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Advice would be appreciated

willsmum

I hope someone could advise me.

My son, aged 9 (nearly 10) has recently been diagnosed with ASD.  He has had problems at school since the age of three and it has took this long for his diagnosis.

For the last 6 months he seems to need very little sleep, sometimes can be 4am before we get to sleep.  His behaviour is also seriously going downhill, he seems to have meltdowns nearly everyday.  Over the last week he has attacked four different pupils in his class.  All of them provoked him in some way and he retaliated.  Can the school exclude him for his behaviour?  We have been waiting nearly 7 months for the Autistic Outreach team to come into school to help him.

He's in mainstream school and I'm starting to wonder whether it would be better for him to be in a special school.

Any advice would be appreciated.

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    Former Member

    Hi

    It's good to hear from Spencer02 that things can be sorted out well - we hear lots of stories about how things never get resolved.

    Melatonin is sometimes prescribed for sleep problems with autism see some of the articles in this search http://community.autism.org.uk/search/node/melatonin As I understand it, it helps re-establish a night/day rhythm and it isn't like conventional sleeping tablets that "put you to sleep". Discuss it with your GP who will be able to advise properly.

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  • Former Member
    Former Member

    Hi

    It's good to hear from Spencer02 that things can be sorted out well - we hear lots of stories about how things never get resolved.

    Melatonin is sometimes prescribed for sleep problems with autism see some of the articles in this search http://community.autism.org.uk/search/node/melatonin As I understand it, it helps re-establish a night/day rhythm and it isn't like conventional sleeping tablets that "put you to sleep". Discuss it with your GP who will be able to advise properly.

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