Post by runmum on Nov 25, 2014 9:54:42 GMT
We are filling the parents section in for the above. We have written a significant amount trying to keep it concise but also trying to get across complexity. I feel there is a danger that it might be read with the view that all the problems are home problems and if other people sort those out then school will be just fine.
I think it's a complex web - not enough sensory input at school, huge mental effort to comply with rules at school and cope with poor self esteem as he watches others do the things he cannot do, coiled spring gets tighter thad tighter, need for huge amount of sensory input and therapeutic parenting at home in the evening leading to difficulties settling to sleep as evening should really be the calming regulating part of his sensory diet, no sleep until midnight cannot wake up hence late for school everyday etc etc
My main question is how much have others written about what other support you have - my view is that you need to join things up and you get best benefit from investment in one area if that is also backed up by investment in the related areas. For example we are getting life story therapy from the post adoption team but all parties will draw best benefit from that if Monkey Boy has a key adult at school who can constantly support self esteem and adequate sensory input so that we get a boy who is less of a coiled spring at night so that we can get him to sleep by 9pm so that he wakes up ready to learn. My fear is that the people who look at these things lack the insight to get that sort of thing - the head certainly does, she cannot see why he needs 1:1 support because he's not throwing chairs and he will do some work. Interested to hear about other people's experiences.
I think it's a complex web - not enough sensory input at school, huge mental effort to comply with rules at school and cope with poor self esteem as he watches others do the things he cannot do, coiled spring gets tighter thad tighter, need for huge amount of sensory input and therapeutic parenting at home in the evening leading to difficulties settling to sleep as evening should really be the calming regulating part of his sensory diet, no sleep until midnight cannot wake up hence late for school everyday etc etc
My main question is how much have others written about what other support you have - my view is that you need to join things up and you get best benefit from investment in one area if that is also backed up by investment in the related areas. For example we are getting life story therapy from the post adoption team but all parties will draw best benefit from that if Monkey Boy has a key adult at school who can constantly support self esteem and adequate sensory input so that we get a boy who is less of a coiled spring at night so that we can get him to sleep by 9pm so that he wakes up ready to learn. My fear is that the people who look at these things lack the insight to get that sort of thing - the head certainly does, she cannot see why he needs 1:1 support because he's not throwing chairs and he will do some work. Interested to hear about other people's experiences.
