Good morning,
I am looking for advise on my 4yo with autism transitioning in to school.
I am not happy with the transition and don't feel like our thoughts and opinions are being taken in to account.
He started school two weeks ago at an hour a day. We were told this would be increased and reviewed in two weeks depending on his success. He's had a really successful two weeks with no meltdowns. The school today emailed saying he would be still doing an hour a day as now they are increasing the class sizes. They must of known this all along but have only now told us about the moved goal posts.
Prior to school he'd been at nursery varying from full 8am - 6pm 2-4 days a week. He loved being in nursery.
Unfortunately we have to work, and we have noticed how destructive and fractious he is becoming at home on weekdays as we cannot give him the stimulation he wants/needs.
We raised our concerns with the school before about it being only an hour and but I just got told "we know how this must be so inconvenient for us" which to me is rather condescending and not taking in to account that being at home all day isn't good for him for numerous reasons and probably perpetuates his struggles.
I'm just trying to figure out if its worth rocking the boat with the school mere weeks in to it. We are understanding of the need for a slow transition, but feel a full morning would be much better for him rather than an hour! I'm fed up of having my child excluded over and over again! I feel like they're trying to delay his start waiting for his IPRA application to go through.