Im a pretty worried mom here

[AprilRaine]

Well school starts this week and my oldest starts kindergarten. The part that Im worried about is the fact that he is Autistic and has ALOT of violent streaks especially when in a group of children. I have the IEP set up and everything but I am relly worried if hes able to handle it or not.  Hes excited about it, but I dont think he quite understands whats really going on. Are the teachers going to beable to handle him when he decides he doesnt want to do something, he throws a major fit when it is time to come in from outside.  He did ok in preschool but a lot of things have gotten worse over the summer and it scares the tar out of me to know that I wont beable to be there to make sure things flow smoothly for him. I can only pray that things will go alright for him and for the other kids as well

[SahmTam]

Sep. 1, 2008 at 4:43 PM

I worried a lot about my oldest... also autistic. Although for another reason... because he's soooo shy that he wouldn't speak up for himself if he was on fire! Also because he did well at preschool, but they were always telling me things like, "He doesn't know how to color" or "He doesn't know how to use scissors" and I would think, "Uh... yes he does!"

But, come to find out, he just wasn't assertive enough to ask for the crayons or scissors (they had to share). It wasn't that he didn't know how. Anyway, preschool wasn't graded, but elementary school is and I was afraid the teacher wouldn't be able to gain a true sense of what he was capable of and he'd end up flunking (and we held him out until he was 6, so he's already the oldest in his class!).

But he's now about to enter 2nd grade and he's doing very well and has done WAY better than I could have even hoped for in K and 1st grade ;-)

It could just be that your son is acting up out of anxiety right now and that he'll settle down once he gets into a routine. My son gets HIGH anxiety before each school year, but once he has his scheduled down pat he's ok.

Good luck!