Hi,
I have a 3 year old asd son. He is currently is nursery 3 hours daily 5 days a week. His development worker and I managed to apply for funding for a 1:1 starting this september. The school got approval, but when the year started it seems they hired an assistant teacher that was there the previous year in another class. She doesnt have experience in PECS or speech and language. We had a lot of hope this year with him having this 1:1 but unfortunetly It was been a pretty rubbish experience so far.
Firstly, my son seems agitated a lot at nursery even though he has been there for half the year now, and she doesnt seem to know how to connect with him or calm him down. He kind of tries to do his own thing and avoid her.
Secondly, his class always has 1 main teacher and then the 1:1 who has to give other kids her attention too.
Thirdly, I once saw her teaching another class when I went as they were short staffed. and she took my son in and was trying to do both jobs, until she called me to collect him as he didnt seem himself.
Another issue Im having is that he has been getting ill every week almost. Is this common? Almost every week he misses at least a day because he is constantly getting ill. Either flu, cough, dry cough, mucous cough, viral infection, tummy bug, everything.
We are so confused as to what to do.