Advocacy and Support
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Why?
This is a question I have asked myself over and over again. Throughout this journey, I’ve dealt with a selection of professionals, and I’ve been completely shocked by the incompetence — and in some cases, the outright lies — I’ve encountered. This isn’t me being unfair. I truly believe I’m a fair, level-headed person. I Continue reading
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Coping with Stress in School Meetings: A Parent’s Perspective
I knew this was coming, but this letter arrived this week. This had been rumbling on for some time. That fateful phone call from the EWO (Am I Managing Stress and Anxiety, or Just Surviving?) had prompted me to write an email to her and the school, detailing everything I had done over the last two Continue reading
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Is Education a Cult? A Parent’s Awakening
This week it’s me asking the questions again with this question slowly forming in my mind over the last few months. As I reflect on my family’s experiences, it feels as though I’m finally breaking free from a cult…..finally seeing the light. And now, I can’t help but question….. “Is education (as we know it) Continue reading
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Are we any further forward?
This week, it isn’t my son asking the questions, but me. And the question I keep coming back to, over and over, is: “Are we any further forward?“ It was Monday and the first day back at school after the half term holidays. Given how the Sunday had gone I hadn’t much hope that my Continue reading
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Do you think I should go to school?
This week is School Avoidance Week, and the topic couldn’t be more relevant to us right now. Do you think I should go to school is asked a lot in our house from both me to my husband, and from my son to me. Historically, school avoidance, often labeled as “school refusal,” has been misunderstood Continue reading
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A Poem – He’s Fine!!!
Normally I write a full blog post but the last few days have been hectic to say the least. Tuesday in particular was a horrible day which resulted in a day off school for my son who was completely distressed, and me desperately trying to catch up on work, and life, and personal admin and Continue reading
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Why are my legs hurting?
My son is so tuned into his body, it really is amazing. I say I think its amazing but actually that’s wrong of me. It must irritate him that he feels everything, more than the average person. Well it does irritate him that he feels things so strongly. For a long time he told me Continue reading
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What happens after you have finished school?
It was a school morning and on the whole, our school mornings went terrible. My son really struggles with going to school, he cries, he shouts, he screams. Its more than just not wanting to go to school….why I hear you ask? Well the things he says are…. “My stomach hurts.” “I feel poorly.” “My Continue reading
The Questions of My Child 