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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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  • Hellsbells I so know that feeling of waiting for the phone to ring and feeling physically sick. It hits siblings hard too - my son has a twin brother and he got so fed up of people saying do you know what S has done now.

    We moved S from one supposedly good mainstream school to one that went into special measures. The latter was so much better at understanding the issues rather than punishing the behaviour. This was pre -diagnosis - he wasn't diagnosed until he was 17.


    How old is your son - do you have any options as to where he could go to school. Is the SENCO involved or is their an autism outreach service who could help the school undertand better?

     

    Additioonal stress is trying to hold down a job when you know you have to drop everything if the school rings , plus fitting all the meetings and appointments. My boss is fantastic and lets me work very flexibiliy. I would have had to resign otherwise.

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  • Hellsbells I so know that feeling of waiting for the phone to ring and feeling physically sick. It hits siblings hard too - my son has a twin brother and he got so fed up of people saying do you know what S has done now.

    We moved S from one supposedly good mainstream school to one that went into special measures. The latter was so much better at understanding the issues rather than punishing the behaviour. This was pre -diagnosis - he wasn't diagnosed until he was 17.


    How old is your son - do you have any options as to where he could go to school. Is the SENCO involved or is their an autism outreach service who could help the school undertand better?

     

    Additioonal stress is trying to hold down a job when you know you have to drop everything if the school rings , plus fitting all the meetings and appointments. My boss is fantastic and lets me work very flexibiliy. I would have had to resign otherwise.

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