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Toddler Unhappy at Nursery

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Hi there

My 23-month old son is on the pathway for a diagnosis of ASD currently. The nursery completed their part of the assessment and it painted a fairly unpleasant picture of my son being easily upset, distressed, lonely and even perceived as 'difficult' by the nursery staff.

He attends nursery 2 days per week and recently he has been getting particularly upset when we arrive and I say good bye. 

Is nursery a normally healthy place for ASD children to be? I feel so clueless and my concern is that ultimately, if it's not the right place for him then is he being constantly traumatised...? I just want to do the right thing with no idea who to ask...

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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  • And just one further comment: the staff saying your son is “easily upset” - compared to who?! Upset is upset - it’s not a matter of ‘ease’ is it?! It strikes me as another judgemental comment (as their comment about him being ‘difficult’). He’s only 23 months old for heavens sake! 
    I would take him out - and if you want him to go to nursery I’d find a better one than this one, one that has some understanding of autism too.

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  • And just one further comment: the staff saying your son is “easily upset” - compared to who?! Upset is upset - it’s not a matter of ‘ease’ is it?! It strikes me as another judgemental comment (as their comment about him being ‘difficult’). He’s only 23 months old for heavens sake! 
    I would take him out - and if you want him to go to nursery I’d find a better one than this one, one that has some understanding of autism too.

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