Hi, everyone. I have lost my earlier thread, as I haven’t been on the board for a little while. We had a bit of a crisis, and I got overwhelmed. As a quick update, my 10 year old grandson is on the spectrum - highly intelligent, but struggling to cope with school. Daddy has mental health issues of his own, little sister is 6 and quite a handful. Mummy (our youngest daughter) past away 4 years ago, at the age of 37, when the children were 5 and 1 respectively. My husband and I provide respite care, looking after one or other of the children each weekend to lighten Daddy’s load a little. I am 70, with health issues of my own, my husband has arthritis, and we both suffered from childhood trauma.
Our little guy had a complete breakdown at the beginning of this term, and became a total school refused. We have slowly begun to get help for him. He has had an EHCP for some time, this is now revised to say he urgently requires transfer to specialist schooling. There are no state school places available. His case worker is seeking independent or individual provision for him. At long last, Early Help are now involved with the family - first visit happened this Wednesday. Contact has been made with PAACT, and there is hope that Daddy may get more support. Anyway, that’s where we stand now. Thanks for everyone who gave support to my earlier posts. Sorry that I dropped off the radar.
Anne,
I know you said dad wasn’t good at decisions.
The aim should be getting your grandson back into school, an appropriate one, asap.
The longer he leaves it, the further his son will fall behind (unless the school are providing lessons).
Councils are incredibly slow at decisions too.
If he has been unable to attend school for a period of 15 concecutive days then the LA should provide some education at home that he can access while waiting for a school place
Hi, everyone. Latest news, after weeks of fewer and fewer successful hours in school, finally refusing to even get dressed for school, we seem to have turned a corner (fingers crossed). Last Wednesday, Daddy took little sister to her school, then dropped him off at his school (just across the road) and just left. Apparently our boy screamed and ranted for 45 minutes, then settled and went to class. He has coped for 3 consecutive days. We are praying this continues. Hate that this is so hard for him, but also hate that he is so isolated from other children.
Hi, everyone. Latest news, after weeks of fewer and fewer successful hours in school, finally refusing to even get dressed for school, we seem to have turned a corner (fingers crossed). Last Wednesday, Daddy took little sister to her school, then dropped him off at his school (just across the road) and just left. Apparently our boy screamed and ranted for 45 minutes, then settled and went to class. He has coped for 3 consecutive days. We are praying this continues. Hate that this is so hard for him, but also hate that he is so isolated from other children.
Hi there, I appreciate that you posted this last year but incase anyone stumbles upon this thread in a similar predicament -
my son has been diagnosed with autism after being unable to focus and having behavioural issues at his primary school.
Now he attends Royal School Manchester: What We Do | Royal School Manchester | Special Needs Schools (not sure where you’re based OP, sorry if this is too far away!) which is part of Seashell Trust. He’s really come on since being there for the last year, their sensory facilities in particular are amazing.
Hope your grandson is doing okay and also his daddy
