hi everyone
my name is alison and i am mum to jack 11, who has AS.
jack has just started at main stream comp and so far is doing ok.
would love to chat, share advice with other aspie parents.
looking forward to hearing from you all.
Hi Alison, does he cope ok in a mainstream class?
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hi amy
so far jack is coping pretty well with comp. he has a full time LSA with him and i have colour coded all his books/equipment for each subject. his main problems are social skills/awareness, and organisiation. he is bright enough to cope with the work but can't focus his attention for long enough to get it done. he has a fantastic talent for music (guitar). hopefully this is where he will shine and make his fortune
Looks like you have it all organized. :smile:
yeah hopefully. but people don't realise the struggle we've all had as a family to get him to where he is. they see the beautiful boy he is now and think we make a fuss about nothing. i wish i had found places like this 5 years ago when we didn't know what to do or who to turn to.
Did you have a lot of problems getting a school place for him?
We have had that problem.
i think because he showed ability in class and could cope with mainstream work his problems were put down to immaturity in the beginning, and the school kept insisting we "wait and see".
it was only in junior school that his behaviours became more of a problem but by then we had researched his funny ways and had put many strategies in place at home to help us all understand and cope with the way his and our lives were affected
it was then we began the battle to keep him in mainstream and get him the support he needed.
we took on the LEA moved house so that he could attend a little village school where the total number of pupils was 58 (6 in his class). his teacher was fantastic and supported him and us 100%. so i think we've been lucky but i also think they can see that he has ability.
sorry to go on but i think this is 11 years of stored up emotions coming out, really all we all want is the best for our kids and the help they deserve!
Welcome
I can perfectly understand that you have a big amount of feelings that were held back. It's quite hard to do all the things you have to, to help your kid and all that other parents see is only a kid that does not behave "normal" in their small range of normality.
Sibylle
hi sibylle
i agree. just last week i bumped into one of the mums from jacks old junior school. her words were "how is jack is he still really naughty"
Response to her could have been -
'No, he was never just being naughty, but I see you are still very impolite'. :lol:
i couldn't possibly repeat what i said in my mind but my actual response to her ( through gritted teeth) was " he's never been naughty just misunderstood, mostly by ignorant people :lol: