allayed any fears and issues that we had, maybe this is something you could do before deciding on a school.

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  • We were told last year that my three year old son had autistic tendencies, we haven't had a diagnosis yet.  We met with the educational psychologist who recommended he attend the observation and assessment unit, which is a class for up to eight children with special needs with the staff trained to support and work with them.  Like you I was really anxious because my little boy has no speech and it took months to get him to settle in pre school even though he had 1 to 1 support there.  The staff in the unit were great, the first day he went for two hours, the second day for three hours and we built up until he was ready to go for a full day and after the first week he really surprised me, the staff in the unit recommended he go full time.

    He's been there for almost two months now and he's settled really well, he's really happy there.  The only issue we have is when I drop him off he gets really upset so at the moment my father in law takes him to school and he's okay when he drops him off.

    He went to a main stream pre school before he started in the unit and what I found was the staff didn't really understand my son or his needs.  We went to see the unit before my son was given a place there and we got to speak with the staff this allayed any fears and issues that we had, maybe this is something you could do before deciding on a school.

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