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Hi - a worried and stressed mum!

Kell_2811.

Hi,

We’ve just started to get the ‘ball rolling’ in getting support for our 8 year old daughter who we have always suspected is neurodiverse. Behaviour has been managed at home until she started junior school last September when meltdowns have gone into overdrive and anxiety sky rocketed. She’s now also displaying self harming behaviours. We’ve reached out to our local family team and have qualified for her to receive ELSA  at school. Our problem is that school see nothing. She masks throughout the day and then is exhausted at home. I’ve always felt like our concerns have been dismissed as ‘she’s fine.’ We finally have a meeting with the SENDCO next week and wondered if anyone has any tips for getting them to listen so we can get help for our little girl and for our family!  

thank you Relaxed️ 

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  • Libby Scott, as an 11-year-old autistic girl, kept a diary and turned it into a fiction book with author Rebecca Westcott. There are now four books in the series. I've read the first two and they were very interesting and informative, as the stories are told from the perspective of a child based on Libby's first-hand experience. If you haven't read them already, I wonder if reading those books with your daughter might help both of you to communicate her needs more easily. Here's a link to the first one, Can You See Me?

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  • Libby Scott, as an 11-year-old autistic girl, kept a diary and turned it into a fiction book with author Rebecca Westcott. There are now four books in the series. I've read the first two and they were very interesting and informative, as the stories are told from the perspective of a child based on Libby's first-hand experience. If you haven't read them already, I wonder if reading those books with your daughter might help both of you to communicate her needs more easily. Here's a link to the first one, Can You See Me?

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