all my 3 went to their 1st day at the SN playscheme today.
FAntastic!
each child at the scheme has 1:1 support- however in the 'teens' section they are very 'subtle' and discreet with the 'help' they offer...though they have all got a helper assigned to them...tom had not an inkling!!!!
So...why am i posting???
Well, having HFA/Asperger's boys in mainstream with NO specific support leaves it up to me to calm them down after a complicated day...and me using social stories etc daily to clarify what has happened at school.
So i get fed up- and i DREAD the boys going to school...then feel sick as i see the look on their faces when they come home.
So today...they came home so relaxed...so happy and having had a fantastic time.
Leigh said that his helper listened to him when he was sad.
He also came out asking me to get out his lego when we came home as he played with it at the playscheme ....may not seem a monumental request...but after maybe 6 months of gameboy/yu-gi-oh etc...and not love nor moneyy could i budge him to play lego...to have him come home 'buzzing' with enthusiasm for lego...well ....priceless!!!!
also.... after giving up asking the school to do a 'home-school link book'...to get given just that today for all 3 boys...a record of what they did and enjoyed.....and somewhere for me to state my happiness at their happiness (and thanks to the support workers)...well i am so happy!
Just sad too that as far as i can see the only time my boys will feel like this is at this club- as even at home they NEVER get 1:1 FULL attention from me.(and certainly NEVER at school)