Hi I'm DKBur! My son has autism. Hoping to get some ideas on giving him the best opportunities

DKBur

Hey everyone.  I am a proud father of a son with Autism.  He's only 4.  He's an absolute little star ⭐.  He is also a whirlwind of chaos and comedy.  Hoping to get some ideas and advice from people to make sure he has the best opportunities possible.

chiarieds

Hi @DKBur - & welcome to the community. We have lots of parents who have children with autism, whom I hope you get to 'meet.' You might like to have a look at Scope's posts on autism. Please see: https://forum.scope.org.uk/categories/learning-disabilities-and-autism
And when you'd like to unwind, you might relax in our virtual 'Coffee lounge.' I look forward to hearing from you again.

janer1967

Hi and welcome from me too 

Hope the info above is useful for you 

Feel free to join in or ask any questions 

Tori_Scope

Welcome to the community @DKBur It's great to have you on board. Your son sounds great!

Just to make you aware, I've moved your post into our parents, carers, and disabled parents category, and renamed it slightly, so that other members can find it more easily. 

I'd definitely encourage you to take a look through our category for discussions relating to autism too, as chiarieds has linked.

How is your son's development progressing? Does he attend a pre-school or nursery?  

DKBur

Thank you for your kind comments and help.  We managed to get an EHCP and luckily he's on the second to highest funding, so he is on one to one support in a mainstream school.  School are saying he is generally hitting his targets which is great.  He remains behind on his communication but, I'm sure he can will get there.  The closures and reopening of school hasn't helped and the fact that he's the youngest in his year anyway probably doesn't help.

I think one of the hardest things is managing my time between him and my other children.  He requires almost constant supervision and that's difficult when I'm trying to split my time. I try and include but if he doesn't want to do it there's no convincing him.  Has anyone got any ideas how to get that balance right?

chiarieds

Hi @DKBur -  another resource I should have mentioned is Scope's 'Navigate' programme. I don't know if they have all the answers, but many parents have found it helpful. Please see the following link to find out more: https://www.scope.org.uk/family-services/navigate/    Another Scope resource is: https://www.scope.org.uk/family-services/parents-connect/

Hope some of the above helps.

DKBur

Thank you I will have a look at that

chiarieds

You're very welcome @DKBur - there are lots of resources you could look at....sorry for not including 'Navigate' earlier, as we've found lots of parents have found been so positive about it.

DKBur

It looks really good but I think his diagnosis was just over a year ago so I don't think I can access it unfortunately.

Ross_Alumni

Hello @DKBur

Welcome to the community, I hope you have found the replies from members helpful