Still Autumn days in the village with lots of support for all kinds of MH problems - depression, anxiety, OCD, psychosis etc thread 2

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We've been practicing all evening and he can repeat it after me and knows the last three lines it's just that no one can understand him, also if he has to speak in front of people he just doesn't, it's like mild selective mutism, if he's nervous or worried he won't be understood then he will just stop speaking and I don't think they'll accept his few makaton signs as "reciting the nursery rhyme"

Then tell them where to go! That's awful spidey, your poor DS :( Could you practise it with him, then record him reciting it? So you can show them if he does go silent? Would it help if he watched it back so he does know he can do it? Practise in front of a group of his toys pretending they are the class? Would it help him to act it out and sign whilst he says it? It seems a bit cruel...

They seem to have planned it with the other children in the class in mind and not spared a thought for ds, he's not got a statement of SN so basically they treat him exactly the same as everyone else which is great usually but then they don't seem to consider that he might have different needs to some of the other children. They're doing a "class production" for Christmas I have no idea what that means other than its a non-religious alternative to a nativity play, but ds came home upset the other day because he'd been taken into the corridor (they take them out of class when they're disruptive it's where they do timeout) he'd been taken out of class because they were practicing singing Christmas songs and he wouldn't join in singing and wanted to dance to the music instead.

I don't know if I'm being oversensitive or if their attitude to his speech is becoming an issue, he's got an appointment with a speech therapist soon and I'm going to ask her to write a letter to school to guide them on how they should be helping him like not trying to force him to speak in front of the whole class or stand on stage and sing for all the parents.
Maybe he needs to be pushed to speak more but I'm not sure they're doing it in the right way.

That sounds utterly rubbish spidey I hope the SALT helps with school's methods.

I'm going to bloody kill Dh! I've been teaching ds Dr foster and he was pickin it up well till Dh told him the other version where "shower of rain" is replaced by "shower of shite"
Now ds spent the afternoon shouting "shower of shite!" And refusing to say rain.
Good job it's not very clear really, unlike whence was two and Dh thought it was funny to teach ds to shout "tits" which for a long time was one of very few words he could pronounce properly.
It's not funny at all and has caused so many arguments but Dh continues to swear.

((( spidey ))) ((( all )))

DD has been sick for a week now with fever, blocked nose and cough and I'm exhausted

((( spidey )))

Poor DD pulled

I've decided it's pizza time (chicken and rasher bacon), and icecream (oops)

Hmmm pizza and ice cream sounds like a good idea snowy

I've decided to break out the chocolate fudge cake as a treat.

Chinese takeaway tonight... Well we're going to share a chicken fried rice.

All sounds yummy. I am so tired today, but I shouldn't go back to bed.

It all sounds very yummy! Am jealous!

Saw psych today, upped my aripriprazole so we shall see how it goes.

I hope it helps you, fluffy - I can't remember, is it sedating?

I feel bleurghhhh

((( pulled ))) Do you want to talk about it?

Thinking of you pulled

No it is not sedating snowy quite the opposite tbh! Makes me a bit anxious and edgy.

I hope they're just transitory side-effects, fluffy

I've been feeling rough, unfortunately CBT lady (who I was going to offload to) cancelled just now, and it may be no more until jan or feb.

Thank you for thinking of me snowy & fluffy

I'm ok now just had a really bad day with pains and DD still unwell so really clingy which didn't help I've drowned myself in lots of tramadol (thinking it would help) but it hasn't really touched the pain. Just waiting for DD bed time hopefully we will get some sleep tonight cos God knows we need it.

Awww snowy sorry your CBT appointment was cancelled. I'm around for a bit if u feel like offloading a bit here.

Hope everyone is doing ok

I've been low and hearing voices for about a week, it has to be a blip.

Sorry to hear that, I'm sure it is a blip. Can you distract yourself with something? What you having for dinner today? DH has made pilau rice with chicken curry

I've got the tv on, I've been watching the Roux Scholarship program that comes on at 7.

Yum, curry sounds good. I had left over garlic broccoli from last night.

Hmmm garlic broccoli sounds yummy and healthy. I need to start eating healthy again but low energy means I'm always reaching for guilty foods

I like Roux - I'll watch catch up later as right now were watching angelina ballerina on nick junior

I think it's fried in a wok.

It's on watch if that helps later. oh the joys of kids' tv

Kids tv

And onto bbc2 masterchef...