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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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  • I think for me the most stressfull thing is the violence - I really struggle to cope with it. My 8 year old with asd can be very volitile, I can see in his face he doesn't want to hit me or sware every two seconds and I know he tries really hard to control it. There is no help from school because he is an Angel at school - its the rules and structure at school he likes - we try to install structure at home but its not always possable.  In fact when I tell school what he's like at home they struggle to believe me which is really upsetting. I think getting school is understand and react if parents ask them to would be great, I wish I had that. Sometimes home life is so stressful I dont know how we get through the day. Doctors are no help at all, freinds and family cant cope with him so we just have to get on with as best we can. Sometimes it would be nice if someone would just take him off our hands for a few hours, just so we can breath........Life is a very large confrontation which is stressful and exhausting.

    But I love him with all my heart and sometimes thats all that matters. Laughing

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  • I think for me the most stressfull thing is the violence - I really struggle to cope with it. My 8 year old with asd can be very volitile, I can see in his face he doesn't want to hit me or sware every two seconds and I know he tries really hard to control it. There is no help from school because he is an Angel at school - its the rules and structure at school he likes - we try to install structure at home but its not always possable.  In fact when I tell school what he's like at home they struggle to believe me which is really upsetting. I think getting school is understand and react if parents ask them to would be great, I wish I had that. Sometimes home life is so stressful I dont know how we get through the day. Doctors are no help at all, freinds and family cant cope with him so we just have to get on with as best we can. Sometimes it would be nice if someone would just take him off our hands for a few hours, just so we can breath........Life is a very large confrontation which is stressful and exhausting.

    But I love him with all my heart and sometimes thats all that matters. Laughing

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