School is almost done which in a way is good. My son is tired and ready for a break. The changes at school are getting to be overwhelming for him. Kids are all getting hyped up for the end of school. Class structure is getting flexible. And to add to all the end of school chaos we are getting ready to move to an entirely new state. Needless to say, he is showing the effects with meltdowns and aggression at school. We talk daily about what is coming and counting down days. I am hoping that as long as our routine stays consistent that we can minimize the anxiety for him. I have been very fortunate this year in the support from his teacher and others at school. No one has labeled him as bad or unreachable. He is a sweet and very stubborn child. He has shown that he can control some of his anxiety in school. And he gets a lot of encouragement when he gets frustrated or agitated and contains his impulse to lash out. I am very proud of him. He has taught me a lot and continues to do so daily. It seems that everyday I have to reevaluate how to handle a new challenge.

*Hugs*
This sounds quite rough, but I think you are doing the best you can to understand and support him through this difficult time. Are you aware of what the services are like where you're moving? It might be good if you could get him into an occupational therapist there to help acclimate him perhaps to his move.

Best wishes with all of this. Please keep us updated and ask if you have any more questions for us!

EDIT: I moved this to the School Discussions forum as it's built for that specific reason.

Hello, I am a new member, this is my first post, so I hope I am doing this correctly. I am in desperate need of any advice anyone can give me. I am a mom of a six year old, just turned six three days ago, and started kindergarten this fall. He has been in OT for a year. I did not put him in any kind of preschool. He suffers from severe separation anxiety and I have been staying at school with him since day two. We are working with a great resource teacher who has a son with spd and has him use a special timer in his classroom, then goes so many minutes, goes to her room, does some OT exercises, then returns to his class. The school has been more than understanding! I don't know how I am ever going to be able to leave him at school, without me being there. It's only been three weeks, and he was in am and morning was best for him, but they combined am classes, ang his teacher only teaches pm, so he moved to pm, and had to start all over with new kids. There were 13 in his am class, now there are 18. Can anyone relate??

Hi there mzanotelli. Welcome to SPD Support.

(09-29-2013, 06:20 PM)mzanotelli4855 Wrote: Hello, I am a new member, this is my first post, so I hope I am doing this correctly. .....
It's only been three weeks, and he was in am and morning was best for him, but they combined am classes, ang his teacher only teaches pm, so he moved to pm, and had to start all over with new kids. There were 13 in his am class, now there are 18. Can anyone relate??

Ordinarily, I'd say it's a good idea to start your own thread topic to separate it from other people's posts and give it its own space. Since the site isn't moving very rapidly at the moment and this post is at least somewhat similar to the original post, I can let it stay here for now I suppose, unless you'd like me to move it to its own thread.

I remember being in Kindergarten and taking AM classes. I was very nervous and afraid to be alone there without my mom, it's true. I had bad separation anxiety along with severe SPD, so I can also relate to that bit. Larger class sizes can indeed be a problem. I know I had a rough time when there were 30 or more students as opposed to the times when there were only ten or fifteen of us. I would continue to work on this with his OT and any other therapist who is providing him assistance. Odds are that there's still a lot of ground to make here.

I hope you are able to find the support, advice, and comfort you need on this site. Let me know if you need anything! Again, welcome.