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My daughter has recently been formally diagnosed with aspergers. She's 10, about to start year 6. back to school in a couple of weeks.
Suddenly I feel like I don't really know what I should be doing to help her. I know the consultant said he would be writing to the school and her doctor, but not really sure if I am missing something important that I should be doing to help.
Could anybody out there give me some guidance as to what the English education system can or should offer? Who I should be nagging for help if I need it?
Thanks

When my son received his diagnosis the psychologist arranged a meeting with the school and myself to give them advice on how best to manage his behaviour and learning. School were given strategies to try out and a follow up meeting took place some weeks after to see how well things were going.

Hope this helps

It would be a good idea to call a meeting ASAP with school people and the consultant or at least the reports to try to set up the best possible environment for success.

you probably need to sit down with her official diagnostic paperwork & figure out what the priorities are. when we got my son's dx, the list of things he needed to work on seemed so totally overwhelming. by taking it a little at a time, we were able to help him immediately in the areas he needed the most help with.

once you've figured out what the priorities are, then approach the school about what services she might need. perhaps try going through the school social worker.

Personally I've found that the main way to help is educating yourself on Asperger's. Once you understand the many facets of it and how these are seen (or not seen) in your child, then you are in the best position to help them personally, and also to pass this information on to the school.

My child was diagnosed over two years ago and I am still learning new things every week about how AS affects him or strategies that can help. As they move through the stages of childhood development, new things emerge and it is an ongoing process.

All the best.

Thanks everyone! I was thinking the best place to start is booking a meeting at the school! I haven't had official diagnosis paperwork yet, but I guess as we only had the dx last week it might be a little early to expect the paperwork