Hi again, I'm starting to get anxious and worried about tomorrow. It is the last day of the school year for my daughter. She seems fine at the moment about breaking up and all the changes that will happen in school. 6 weeks is a long time for her so we have put up a weekly schedule so she can see what we will do during the weeks. School are helping a lot since she will be moving class and have new people in the same room as her.
But my biggest worry is tomorrow because she struggles with change so we are trying to make it as easy as possible for her and all the students are going out down the road to watch a movie. My daughter has seen the movie a lot of times and she won't sit still during one. She can't sit still for 10 minutes, let alone through an entire film. She knows what's happening tomorrow and has the social story on her wall which she keeps looking at. She is a very high risk student for wandering and she is an escape artist. Since they'll be offsite, she'll most likely not want to come home or go back to school because she wants to explore and she knows that when she goes home she won't see school or the teachers for ages. She loves school and weekends are hard for her so the holidays will be a challenge but we are keeping some of the activities she did with school the same and giving her maths keeping some routine in her day.
I'm not working tomorrow because I will most likely have to go collect her, from past experiences. What do I do if she wanders because although she's on 1:1 and I'm sure there will be staff available, she is a speedy runner and will loose them. She knows the way round the area she's going to, really well but many teachers don't exactly. What can I do to make the transition from school to home easier for her since it's always been a challenge? I'm not quite sure what to do and school don't know how to help because she is fairly new and still need to get to know what works and doesn't for her.
Any suggestions are very welcome and thank you in advance.
