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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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  • As a therapist I have worked with a lot of children with ASD. The ones who attended special school were always happier and less stressed about school than the ones in mainstream (and I had several children with ASD for therapy specifically because of stress caused by issues in mainstream schools). I would go with a special school.

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  • As a therapist I have worked with a lot of children with ASD. The ones who attended special school were always happier and less stressed about school than the ones in mainstream (and I had several children with ASD for therapy specifically because of stress caused by issues in mainstream schools). I would go with a special school.

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