Son starting sessions with psychiatrist

[Sally44]

The school SALT has told me a psychiatrist will be working with my son in school on his OCD obsessions and compulsions and on his anxiety.

 

It will be very interesting to see what they suggest and if it works. And I feel very lucky that his school can offer such specialist input, because I know most kids get little help if any.

 

Academically i've noticed a big improvement in his numeracy skills. I think he is finally beginning to grasp some basic concepts, and if that is the case, I think his numeracy skills could come on leaps and bounds.

 

Still struggling alot with literacy eventhough he has learnt and retained that learning so far. But I can still see that he does not get concepts and is still relying on memorising things.

[Mandapanda]

Hi Sally

 

Would it not be a psychologist rather than a psychiatrist? Is it someone from the Community Services coming into the school, or something directly to do with the school?

 

I hope it helps. I wish Aw could have got some proper help while in school.

[smileyK]

hope it works for him and the therapy has a positive and success impact on him! fingers crossed! i really hope it does for his sake! i know what it like struggling on without the specialist support /help there and it not easy at all long /difficult winding road!

 

XKLX

[Sally44]

Sorry, my mistake, yes he is a psychotherapist.

 

Hope he can make some headway with my son.

 

My son is also having a very difficult time with another pupil in his class who is just totally winding my son up and making him feel miserable. I'm going to have to talk with school again about what this child is saying and doing, because although I do understand that this child has their own issues - so does my son - and school seem to be saying that this other child cannot help what they are saying and doing. But my son also has his own difficulties and cannot help but react in the way that he does to the things this child says and does.

 

It really is quite silly things, but they are driving him up the wall - such as when he is playing a card game with his friend, this other child keeps saying what cards the other is holding, and then if my son loses the match he says "ha, ha, loser". He's also told my son his "voice" is wrong [ie. American accent]. And he takes 'photos' of my son and then puts rude words underneath them.

 

I need to talk to school to find out what is going on, because I can't get a cohesive explanation from my son of what is being done or said. I just know that he is getting so upset that he is refusing to go to school some days.