Yesterday my lad was attacked by 2 girls. He had his shoes and coat removed, was thrown to the floor & kicked a couple of times in the head before I arrived to scare off his attackers (aged about 11ish?).
He's fine, apart from a few scratches and has told the police what the girls looked like.
In his eyes the police will deal with it, so job done. He seems satisfied wth that and happy at school today.
He was left unattended but within my earshot with a group of nice friends for a max 10 mins, while I went to make some sarnies to eat in the sunshine. It was the playground on my estate and when I left he was with a very nice group of neighbours aged from 4 - 11. They've all known each other from birth and get on really well. His attackers aren't "local".
It's me that's left with issues!
I'm trying to give him a bit more independence, like his peers, but am now scared to let him out of my sight for an instant. How do you not smother them iykwim?
It was roughly this time last year that his old HT tried to strangle him and left him feeling suicidal and both of us stuck in a nightmare with the authorities that took months to resolve. I had to go to a private charity to get him help for the mental scarring of the whole experience, as Cahms were keener on blaming me for being a bad parent than acknowledging he has special needs or helping him in any way. (In total they've blocked 4 asd assessment referrals over the years and blocked 3 tertiary referrals to GOSH last year).
I've got the community police coming round to our home later this week, and am dreading the beginnings of another round of "meetings", just when I thought we were past all that. I also told CAHMS to get to fook, (a bit more diplomatically) yet they are still mentioned in DS's statement & I'm worried this will be the perfect lever for them to wiggle their way back in and wreck everything just when school is finally going so well generally.
Any advice?