My daughter is quite stressed I would say but says she isn't and is just tired which she is also.
Her school days are soo long and I have suggested sensory breaks and relaxing in her bedroom when she gets home. Here is what an average day looks like for her:
6am: alarm goes off and she gets ready for school.
7am: leaves home and walks to the bus stop.
7:20am: gets on the bus which quickly gets really busy with adults and school students.
8:30am: gets off the bus and walks to an area near school, sits outside a shop and chills.
9:10am: walks to school.
9:15-3:15: school day, has multiple lessons and staff each day. It's an Autism specialist school with 20 students max, she is 2:1.
2:30 or 3:10: she will walk to the bus stop with staff and wait for the bus. Never knows what bus she will get on. Each bus is packed and busy.
3:30-5:00pm: She will arrive home. Usually 1 hour bus journey and sometimes walks 5 minutes home depending on where the bus stops closest to home.
She will have dinner and have some family time or chill in her bedroom.
8pm: gets ready for bed and will watch Criminal Minds on her tablet.
9pm: tries to go to sleep.
Then she does it all over again. She is usually gone from 7am till sometimes 5pm. That's 10 hours and her school day is only 6 hours long, sometimes not even that if she gets the early bus home.
