Afternoon all,
I wanted to get the opinion or advice from other like mended parents who may have been through the same experiences I have been through.
I have a 16 year old autistic daughter who is going through time of it lately. From a parental point of view, we (myself and wife) feel like a failure which I am sure others have felt too. We know we are not a failure obviously but it doesn't stop you feeling like that does it?
Anyway, our daughter has recently started at a new education setting following the completion of an EHCP. To give some background, our daughter was formally diagnosed as being on the autistic spectrum in April 2024 following an autistic burnout episode when at mainstream secondary school. We tried a smaller setting in college, specifically for those with a SEND need, that did not work either so we started at her existing setting chosen once her EHCP had been sent out to appropriate sites.
Our daughter started at the new setting earlier this month but the difference in what was presented to us and our daughter differed slightly to the reality and it sent our daughter into another episode. This fear is not specifically about attending school. It is how she is feeling at the thought of going into school. We have been through this before and she is scared that these feelings have returned as she thought she was done with feeling like this.
Has anyone else been through a similar situation? how did you deal with it? Our fear is that our daughter will withdraw and we have to then go through the process of finding another setting but surely at some point there will come a point where the LA will not say enough is enough?
What other options are there?
Any advice or shared experiences will be appreciated.