Managing Autism - A Personal View

Well, tomorrow is the day - Jack’s first official school transition day.  And in terms of preparation for the event (social stories, role playing etc.), I seem to be turning everything upside down and the wrong way around.  I’ve lost all sense of sequencing and can’t seem to settle into a preparation pattern (My own anxiety coming through?? - yes, definitely, of that I am sure!!).

As I wrote in a previous post, Jack has had plenty of visits to school already.  He has been in classrooms, played in the playground, watched children coming and going from different areas, and spent a great deal of time ‘talking’ about school.  He even has a little friend at the school already who he has spent some time with at school (in the ’safety’ of after school hours).

Over the last few weeks, everything was on track for a smooth run into the day until Jack discovered that there would be ALL the new children there at once and that there would be a teacher who would take them through activities (rather than he just playing).  He was freaked out at the thought of being left alone and without Mum or Dad, but we assured him we would not leave him anywhere until he felt safe.

I guess like always, we will just take one step at a time and take it as it comes tomorrow.  If we are looking like we are headed for a meltdown we can always just take a step back.  Fingers crossed all will go well!

Elissa

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