My significant memories from this year. I was 8 years old, my foster carer took me to see a doctor that helped children, (my thinking at the time) I know know she was a child psychologist. I obviously didn’t really understand what was happening but I can remember talking to the doctor and playing with some toys and rolling about on a big ball, I went four times to see her, and then I was given a diagnosis of Asperger’s syndrome, along with four other issues that was related to my past. Things seemed to change for the better I was getting lots more help at school, but I would struggle in certain situations, mainly unstructured time of the day, different people came to see me in my classroom setting. My foster mum was working with the school and she came into school to speak to the teachers on how to help and manage me she did me an educational passport, which I believe we still have. I used to have meltdowns and struggled to understand my feelings and how to express myself. We did lots of work at home on coping skills, we acted out situations which really helped me. I was going to journeys and I received some counselling but the counsellor said that my foster mum was equipped to deal with me & there was nothing else she could offer. I can also remember she battled with school to keep me there.
This year we bought a caravan and it was on a site in Devon, we used to go during school holidays and we spent all summer there it was so much fun I made friends, I took my bike with me. I have some great memories of those times.
This was the year we bought two puppies I can remember choosing one of them, although they are getting older now they are still lots of fun and I enjoy walking them.
I joined beavers this year as well I can remember coming home with a beaver (soft toy) as I got beaver of the week. I joined in after school clubs my favourite was hockey which is significant, you will find out why in future blogs. I was also in a remote control car club.
School was a bit of a battle as I clashed with another pupil who had a diagnosis, sometimes things got out of hand, I can remember trying to protect my best friend from him. Home life was great I was really settled and when the guardian tuned up at home and she asked me why I liked living where I was told her because my foster mum does a great impression of Peppa Pig and sings the theme tune to which the guardian asked her to show her, that must have been embarrassing but I was only eight and it was a great impression. After a while my social worker and guardian came to see me and told me I was going to stay where I was and not move any where, I remember being so happy.
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