Assessment day

It was hard work this morning after having a 'day off.' Boy Wonder and Cat Girl made everything an effort and as a consequence we didn't get down stairs until 8.15am. We hurried breakfast and left for school.

I spoke briefly with the T.A about the two matters in the diary but she knew little as she wasn't there in the afternoons. She did say that she would speak with the teacher though and request further information.

The second opinion Educational Psychologist visited school this afternoon to start her assessment. I met her after school as she observed Boy Wonder leaving. The teacher spoke to me briefly about the incident that I was concerned about which involved Boy Wonder mimicking exposure behaviour in the toilets. Little concern was shown for this as it was a 'boy' thing but I wasn't happy with that as Boy Wonder doesn't tend to learn from experiences and could potentially be doing this in any toilets! I asked if we could speak more on this tomorrow.

Boy Wonder had two accidents today. A head bump and a fall. Cat Girl has also bumped her head. Must be the day for it! He was also very clingy when he came out of school to the point of bear hugging. We left to go home and once in the car I explained to Boy Wonder about the assessment and that we needed to go straight home to continue it. He got upset and told me that he didn't like change and that he suddenly gets tummy ache when important / scary things happen. This finished by Boy Wonder shouting and getting very upset.

Once at home, the lady joined us and did some further observing and had a discussion about some findings. She noticed a very clear distinction between communication at home and at school in that Boy Wonder spoke differently. She appeared to put it down to him being more relaxed at home. Boy Wonder became very upset when he was asked some direct questions and quite a few doors slammed as a consequence. When we attempted to settle him, he fired straight back up and started lashing out. Firm hold technique wasn't possible due to the extent of his thrashing around but I managed to get him to stay in the room and he went straight for the tablet to play Minecraft. This settled him. I explained to the EP that Minecraft is the new soother that gives Boy Wonder happy spirits. We went through some paperwork before she left and then Boy Wonder went to football with Superman who had just arrived home.

This evening, Boy Wonder and Cat Girl settled upstairs with Superman whilst I had a few friends around showing them my new products that I am distributing. They are Forever Living products and are predominantly Aloe Vera based and some other natural elements such as bee pollen. It was a great evening and lovely to have a ladies get together!