DS has been struggling a lot lately with school and home life. The school suggested some sessions to help supporting him emotionally and give him chance to talk to someone outside our family about his feelings etc. They told him they'd see him every week and that he could tell them his worries and stuff.
But they aren't seeing him weekly and he isn't being told whether he will be seen or not from one week to the next. He's been desperate to speak with them this week because of some worries about school that he wanted some advice from them
about but he's not had a session. It's not the first time he's been missed. There's no consistency and now he's getting more upset because he feels like they don't care about him anymore. I feel like I'm part of it too because all week I've been reminding him he needs to wait for his turn and then it's just not come round.
I know they're overworked and they don't have the support to go round the many children that need it and staff may be off sick etc so I empathise with the fact that they might miss sessions but I don't understand why they promised him these things and then don't even communicate to him about it. They've also promised him other things in the sessions and then not followed through with them/forgotten they even said they'd arrange stuff. Getting his hopes up and letting him down seems worse than him never getting his hopes up in the first place.
Is it worth mentioning it to the school? What would I even say?
I have a history myself of being let down in school and through the mental health services so I was dubious when they arranged this in the first place but kept my worries to myself. And now I feel desperately sad for him that he's being let down :(
Any advice would be great, thank you.
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School not being consistent with emotional support sessions that they suggested
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Trinaaaaohtrina · 07/02/2020 21:00
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