Feel really sad for this lovely Mum

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At the pre-school where I work we had a little lad with an asd dx, he has a lovely family who were having a hard time early last year coming to terms with his dx, he is hard work but lovely, anyway his little brother [2.5]started pre-school in the spring and we had a few concerns about him but wanted to observe him for a while before we decided whether to talk to mum about refering him. Today she came in looking really down and said that he had been for a development check and the HV is concerned about him, he has little or no language and is not aware of other people at all, he doesn't respond to his name but is able to follow routines. We are all concerened about him but I really feel for his mum she looked so deflated today at the thought of having to ASD boys,
No need to reply, just felt sad and wanted to get it off my chest.

its hard but hopefully she'll get loads of support. Least she has a good preschool :)

Support her child well and you will be offering her the best support possible.

Yes tibni we have already begun introucing some MAKATON with him and will now get the area senco in to help us write an IEP.
Lisa123 ..The pre-school has a great staff team we all work really hard with all the kids and are prepared to go the extra mile for the ones who need it most.

Yeah I will but will leave it a week or so till my post above disappears into mumsnet oblivion!!

Thats an idea, I don't want to be in trouble for confidentiality. I just needed to get it off my chest, sometimes I think I will stop working with kids cos it hurts too much when you get to know families really well and then this kind of thing happens.

Yes but your doing your job right as had spotted concerns and are willing to support her