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Should SENCO's be better educated?

Farmer123

My autistic son is 8 and has a commode for night time use and we visit the eneurisis clinic.  The school decided to have an overnight residential activity stay.  When I explained his problems, I was told by the SENCO that having a wet bed for one night was surely not a problem!  By setting up a new pattern of behaviour this would have caused us, as a family, more problems and surely this suggestion was a little unprofessional?  Are SENCOs not trained in these conditions? 

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  • Intriguing - the SENCO seems to think people who are different deserve to be singled out for abuse....... one wonders how much real autism training they get.

    You tend to hope developments like the Disability Discrimination Act and the Autism Act are making people realise it is not OK to abuse people just because they are different, but obviously not this SENCO.

    I didn't have a diagnosis until my fifties, so going through school odd and different, it was always my fault I was different, and it was down to me to change and conform. Therefore it was toughening up that justified letting other kids pick on me. Sadly there seems to have been little progress. Part of my problem was I said odd things, which got laughed at, so I was told I needed to shut my mouth more, which I took quite literally.

    Regarding your earlier posting, I had that nocturnal problem for a long time, but cannot absolutely say when it stopped, but probably past 8. I know it took an awful long time to stop it, and it has haunted me ever since the risk of repeats, albeit it has never happened since.

    I was being bullied a lot, and it must have been a factor. A lot of bullying occurs in toilets, and meant it was difficult to go at breaks, when usually allowed to go. For decades I remained petrified and had great difficulty using public toilets.

    I wish schools were more aware of the way toilets, cloakrooms and changing rooms are used to get at 'different' kids.

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  • Intriguing - the SENCO seems to think people who are different deserve to be singled out for abuse....... one wonders how much real autism training they get.

    You tend to hope developments like the Disability Discrimination Act and the Autism Act are making people realise it is not OK to abuse people just because they are different, but obviously not this SENCO.

    I didn't have a diagnosis until my fifties, so going through school odd and different, it was always my fault I was different, and it was down to me to change and conform. Therefore it was toughening up that justified letting other kids pick on me. Sadly there seems to have been little progress. Part of my problem was I said odd things, which got laughed at, so I was told I needed to shut my mouth more, which I took quite literally.

    Regarding your earlier posting, I had that nocturnal problem for a long time, but cannot absolutely say when it stopped, but probably past 8. I know it took an awful long time to stop it, and it has haunted me ever since the risk of repeats, albeit it has never happened since.

    I was being bullied a lot, and it must have been a factor. A lot of bullying occurs in toilets, and meant it was difficult to go at breaks, when usually allowed to go. For decades I remained petrified and had great difficulty using public toilets.

    I wish schools were more aware of the way toilets, cloakrooms and changing rooms are used to get at 'different' kids.

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