Recent diagnosis for my daughter who is 8 years old- advice please!

Good morning from America, Becky93!

I’m an Autistic dad of an Autistic daughter (age 7). We diagnosed it when she was 4 or 5.

So without knowing much about y’all’s background, some good points to start is: Communicate with your daughter’s school & consider therapy. Communication with the school is really key to ensure that your daughter gets any accommodations that she might need. Therapy can be helpful to teach her skills to help adapt and stay calm during situations when she is overstimulated or upset. We did art therapy with our daughter and though she might not always apply the skills she learned in that therapy (ex. taking deep breaths), it did make a difference.

If you have any questions, please don’t be afraid to ask.

Good morning from America, Becky93!

I’m an Autistic dad of an Autistic daughter (age 7). We diagnosed it when she was 4 or 5.

So without knowing much about y’all’s background, some good points to start is: Communicate with your daughter’s school & consider therapy. Communication with the school is really key to ensure that your daughter gets any accommodations that she might need. Therapy can be helpful to teach her skills to help adapt and stay calm during situations when she is overstimulated or upset. We did art therapy with our daughter and though she might not always apply the skills she learned in that therapy (ex. taking deep breaths), it did make a difference.

If you have any questions, please don’t be afraid to ask.

hi,

thank you so much for writing on my post! It’s been helpful.

I have been in contact with the school; I am now waiting for the SENco to be in contact with me for next steps.

My daughter has done art therapy before so I might look into that again.

thank you ️