Ds is 4 and started reception in September. He has had hearing problems since he was a baby. He had grommets put in almost 18 months ago, they are still in but his hearing is still poor - he lip-reads well but he has a lot of added problems with social skills and general behaviour (very bad violent tantrums and lashing out). He also has a small language delay - he takes words extremely literally (i.e. he burst into tears and was too scared to eat his lunch for days because a dinner lady said she was going to 'split the reception children in two').
We recently found out (after he had been getting increasing sad because he was getting told off all the time at school) that his teachers had not been told that he has hearing problems. They have asked if there is anything they can do - they have moved him to the front of the class and that has helped.
My questions are...are there any resources available for teachers in mainstream schools to give them guidance for this? I've been googling for some time and not found anything.
And..should I be doing anything else? Should I be trying to contact the SENCO?
I am quite concerned that my frustrated little 4 year old who is finding life so difficult to interpret is going to be labelled a violent and disruptive child
The school have lost even more of my confidence after sending me home a letter on friday saying that the school nurse had tested his hearing and had referred him to audiology - I rang her to tell her he has been seeing a specialist for 2 years and she had no idea.