Father of a 7 year old semi verbal autistic boy here, looking for advice.
My boy goes to main stream school but we are looking at changing as he is falling further behind.
Recently he’s been unable to concentrate acts out, and refuses school work, even hitting hth one teacher he’s always liked.
Honestly feels like the terrible 2s at 7.
How do I manage this?
Is it possible to keep him out of school until an alternative becomes available? He seems to be suffering a lot, and probably won’t learn much anyway if he’s stressed out by his environment. What alternatives would be available where you live? If you find it hard to research for yourself, maybe there’s some official organism that offers support or an association/self-help group of people in the same situation?
In my family the intensity of spectrum varies, of the youngest generation there’s one boy who did normal school without problems, the other needs support in pre-school and might not be sent into mainstream education. There’s nothing wrong with either option, it’s whatever fits the child best. Don’t force a solution that doesn’t work.
Keeping him out of school isn’t an option sadly. Also he does enjoy school just refuses to do the work, why I don’t know.