I am new to this so pls bear with me...but I really need other people's opinions and advice on this.. My eldest son was 11 in January. He and his twin were born prematurely at 32 weeks, we lost his brother at 4 days old. My eldest had his right leg amputated the day after he was born because it hadn't developed properly due to medical interventions carried out whilst I was pregnant.
He copes physically pretty well with the use of a prosthesis but hus academic abilities are a worry and his behaviour is very erratic. He has a lot of issues at school due to his behaviour - making silly noises in class, messing about, annoying other children and frequently refusing to work or cooperate with staff. He quite regularly refuses to go into school. His reading age is approximately 7-8 years and although he is ok with maths he finds literacy very difficult.
At home he can vary between being very sweet to an absolute nightmare! Often he will have complete meltdowns over very trivial things. He is quite violent at times towards his brother (8) and is generally mean to him. He thinks nothing of hitting him or kicking him.
Lately he has become more difficult to handle at home and on Sunday had a meltdown over being asked to come in at 6pm from playing out. The situation spiraled and resulted in him kickjng and hitting at me and almost punching me in the face because I was preventing him leaving his room. I ended up holding him until he finally calmed a little and started crying...
I am so worried about him starting high school in September as he is very immature for his age. To make matters worse he is physically very tall and strong so appears older than he is.
I know hormones play a big part at his age but he has been like this most of his life. School seem to do very little support wise and the SENCO is a waste of time.
Ca anyone offer any help at all please!
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Glitter1974 · 24/03/2015 23:17
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