my ds has funding for one to one all the hours he is there (was total 7.5hrs before hols, now going up to 12.5hrs spread over 5 sessions) however they dont actually have the one to one following/shadowing himm all the time just she is one who deals with him if necessary and takes him to play on his own when everything is getting too much. He has autism and struggles interacting with other kids in fact he doesnt much really, they have said the other kids are very warey of him due to his violence and obviously im guessing find him boring as he cant really play with them as needs a lot of guidance to play etc. He is still in nappies and has no awareness at all despite being 4 in november, he has balance/clumsiness issues and a lot of sensory issues. Should i be insisting someone is shadowing him or is the system as it is ok do you think? what do the one to ones do with your kids?? and also should he be learning things at this age at nursery? i feel he hasnt really learnt anything, his social skills are getting worse, his sensory issues are getting worse, cognitively he is about the same, he has improved his language a little but i think thats more from home as he doesnt really speak at nursery anyway! The staff are all lovely and do like ben but i wonder if he needs more structured help or if this is too much at this age?! im looking at applying for a statement but obviously the process takes ages so in the meantime i want to try to improve things. He comes home a different child, sometimes withdrawn and soemtimes over excited and hyper (he is a very hyper child anyway, this is more hyper than normal!!) and he never wants to go there despite having started there in january he still gets very upset at the thought of me leaving him and its a battle to get him to leave the house as he really doesnt want to go, btu the staff are lovely and he likes them and seems ok when he is there. I dont know i just thought after 8 months (well 7 then a few sessions in the holiday club they run) he would be more settled in than this and have made more improvements, or at least not gone backwards in so many areas, but then maybe he would have gone backwards in these areas anyway even if he hadnt gone to nursery?!?! how do your kids cope? what do their one to ones do? aaaaaaaahhhhh really i want to know what i should be doing but i guess you cant really tell me though i wish someone could!
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what support does you child get at nursery age 3/4ish?
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meerkatsandkookaburras · 26/08/2009 15:45
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