I posted a while ago for suggestions on helping DS control his temper at school the responses were very helpful and gave me a lot to think about so here's a bit of an update.
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The school staff are getting a better idea of the things DS finds hard to deal with and are better able to predict when he might have problems. They have made some changes to his rountines to try and mimimise them but they are also finding he is better able to calm down when an problem does occur.
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We've worked with the school and the local inclusion team to set up an IEP for him and they have also made a refferals for further assesment so we'll see what happens. At the moment everyone is agreed that while he is making progress there are definatly some signs that there is something more going on that needs investigation.
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On the downside I am finding his behavouir at home more chanllenging, there is a definatly feeling he manages to hold it together at school but can't do it any longer when we get home. He has become much more anxious and difficult to settle at bedtime, and has gone back to waking in the night several times a week and has started chewing his clothes.
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I have felt for a while that there is something goin on and it's reasuring that other people are seeing it too. Before starting school I think people often took him for being much younger than he was, now in school uniform it's obvious people are expecting more of him. I still feel I'm trying to come to terms with things that I though I had accepted as just part of him several years ago.
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