Parent’s View L has been diagnosed with ASD and ADHD at Ryegate Children’s Hospital. Parents did not want to medicate L for his ADHD initially but felt it would be worth trying after his difficulties at school. He has trialled some different medications for his ADHD with some having quite adverse effects on him. He is currently on Equasym XL and takes Our history and 30mg a day. background: L was permanently excluded from xxx School in June 2015. He attended the Primary Inclusion Centre until the end of the school year which was a supportive environment in terms of his learning, but parents felt that L linked with other children who were not a positive influence on him. They would not like L to attend the Primary Inclusion Centre again for this reason. L has previously been managed Team Teach techniques Important information you need to which he is now very wary of. If he thinks that he is going to be know our child: he will display fight or flight type behaviours. ‘held’ L is very sensitive to noise. This can make him very anxious. L is a bright child. What our is good at: Lego! L loves building things with Lego and usually doesn’t need to refer to the instructions to help him. Relationships with peers. L does not understand how other people may be feeling or how to build and maintain What our needs help with relationships. Managing his strong feelings in school L is – sometimes aggressive or abusive when he is feeling anxious or angry. How you can best support and See One Page Profile above. communicate with our child
Parent’s View Our history and background: L has been diagnosed with ASD and ADHD at Ryegate Children’s Hospital. Parents did not want to medicate L for his ADHD initially but felt it would be worth trying after his difficulties at school. He has trialled some different medications for his ADHD with some having quite adverse effects on him. He is currently on Equasym XL and takes 30mg a day. L was permanently excluded from xxx School in June 2015. He attended the Primary Inclusion Centre until the end of the school year which was a supportive environment in terms of his learning, but parents felt that L linked with other children who were not a positive influence on him. They would not like L to attend the Primary Inclusion Centre again for this reason. Important information you need to know our child: L has previously been managed Team Teach techniques which he is now very wary of. If he thinks that he is going to be ‘held’ he will display fight or flight type behaviours. L is very sensitive to noise. This can make him very anxious. What our is good at: L is a bright child. Lego! L loves building things with Lego and usually doesn’t need to refer to the instructions to help him. What our needs help with Relationships with peers. L does not understand how other people may be feeling or how to build and maintain relationships. Managing his strong feelings – in school L is sometimes aggressive or abusive when he is feeling anxious or angry. How you can best support and communicate with our child See One Page Profile above.
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