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General advice on residential school

PeterG

Good morning

This is my first post here and I'm looking for some general advice and feedback.  I was originally from England, we currently live in Canada but we are thinking about relocating back to England.  We have one severely autistic son age 10 and three non-autistic children aged 6 to 12.  Our son is becoming increasingly difficult to manage both at home and at school because of his unpredictable aggressive outbursts, and even the maximum dose of Risperidone is only partially helping.  This makes the other children upset and anxious and we get frequent calls from his school to come and collect him as he has had a meltdown and they can't manage him or put him on the school bus.  We are wondering whether services for autistic children are better in the UK than Canada, and in particular whether we would be able to get him into a residential school in the the UK.

I don't expect that anyone would be able to tell us how the two countries compare, but I would be interested to hear from parents with a similar issue, how easy or difficult did you find it to get a residential school placement?

Thank you! 

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  • Meltdowns are a reaction to stressing environmental factors.  Those would be potentially (but not limited to):

    noise, too many people, change without warning; tactile sensory issues, failure of others to understand his condition, frustration at not being understood, prevention of stimming, enforcement of illogical/difficult rules that he cannot understand...could be many things.

    I presume the school are making reasonable adjustments for his condition?  I presume they use a visual timetable, PECS, social stories, or anything that may assist with his communication?  Is he offered an electronic method of communication?

    This link about Carly Fleischman if you haven't already heard of her might interest you, I believe she is Canadian. http://www.myautismmyvoice.com/2012/03/highlight-video-carly-fleischmann-on.html

    (BTW neurotypical children being described as 'normal', with autism being implied to be the opposite, is a less than helpful terminology which some will find offensive.)

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  • Meltdowns are a reaction to stressing environmental factors.  Those would be potentially (but not limited to):

    noise, too many people, change without warning; tactile sensory issues, failure of others to understand his condition, frustration at not being understood, prevention of stimming, enforcement of illogical/difficult rules that he cannot understand...could be many things.

    I presume the school are making reasonable adjustments for his condition?  I presume they use a visual timetable, PECS, social stories, or anything that may assist with his communication?  Is he offered an electronic method of communication?

    This link about Carly Fleischman if you haven't already heard of her might interest you, I believe she is Canadian. http://www.myautismmyvoice.com/2012/03/highlight-video-carly-fleischmann-on.html

    (BTW neurotypical children being described as 'normal', with autism being implied to be the opposite, is a less than helpful terminology which some will find offensive.)

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