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Transitioning child from special needs nursery to mainstream school ASD unit

joshuasmammy

Hi everyone,

Our son was diagnosed with ASD 2 weeks ago and will be moving to an ASD unit in a mainstream school in September.

We're just wondering how other parents who have had a similar move have found the transition, how they managed the transition with their child, what the school did to help the transition, and how their child coped with it?

Our son doesnt like new clothes, so getting him to wear a school uniform will be fun!

Any advice or experiences that can be passed on would be great!

Thanks!

Erinn

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  • hi there!! 

    thankyou so much for your reply :) it sounds amazing all the tips you gave me i will definitely be taking your advice.The autism education board are organising a transition just like you described with his nursery teacher and school teacher they have explained that they will use the same routine that he has at nursery for a while at his new school.

    Joshua isnt tiolet trained yet i was going to try over the summer to see if he could manage it but i guess the change could be difficult with new tiolets at school hopefully it will work out,they do provide to change him if he is not tiolet trained in time.

    Yes the lunch is another issue as josh likes chicken soup and weetabix and sometimes pancakes so thats good i must start planning and offering healthy wee snacks and try see if he would like sandwiches!! that probably would be good to bring up at meeting !! i know josh will eat lunch with the other kids i believe they do be supervised and if the luchroom is to noisey they get to eat lunch in class!!

    I will be taking josh into the school for a visit i will take loads of pictures and show josh everyday to help him prepare for his new school !!love the school uniform tip i will wear it on him over the summer that makes sense also i love the advice on letting him take something from home to school for comfort thats good!! he loves crayons i will buy him loads for when he comes home from school it will help him unwind:)

    thankyou so much for the advice :) much appreciated erinn!

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  • hi there!! 

    thankyou so much for your reply :) it sounds amazing all the tips you gave me i will definitely be taking your advice.The autism education board are organising a transition just like you described with his nursery teacher and school teacher they have explained that they will use the same routine that he has at nursery for a while at his new school.

    Joshua isnt tiolet trained yet i was going to try over the summer to see if he could manage it but i guess the change could be difficult with new tiolets at school hopefully it will work out,they do provide to change him if he is not tiolet trained in time.

    Yes the lunch is another issue as josh likes chicken soup and weetabix and sometimes pancakes so thats good i must start planning and offering healthy wee snacks and try see if he would like sandwiches!! that probably would be good to bring up at meeting !! i know josh will eat lunch with the other kids i believe they do be supervised and if the luchroom is to noisey they get to eat lunch in class!!

    I will be taking josh into the school for a visit i will take loads of pictures and show josh everyday to help him prepare for his new school !!love the school uniform tip i will wear it on him over the summer that makes sense also i love the advice on letting him take something from home to school for comfort thats good!! he loves crayons i will buy him loads for when he comes home from school it will help him unwind:)

    thankyou so much for the advice :) much appreciated erinn!

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