I am new to the forum and hoped that others could give me advice. My child struggles in school because she finds it difficult to concentrate if there is noise - she gets very stressed and, being a passive autistic type, releases the stress when she gets home! School have given her a card to allow her to leave lessons when she is getting overwhelmed, but she is not using it. Are there any other strategies people have found useful to help with coping with noise in school/helping teachers to understand that child is getting stressed and needs help? She is not very good at talking to teachers as she is very anxious about getting into trouble (even though she never does). She says it's easier to say everything is fine even though it isn't.
I am really struggling to get school to understand the difficulties she is having because she is doing well academically and doesn't disrupt at school. She does have an organised time slot each week to talk to a support worker but keeps missing it because it falls half-way through a lesson so she forgets to go. They don't remind her or send for her if she misses it so the stress levels have been increasing.
Can anyone give me advice on strategies they have found helpful?
Many thanks.
