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Punishment at school

mavis

My 13 year old son has, after alot of years of being fobbed off and waiting, just been diagnosed with autism.

Been to see the school he attends (mainstream), and am unsure they're going to do what they say they will.  However am waiting for CIR referral so hopefully that will help.  However my problem at the moment is my son is spending a fair amount of time in isolation because of his behaviour.  Don't get me wrong if he hits another boy around the head for stealing his ball during a PE lesson then he deserves chastising.  Is putting him in isolation for half the day allowed, or even the answer.  Surely putting a child with autism in isolation is how they spend half their life anyway,  how is shutting him off more even going to help.  Would welcome anyones help or advise.  Very new to all of this and have alot to learn!!

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  • In a way that is what my son's school said, that everyone got the same punishment, but they also worked hard at helping them to change their behaviour.

    My son had a Statement from Year 9, and went to a mainstream school that had a lot of children on the spectrum.

    Has your son got a Statement, or has he got an IEP? Have you spoken to the SENCo?

    Sitting outside an office is not going to help him, and he will probably need prompting to get on with his work in the isolation room. I found it was one of those situations where I wanted my son to accept the consequences of his actions, but felt there needed to be reasonable adjustments (in his case having an adult around to prompt him to do his work and also talk to him about what he needed to do in future.)

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  • In a way that is what my son's school said, that everyone got the same punishment, but they also worked hard at helping them to change their behaviour.

    My son had a Statement from Year 9, and went to a mainstream school that had a lot of children on the spectrum.

    Has your son got a Statement, or has he got an IEP? Have you spoken to the SENCo?

    Sitting outside an office is not going to help him, and he will probably need prompting to get on with his work in the isolation room. I found it was one of those situations where I wanted my son to accept the consequences of his actions, but felt there needed to be reasonable adjustments (in his case having an adult around to prompt him to do his work and also talk to him about what he needed to do in future.)

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