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Sadness in Autistic Child

Mimiflur

My son is in Year 8 and has been diagnosed with school anxiety since Year 5.  He has been on the waiting list for an Autism Assessment for three years.  He in attending school when he feels able to and they have put a lot of support in to help him.  He is coming to the end of his twelve weeks of Therapy but is still saying he feels sad but can't explain why.  This causes him to miss school.  Any advice please, Thanks

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  • Ask him if he can draw a picture, pattern or shape of whats making him unhappy, then start asking him about what he's drawn and what it is and means, don't lead him or tell him what you think of feel about what he's drawn and definately don't judge. Often children don't have the language or emotional development to say whats troubling them, quite often adults don't either, but they can often draw a representation of what their feeling, even if it looks like a cow pat, they're still telling you something.

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  • Ask him if he can draw a picture, pattern or shape of whats making him unhappy, then start asking him about what he's drawn and what it is and means, don't lead him or tell him what you think of feel about what he's drawn and definately don't judge. Often children don't have the language or emotional development to say whats troubling them, quite often adults don't either, but they can often draw a representation of what their feeling, even if it looks like a cow pat, they're still telling you something.

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