Of course it doesnt. Autism is such a complex issue, and everyone with it is different. You need specialist training to deal with it and your average teacher wont have that
Maybe he should have been at a special school? Seems like an ordinary primary school with 1 teacher to 30 kids isn’t equipped to deal with neurodivergent kids at this level.
Not really fair to expect a mainstream school to deal with this. Having had experience in caring for a child with PDA, it’s incredibly difficult getting them to do even basic things like bathing or putting on clothes. Meltdowns, physical aggression etc…many of these children will be ‘school refusers’ also. Specialist schools may be more suitable or having a very flexible mainstream school who allow then to come in only when they are able to on a part-time time table. Schools are already stretched to breaking point with shortage of teachers, it’s a shit show when it comes to SEN. Not sure what this mother is expecting.
Came here expecting to see people saying that PDA was made up condition. Glad I was wrong.
What does she want? The teacher to ignore the other 29 kids in the class and focus entirely on this one kid all day?
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Of course it doesnt. Autism is such a complex issue, and everyone with it is different. You need specialist training to deal with it and your average teacher wont have that
Maybe he should have been at a special school? Seems like an ordinary primary school with 1 teacher to 30 kids isn’t equipped to deal with neurodivergent kids at this level.
Not really fair to expect a mainstream school to deal with this. Having had experience in caring for a child with PDA, it’s incredibly difficult getting them to do even basic things like bathing or putting on clothes. Meltdowns, physical aggression etc…many of these children will be ‘school refusers’ also. Specialist schools may be more suitable or having a very flexible mainstream school who allow then to come in only when they are able to on a part-time time table. Schools are already stretched to breaking point with shortage of teachers, it’s a shit show when it comes to SEN. Not sure what this mother is expecting.
Came here expecting to see people saying that PDA was made up condition. Glad I was wrong.
What does she want? The teacher to ignore the other 29 kids in the class and focus entirely on this one kid all day?