Please, please can someone offer me some advice? I feel so helpless and anxious. My little boy (5 years, July born) is really struggling with his behaviour in Year 1. I've just had the school on the phone for the upteenth time telling me he is hitting, punching, refusing to work and saying really unkind things. This has happened on and off since December. The school have put a lot of things in place for him, which worked for a while but not now. They have given him a safe space, downtime, personal timetable, reward systems and generally a lot of support. He is academically able and does not struggle with the work, when he does any! My concern is that he never once had an issue with his behaviour in Reception class. At home he is kind, gentle, happy, eager and generally a pleasure to be around. It's like he's a different child at school. Everyone he has ever been with, family, childminder, preschool, Reception class etc. all said how lovely and kind and well-behaved he was. I feel powerless as I can't be there at school to deal with this. At home we talk about feelings, read lots of stories about friendship and also have a reward system. But I can't do an awful lot else because he is so good at home and I can't punish him for something that happened hours ago at school. Should I push the school to have him assessed? I wonder what for? I never once thought my kind, happy child would be in this situation. Do you think it's to do with 'too much too soon' for a summer-born boy? I'm seriously considering asking to flexi-school (school in morning, home in afternoon). Do you think the school would go for that? I would love to home-school him but have to work p/t to put food on the table, and I love my job! Advice welcome from others in similar situation, teachers, ed psychs etc. Thanks so much in advance.
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chloworm · 08/02/2017 14:19
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