Recently diagnosed

My son has been very recently diagnosed with ASD. He is high functioning in some areas (maths teachers love him but the English teacher is tearing her hair out). can any one give any advice on what to do next. I know the school has been written to but I'm not sure what my expectations should be from them. My son has struggled all the way through school with 'the chaotic classroom' and lessons like art, drama and languages where there is a lot of group work and discussion have been an area of difficulty for him as have supply teachers (in fact they take him out when there is a supply and put him in inclusion). He needs to get out of the room when he gets overloaded particularly if a teacher starts shouting and he has previously been suspended from school for 'assault on an adult' when he has barged past in his desperation to get out of the room. This was in his previous school and the school we have him in at the moment have been a Lott better with him. 

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  • Hi Luna

    How old is your son?  The current school sound as though they are working well with him?  My daughter was diagnosed in March but unlike your son, doesn't get Maths at all.  She's a little better with English in that she reads and spells well but move away from fact and she struggles.  She'd rather read a picture book for pre school than a fiction book aimed at her age group.

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  • Hi Luna

    How old is your son?  The current school sound as though they are working well with him?  My daughter was diagnosed in March but unlike your son, doesn't get Maths at all.  She's a little better with English in that she reads and spells well but move away from fact and she struggles.  She'd rather read a picture book for pre school than a fiction book aimed at her age group.

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