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School Avoidance

Kate17

My son attendeds a SEN school. He's always refused school to some degree. He's now 7 and it's just getting to much and I don't know what to do anymore.

It's a physical battle every morning. I still have to physical dress him and physical force him into school. It's destroying me physically and emotionally and I'm so worried about him.

He's pre verbal so I can't ask him what's wrong. School don't really have much to say because I still manage to get him there and they say he's fine in school.

I'm seriously thinking of homeschooling him but I have no idea how to get him out of there or if their going to make it difficult for me.

He has an EHCP but I think it's just the school environment im general he can't cope with.

I'm so worried about him being off and getting into trouble.

Please Help. Where do I start? What do I do?

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  • Teachers used to say this to me about my son - “he’s fine once he’s here” - but my son wasn’t fine - he was masking. He developed Selective Mutism when he started school - and had Selective Mutism throughout his entire school life. We need to truly listen to our children when they are telling us (verbally or in other more subtle ways) that attending school is seriously damaging their mental health. You have the right to homeschool your son if you feel it’s in his best interests. Lots of parents do it and it works well for them. 

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  • Teachers used to say this to me about my son - “he’s fine once he’s here” - but my son wasn’t fine - he was masking. He developed Selective Mutism when he started school - and had Selective Mutism throughout his entire school life. We need to truly listen to our children when they are telling us (verbally or in other more subtle ways) that attending school is seriously damaging their mental health. You have the right to homeschool your son if you feel it’s in his best interests. Lots of parents do it and it works well for them. 

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