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residential care

TweetyPie2

Hi

we have a nine year old son with severe learning difficulties and what would be described as with classic autism. We also have two other sons aged four and 11.

We love him to bits and he is very endearing, affectionate but is also prone to temper tantrums, irrational behaviour, he runs off and smashes things up (all the usual suspects).

This is something we have coped with until now but it is beginning to have a detrimental affect on family life and also his because he constantly wants to go out and our home & garden is relatively small.

We are therefore considering residential care/school boarding care for him.

I'm sure others have been through this and i would be interested to hear about people's experiences.

One of the primary reasons we are considering it is because a number of health professonals have actually said it can sometimes be good for the child, not to mention for our sanity.

Obviously the prospect of putting your 9 year old into residential care is not something most people will confront so if and when it will be a huge decision so, as i said, anyone with previous experiences i would love to hear from.

Thanks

 

 

 

  •  My nephew had SEN when he lived with me as a kid. He was wild and I struggled to cope. They sent him to a weekday boarding school, home on weekends. I reckon it saved him going into care. I coped much better at the weekends. He loved it there, got took on trips, couldnt get into trouble because he was on school grounds and as time passed he stayed 1 night less until he was only there 1 night each week the year he left.

     It really was the best thing for both of us, he didnt go into care, I didnt lose my marbles and he is now very happy having got qualifications and later more because he went on to college.

  • I have a friend whose eldest went to boarding school but came home at weekends. He's now doing his A Levels and got very good GCSE results. It worked for him.