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some questions about stress

star2717

Hi everyone,

I'm looking for some information and would be really grateful if you could help.

I teach in a complex learning needs primary school and am currently studying for a postgraduate certificate in Autism.

I am researching how stress affects parents of children with Autism, what support is available to parents and what effect this support has. I'm hoping to use this research to set up a parent information and support group in the school.

I'd really like to know what parents find to be the most stressful issues, how you cope with these issues and if there is support available, what is the most useful form of support?

Thank you in advance for taking the time to reply to this post.

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  • #1 - Lack of sleep

    Everything else seems easy in comparison. Our son's sleep has become a lot better over the last couple of years so its only really once a week where he wakes up anywhere from as early as 2 a.m. and then doesn't got back to sleep. He's now six and needs supervision as he is very active and would wreak havoc unsupervised. He used to be up in the night between three and four nights a week but we got him on melatonin which has really helped.

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  • #1 - Lack of sleep

    Everything else seems easy in comparison. Our son's sleep has become a lot better over the last couple of years so its only really once a week where he wakes up anywhere from as early as 2 a.m. and then doesn't got back to sleep. He's now six and needs supervision as he is very active and would wreak havoc unsupervised. He used to be up in the night between three and four nights a week but we got him on melatonin which has really helped.

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