Just need to vent.

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My son is asd, I took he away for the weekend as a special treat.

Since then his behaviour and sleep pattern have gone haywire.

To top it off he pulled a knife in school today, got an appointment to discuss it tomorrow.

I'm at my wits end, I really don't know what I can do.

The older he gets it seems the worse he is getting.

Bloody hell that is scary stuff. Hugs to you and I hope the meeting goes ok

Thank you.

How old?

First thing is to safe-proof your house locking away anything that he could use to inflict serious damage. Check school bags to ensure that he brings no potential weapons into school. School should do a risk assessment and do similar.

The lack of sleep may well be a contributory factor - ds2 can be raging if he has had a bad night and we have kept him off school in the past if he is particularly bad. Was his diet different when he was away to trigger the sleeplessness or just general over-excitement?

NAS run a good anger management course for parents that gives useful strategies to prempt and diffuse situations - worth looking into. School may be able to access anger management courses for the child (although did not seem to help my two that much).

If not already under CAMHS then perhaps ask your GP for a referral. Although in many areas they are rubbish they may be able to help.

Hopefully, it is a one-off but if it happens at home then ring the police for assistance. I hope your meeting goes well today and they offer support rather than criticism.

School was very supportive and has already put in new stragies.

Hugs from me too, I have and am still in a similar situation ds has pulled knives on family members twice (we have now fully secured the house) he has tried to run away from school and was nearly successful, the school now have an action plan which includes fully supervised use of any sharp implement and various other steps for the running away.

how old is your ds?

Glad the school was supportive and have made new plans. Let's hope this was a one off.