Post by sivier on Jan 26, 2016 14:57:29 GMT
(This is also on AUK board).
To be honest AD is struggling at home, too! She's extremely emotional, and very quick to anger. We parent her therapeutically - um, well, as much as humanly possible - and are in the process of seeking support from ASF to get assessments done and try to identify some support.
But things are escalating at school. She's 6 and in Year 2. In the past few weeks she has hit, kicked and bitten. This is new behaviour at school, and mostly happens at lunchtime. School is generally very good - teachers are attachment aware and they did a Thrive assessment for her last year which has helped the teaching team's responses to her needs to be consistent.
We're meeting the school this week to discuss things and I'm wondering what to ask for. AD manages fine in structured environments and is mostly okay in the classroom but has low self-esteem and she is very controlling, emotionally young, and with a quick temper. The school is proposing additional support in the playground for her and possibly one or two other children who need it. I'm wondering - could anyone share what else has helped your AC with these kinds of things? The Pupil Premium only stretches so far. The Ed Psych hasn't been involved as AD is fairly capable academically and keeping up. There's also transition to Juniors in September which I suspect may already be stressing AD. She's very closed emotionally and rarely tells us things to do with feelings. We're working on this.
Her behaviour is potentially quite isolating. Play dates and party invitations are markedly down, and some parents seem to be avoiding me or are not quite so warm as they were which of course, has ramifications for AD. It makes me so sad as I see my lovely little girl who has been through so much, and come so far, and is doing her best to trust adults, but struggling and hurting and leaking.
To be honest AD is struggling at home, too! She's extremely emotional, and very quick to anger. We parent her therapeutically - um, well, as much as humanly possible - and are in the process of seeking support from ASF to get assessments done and try to identify some support.
But things are escalating at school. She's 6 and in Year 2. In the past few weeks she has hit, kicked and bitten. This is new behaviour at school, and mostly happens at lunchtime. School is generally very good - teachers are attachment aware and they did a Thrive assessment for her last year which has helped the teaching team's responses to her needs to be consistent.
We're meeting the school this week to discuss things and I'm wondering what to ask for. AD manages fine in structured environments and is mostly okay in the classroom but has low self-esteem and she is very controlling, emotionally young, and with a quick temper. The school is proposing additional support in the playground for her and possibly one or two other children who need it. I'm wondering - could anyone share what else has helped your AC with these kinds of things? The Pupil Premium only stretches so far. The Ed Psych hasn't been involved as AD is fairly capable academically and keeping up. There's also transition to Juniors in September which I suspect may already be stressing AD. She's very closed emotionally and rarely tells us things to do with feelings. We're working on this.
Her behaviour is potentially quite isolating. Play dates and party invitations are markedly down, and some parents seem to be avoiding me or are not quite so warm as they were which of course, has ramifications for AD. It makes me so sad as I see my lovely little girl who has been through so much, and come so far, and is doing her best to trust adults, but struggling and hurting and leaking.
