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My son is struggling with year 10 /g.c.s.e's

Tim'smom

Hi, my son has been diagnosed with being on the autistic spectrum. He has learning difficulties but not severe enough to have 'one to one' and he attends mainstream Comprehensive school. He has often shown outbursts of anger and frustration at home as school does'nt understand his difficulties. I have often been to the school and explained how upsetting certain issues are for him, such as speaking out loude in class or sportsdays. But i feel like im talking to myself, they just don't listen.

My son has become so upset, he is begining his 'tests' in class now, he is in year 10 and is presently studying for his G.C.S.E's. It's just the start of a year and half of exams and he's not coping at all. He finds revision frustrating and his attention span is very short. He gets angry and upset and says 'it does'nt register' he ends up throwing the books and swears and punches out. He's never violent towards me, he tends to punch the wall.

Can anyone give me some advice please, we are pretty desperate as he's refusing to go to school and i really want to help him..Are G.C.S.E's compulsory in Wales? Does he have to sit them?

Thankyou so much for listening..

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  • Thanks Silver100 for your reply, Ive got the meeting in the morning and im just gathering as much info as i can to be prepared as i know its going to be a battle to make them understand. His head of year said 'how can we help Tim if he does'nt ask for help' bearing in mind ive been trying to explain for 3 years and they received a report stating his diagnoses and I.Q result, they STILL expect him to be able to express himself when he needs help, and as you know its difficult, almost impossible, for someone on the spectrum to do this. Yet the school are saying they have other children with autism there. if thats the case my question will be then how are they being taught? are they getting the understanding they need? and if so why isn't Tim getting the same provisions.

    As you have stated Tim does feel swamped by all the pressure of homework and revision and the tests he's got coming up. He had a math's paper to do over the weekend from school and the questions on there were extremely difficult. My partner and i really struggled with helping him, i dont know how they expect Tim to be able to grasp it.

    It was just another example of them basically not having a clue, but i am going there tomorrow to the meeting with lots of questions and i will not leave without answers and a plan put in place, even if it means looking elsewhere for Tim to go.

    Thankyou all for your comments, they have helped a lot. I will let you know what the outcome of the meeting is... Sally..

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  • Thanks Silver100 for your reply, Ive got the meeting in the morning and im just gathering as much info as i can to be prepared as i know its going to be a battle to make them understand. His head of year said 'how can we help Tim if he does'nt ask for help' bearing in mind ive been trying to explain for 3 years and they received a report stating his diagnoses and I.Q result, they STILL expect him to be able to express himself when he needs help, and as you know its difficult, almost impossible, for someone on the spectrum to do this. Yet the school are saying they have other children with autism there. if thats the case my question will be then how are they being taught? are they getting the understanding they need? and if so why isn't Tim getting the same provisions.

    As you have stated Tim does feel swamped by all the pressure of homework and revision and the tests he's got coming up. He had a math's paper to do over the weekend from school and the questions on there were extremely difficult. My partner and i really struggled with helping him, i dont know how they expect Tim to be able to grasp it.

    It was just another example of them basically not having a clue, but i am going there tomorrow to the meeting with lots of questions and i will not leave without answers and a plan put in place, even if it means looking elsewhere for Tim to go.

    Thankyou all for your comments, they have helped a lot. I will let you know what the outcome of the meeting is... Sally..

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