School have taken my son off Iep

Unfortunately the more he displays different behaviour, such as distress, the more ribbing he will get. It is a vicious circle.

It is altogether saddening that you have to leave your son at the school gates in an environment where he is vulnerable and where you cannot be confident that the teachers understand.

Teachers cannot see everything. If his classmates think there is sport in making fun of him, or getting him worked up, they will find plenty of opportunities. The pressure he goes through at school is going to be reflected in desperate responses at home. He may later be able to conform in school and keep a low profile but that may make reactions worse at home as others report.

I endured this kind of bullying from the start of primary through to the end of my secondary education. Changing schools made no odds as the word got around very quickly. Even when I tried to go to college one day a week, contemporaries from a school I had gone to, turned up and told everyone about me.

I get very agitated by loud noises, sudden movements, too much going on. My peers found they could work me up to an explosive response just by making loud noises behind me, crowding round and waving their arms in my face, shouting and jostling.

To the school teachers I wasn't being physically bullied, I was over-reacting to teasing. I'm big enough, I should have been able to fight back. That just made it more entertaining.

That was my day, everyday. Break times, classrooms without the teacher, changing rooms, corridors, toilets, I was the target for collective entertainment. I didn't have a diagnisis (diagnosed mid fifties). I didn't have an excuse. I was deemed immature and weak willed. It was deemed to be my fault.

I don't know what happens now in schools. With a diagnosis surely there is protection from this kind of bullying. I do wonder.

So I suggest again, why can we not have Enter & View in schools. Local NAS branches, if not too resource strapped, might be able to do this.

Unfortunately the more he displays different behaviour, such as distress, the more ribbing he will get. It is a vicious circle.

It is altogether saddening that you have to leave your son at the school gates in an environment where he is vulnerable and where you cannot be confident that the teachers understand.

Teachers cannot see everything. If his classmates think there is sport in making fun of him, or getting him worked up, they will find plenty of opportunities. The pressure he goes through at school is going to be reflected in desperate responses at home. He may later be able to conform in school and keep a low profile but that may make reactions worse at home as others report.

I endured this kind of bullying from the start of primary through to the end of my secondary education. Changing schools made no odds as the word got around very quickly. Even when I tried to go to college one day a week, contemporaries from a school I had gone to, turned up and told everyone about me.

I get very agitated by loud noises, sudden movements, too much going on. My peers found they could work me up to an explosive response just by making loud noises behind me, crowding round and waving their arms in my face, shouting and jostling.

To the school teachers I wasn't being physically bullied, I was over-reacting to teasing. I'm big enough, I should have been able to fight back. That just made it more entertaining.

That was my day, everyday. Break times, classrooms without the teacher, changing rooms, corridors, toilets, I was the target for collective entertainment. I didn't have a diagnisis (diagnosed mid fifties). I didn't have an excuse. I was deemed immature and weak willed. It was deemed to be my fault.

I don't know what happens now in schools. With a diagnosis surely there is protection from this kind of bullying. I do wonder.

So I suggest again, why can we not have Enter & View in schools. Local NAS branches, if not too resource strapped, might be able to do this.