Hi, I'm writing this message as a concerned Aunt. My DS and her DH have adopted a child that has SEN (nothing official yet, but they knew he was delayed by a 1.5 to 2 years. Very little speech at 5, not toilet trained. Behavioural difficulties, but a very lovely smiley boy most of the time.
I was interested in some advice from the perspective of a family, and I have to be careful how I say this, and apologies if this comes out badly. My DS and her DH have been through a lot and are doing their best. Their DS is now 5. From an outsider, we can see that the difficulties might be quite severe, and you want to do what you can to help, but without "sticking our oars in".
It's not that they're doing a bad job. I think they're doing very well, but I don't think they're necessarily being proactive in asking about the help their DS might need.
I would like advice then on the best way for the wider family to help.
Thanks
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KellysZeros · 27/04/2017 14:29
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