A meeting of some progress

Superman joined me in the school morning routine today as we had a school meeting first thing. He prepared Boy Wonder yesterday with how it will ' work' in the morning but oh how it didn't!! Superman isn't at all nieve about how difficult it can be to keep Boy Wonder on task but he was quite surprised how difficult he can be under a time constraint.

We arrived at school and I spoke with Cat Girl's teacher about her thumb and how unsettled Boy Wonder is about it and to keep an eye on them. Superman had the same conversation with Boy Wonder's teacher.

We met with the head, senco( and teacher ) and inclusion officer today to discuss the note in lieu. We didn't hold out too much hope regarding this meeting but were pleasantly surprised in most part. For the first time the Inclusion Officer used the word 'Autism' and Boy Wonder in the same sentence! She did attempt to quote text book delivery of anxiety management to us which didn't go down to well as I tried to explain to her that anxiety management for individuals with autism is totally different than anxiety management in isolation. She responded by asking how I knew that to which I replied ' because I live with him!' Maybe not the best response but it certainly made my point.  The actions agreed were that they would support the O.T assessment / report ( now that we had made it clear that the O.T is a specialist in autism and sensory integration within schools , not just someone we dragged off the street !) and work with its recommendations along with the Autism advisor and ed psych. Additionally they agreed to additional 1:1 time in the afternoon to discuss emotional and social anxieties and to put in a quiet time at the end of the day to remove him from the end of school  'madness.'  The autism advisor will also be contacted to support with transference of skills within school and to input into the O .T assessment.  In return we agreed to have the next review in January and hold back on taking the note in lieu to appeal until the school had the opportunity to address everything discussed. We will make a final decision here a couple of weeks before the deadline based on the progress made.

The rest of the day was fairly non eventful. Boy Wonder enjoyed his art therapy and double football. The local team training seems to be a lot more structured and suitable for his needs than it once was.

Cat Girl is now sporting a very bruised, fat thumb which is bothering her quite a bit.  Boy Wonder had been over the top with his concern and ' looking after her.'

Both went to bed quite early tonight, however Boy Wonder became quite panicky over noises that he could hear, thinking they were burglars. He finally got to sleep at 10.15pm.