Feel so sad atm, spent a really constructive morning with the senco today then received a call 5 mins before leaving to collect dd, that a boy had kicked and punched her in the face before throwing soil at her . She has an obsession about this boy which has become more intense since her only real friend left the school recently.
The boy who did it was excluded immediately until further notice. But the senco did say that dd was standing very close to him staring at him and he became angry when dd wouldn't leave him alone.
I got her home and she seemed very numb but then when I tried to cuddle her she said she would rather play on the computer, she doesn't really like cuddles etc and I know this is therapeutic to her but I felt so crap not being of any comfort to her after such a horrible ordeal.
There have been previous incidents of this nature but I am really concerned as her peers are getting bigger and stronger (this lad is nearly 11 with a 6 pack) that one day soon her injuries may be worse (she has only got a red mark on her face from today). I feel like I am failing dd sending her to an environment each day that is obviously difficult for her to make sense of. She just seems so vulnerable.
I have spent the last 6 months investing a lot of time with the school but we have really come unstuck with her not generalising into the playground the social skills she is learning in her one to one time. She had recently been discharged from S and L therapy but the senco pointed out that language is only 30% of communication and she still has significant social communication difficulties. I don't know what more I can do to address these at school to avoid any similar incidents like this in the near future.