Recently a little girl from dd's first primary joined dd's current primary. They were chatting about her old teachers and the TA she used to have and the little girl was questioning why her old TA didn't come to the current school when dd did. (old TA lost her hours when dd moved school).
Dd said rightly that new TA was recruited by new school for dd at that school and old TA went to another school.
The little girl then asked why she has her own TA which left dd to answer "I've always had my own TA" because she has since her first day at nursery. This wasn't enough for the little girl who wanted to know why and there is where dd has a problem.
In her new school dd is largely independent with her TA just responding to her needs as and when and so no one has ever questioned why she has a TA because her TA isn't seemingly attached to her although dd is her priority and dd knows she is there if needed.
Dd has never before questioned why she has a TA because she has always had one I suppose and for her it's just normal but I suppose now I need to explain why she has a TA.
I did say she has a TA to help when she finds things difficult but she's not daft and she knows that lots of children find school more difficult than she does. So what can I say that doesn't wreck her self esteem which is pretty high because of the independence she has and without having to talk about autism because I need to tackle that separately?