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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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  • My son is 8, attends mainstream school and suffers with EBSA.  We are late EVERY day, sometimes by an hour or more.  School are very accepting of this though, we are lucky in this respect.  The mam guilt is real though, it's so awful.  He starts begging not to go to school from the minutes he leaves the previous day.  He feels sick with anxiety every evening.  He is verbal and quite articulate.  We downloaded a copy of the EBSA risk and resilience cards from our local council website which helped us to unpick his day and work out where his main difficulties lie and it has given us a good base of where to start from.  They can be used with pre verbal children also.  Might be helpful to understand if there are any good points about school as well that you can focus on.  I do know some parents who home school very successfully.  It is something that I am considering doing myself.  

    Keep going, but if homeschooling is an option, definitely look into it.  

  • in reply to Frin1979

    Hi  

    I have had a look for the cards you mentioned and there are a lot of options. Would you be willing to maybe PM me, if that is a possibility, to what you are using specifically please? 

    Loz Cat 

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