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george

My son matthew is 6 years old and is in mainstream school. he has a Statement and gets lots of support from a very nice teaching assistant who is with him most of the time. He seems reasonably happy, however he does not really play with his peers and is falling further and further behind his classmates academically. I recently visited a Special Needs school and was very impressed. I am now beginning to reconsider my earlier decision to keep him in a mainstream school. Although he gets lots of support is he been taught in the correct way, self esteem etc etc does anyone have any views?

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  • My son is 13 years old and has always attended mainstream until May this year. It took a long battle to get him to a special school for children with autism, but it is the best move we have ever made. He is now such a happy little boy who is now with people who 100% understand him and his needs. We would never ever have imagined special school was the way forward but it has made such a massive difference to his self esteem, his anxieties and his general wellbeing. We would absolutely wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone.

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  • My son is 13 years old and has always attended mainstream until May this year. It took a long battle to get him to a special school for children with autism, but it is the best move we have ever made. He is now such a happy little boy who is now with people who 100% understand him and his needs. We would never ever have imagined special school was the way forward but it has made such a massive difference to his self esteem, his anxieties and his general wellbeing. We would absolutely wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone.

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