A Day of Pre Meetings

Another unsettled night resulting in a 1am sleep time after firm hold and weighted blanket afterwards. Even after Boy Wonder had fallen to sleep it was evident that he wasn't truly rested due to the amount of movement.

I woke him up this morning and put him in the shower. After twenty minutes of lying down in it, curled into a ball and letting the shower rain on him, I got him out and dried and dressed him. Throughout the process he jumped about, making the task a near impossible one.

Breakfast consisted of more jumping about, spilling his milk all over the breakfast bar and generally not focussing on the task a great deal.

We arrived as at school and off loaded bags. After the bell went I stayed behind to meet with the Autism specialist advisor to discuss the O.T report. In short she agreed with it and said that it explained Boy Wonder's needs well. We discussed how some of the recommendations could be implemented and about possible equipment that would help. There was a consensus that movement breaks, processing breaks and anxiety breaks needs different strategies which needed further definition.

After school, I had a further meeting with Boy Wonder's teacher to update his IEP. We became sidetracked with a discussion over support required and where it fits within the school system. In short, Boy Wonder's emotional needs that are mainly exhibited in the home environment cannot be identified on his support requirements in school as within a mainstream setting this is not recognised within the criteria. This made sense although doesn't help us any and although it had probably been communicated to us before, several times we always held the belief that there was a responsibility for all schools to cater for emotional and social needs, but no. In light if this, we need to seriously consider where we want this 'battle' to go .

Boy Wonder went to football although wasn't happy as he said that he had hurt his foot.  It became evident that this was more to do with the fact that the school meeting had over run and this had impacted on his routine. Also, there wasn't any sign of injury and he walked and ran on it without difficulty. He soon settled once he was diverted when on the pitch.

I took Cat Girl swimming and on return they both watched Minecraft whilst having tea.  Cat Girl then settled down and Boy Wonder read. Here's hoping for a more settled night!