sensory overload

[angelbutterfly]

help me please! i have a 4 and a half year old who is a handful ! a couple of weeks before xmas there was a handfull of aggressive incidents at school which really shocked us as he's never been in so much trouble. it could of been a handful of reasons as his best friend had left, he'd fallen out with his girlfrind and the routine changed at school.this term he has settled down well but having spoken to his teacher this morning she said he was doing fine but she thought it was sensory overload. what does this mean

[kitkatqueen]

I don't know - I would ask her.

I do know that the teachers at my daughters school ( also 4 1/2 ) found most of the children were being really pesky before the break. When one of the parents commented that her son was being quite naughty at home and did the teacher think everything was ok at school. The teacher laughed and said that the term running up to xmas all the kids get hyped up there is so much going on - school play, carols, cards, xmas itself coming. She said it happens every year and they have just about calmed down by the time they go back in the new year. It might have just been all too much for him!

If you are worried ask what she meant, she won't mind.

KKQ x

[MaryBS]

I have sensory overload on occasions. For me its a combination of too many things/sounds/sights happening at once, which makes me feel anxious and overwhelmed, almost like it hurts. I have to remove myself from the situation to a quiet dark area until I feel better.

[angelbutterfly]

maryBs
is it related to anything serious?
i'm gonna ask her tommorrow and pray its nothing serious

[angelbutterfly]

he is a very excitable kid with a lot of character and lots of friends. but there have been occassions where he does get too excited and it can lead to aggressive behaviour or just him acting up. after reading countless books ect. i came up with the conclusion he was just a spirited kid as no teacher has ever mentioned anything else.

[MaryBS]

Essentially what cat64 said.

Its best to speak to the teacher, but he is still very young to be fitting into a formal school environment, and it might be just the disruption in his routine that does it. Boys especially can be like this, I think.

The reason I have it is because I have Asperger's, which is a whole different ballgame, and certainly doesn't mean your son has it. Effectively, I haven't "grown out" of it.

[angelbutterfly]

cat64
if he can't cope with too much stimulus does he need some kind of help or are the situations so infrequent that he'll get by

[angelbutterfly]

cat64
if he can't cope with too much stimulus does he need some kind of help or are the situations so infrequent that he'll get by

[MaryBS]

And if he has lots of friends and is sociable then it is HIGHLY unlikely that its Asperger's as lack of social skills is one of the key factors in the diagnosis!

[angelbutterfly]

you know cheers for your help i was going out of my mind with worry . am gonna sleep on it and have come to the conclusion that hey he's only 4 there.s been no really bad incidents at school apart from when the routine changed and my angel will be fine.....if the teacher meant there was more to it i'm sure she woul of said.

[angelbutterfly]

you know cheers for your help i was going out of my mind with worry . am gonna sleep on it and have come to the conclusion that hey he's only 4 there.s been no really bad incidents at school apart from when the routine changed and my angel will be fine.....if the teacher meant there was more to it i'm sure she woul of said.

[MaryBS]

Speak to the teacher, see what he/she says. It'll put your mind at rest.

[angelbutterfly]

asked the teacher whar she meant about sensory overload and she just meant it was all to much for him at xmas time ; the other changes at the time may have also been a factor to his behaviour at theat time. feel very relieved as was worried it may have been linked with more serious issues.