3.5 year old. Suspected autism. Melt downs after school

[JessG222]

Hi. My daughter now goes to pre-school every morning. (3 hours per day)
Going to school she’s exited and loves it… every single time I pick her up she does the same routine: sees me, throws herself to the floor, screams “dont go down” or “owe my knee hurts” throws her book bag in the air and her water bottle and cries her eyes out. She’s done this every since been around 2.5.. she also does this if I leave to go shopping and come back shortly after.

its so overwhelming and it breaks my heart every time that I can’t help her get out of this. Prior to pre-school she went to a nursery on a full day Monday and Friday but she absolutely hated it there. She’s bloomed so much going to preschool. They say she has a really good day when she’s there and they show her pictures of me 5 minutes before home time so she can visualise what’s about to happen and she gets really excited…. But soon as she sees me, that is what she does.

I don’t know what to do 😢