Stressed Aspergers Child not going to school, yr 7, help please.

[supermum98]

Asking on behalf of friend. School don't seem to have a plan, various things stressing my friends ds, friendships, homework pressures etc etc. Where can she go for help.

She ideally needs to speak first to the senco at school. If she has already done this then she can also request to talk to whoever is in charge of pastoral care usually the deputy head.

has your friend contacted education welfare officer? they might offer a plan of action and help for your friend and her ds

hi supermum
One option is to home educate - it is a much less stressful way of learning. my own ds is so much happier now!

Yr 7 is such a shock to most of us. I'm on the autism spectrum (married mum) but goodness me I could have run away from school in yr 7 and never come back. And that was in the days before all this free-for-all in the classrooms with enough background noise to deafen a rock concert performer and flickering computer screens etc. It's a sensory disaster zone for many of us, and that's without the constant changes in routine and the social nightmares at breaks and lunchtimes. A school needs to be really 'switched on' to each of these things, and ready with the answers/know how to find the right outside help.

People like me going into schools to help them with all of this. They are never alone with the problem, but they need to have the courage to seek us out.

Hope the SENCO is some help. Otherwise IPSEA the charity (easy to google) may be able to guide things a bit too.

Thanks everybody, I have passed on your comments to my friend and she is acting on advice given, much appreciated.