Published on 12, July, 2020
My 6 year old son is autistic, but we don't have a formal diognosis as of yet. He is really struggling in mainstream school to the point that he is only doing an hour a day, I have to be present with him for that hour and even then he is being excluded as he is a 'safe guarding issue' due to his extremely violent meltdowns. They have been fab and put everything they possibly can in place for him but he's still just not coping with it. They have told me they just can't provide the support he needs and he needs to go to a special school in September. As we don't yet have a diognosis or an ehcp (awaiting OT report) the special schools won't even give me the time of day for a chat let alone consider taking him in. Does anybody know if there is a way I can get him into a special school before he gets his ehcp? I'm so stressed as it's only a few weeks until the end of term and come September he will have no school to go to! xx
Hi all,
The following section of the National Autistic Society's website may be of interest to you both: http://www.autism.org.uk/about/behaviour.aspx
The NAS also has a helpline which you may wish to contact to discuss any autism related issues. You can call the helpline team on 0808 800 4104 (Monday to Thursday 10am to 4pm, Friday 9am to 3pm), although please note that the Helpline is experiencing increasingly high demand, and you may not reach them straight away.
Please see the following link for further information:
http://www.autism.org.uk/services/helplines/main.aspx
Best wishes,
Nellie-Mod