Published on 12, July, 2020
My son is now 7 years old and is in Year 2 at a mainstream primary school. He does NOT have a statement or whatever it's called now.
When he was diagnosed back in 2013 we were given his diagnosis and it was pretty much there's the diagnosis. Now get on with the rest of your lives. Absolutely no support.
Is that the same with you and your child?
What I need advice on is how to help him with his emotions. He cries most days at school. Pretty much if he doesn't get his own way or if he wants to play with someone and they dont want to play with him. He's already being made fun of because he cries a lot. Just wondered if anyone else's child is similar to this and what you have done to help them deal with their emotions or if school or external source have done anything to support them.
Also how have school helped your child to focus if that is also an issue with them.
Thank you for taking the time to read this and sorry it's so long!
Autism is a behavior profile and there is autism in every human being in this world depending on the degree of its infect on individual person. I have an 18 year old who has autism. My son used to be like yours when he was younger. Here is my thing, you are the best friend your child will ever have therefore the first thing you have to do is to form a very good relationship with that child, spend as much time as possible with him, talk to him consistently, engage him in play sitting on the carpet with him playing with toys; make sure you look directly into his eyes whenever you are talking to him. Try and find out if he is getting one to one interaction in school. Again participation is the key to unlocking the potentials of every autistic child. So you have to work as a team with his school they may not like it but you have the right to do that. Ask the school to keep track of his behavior on daily basis in form of a chart. That will give you an idea of when, how often and what makes him go emotional. From my experience I know pretty much that something is pulling the trigger and you have to work with the school through holistic approach to find out what is cause so that you can get your hands on it.