My son’s teacher just asked if we could have his RBT come to school so she can learn best how to support him in the classroom. He had a hard day and ended up throwing up all over the classroom 😭, which he does occasionally when he gets super worked up. Unfortunately our ABA clinic doesn’t do in-school so we’re looking for other options. We’re trying to decide if we should pull him from school for the year and just focus on ABA before Pre-K next year.

@Katie Lents he doesn’t have an IEP yet. He’s in a little private episcopal church school. We’re going to reach out to his case worker from the county and see if we can find a spot in the 3-K program. We originally hesitated to put him in that program because his twin brother goes to the private school and logistically it was easier to keep them together for me (since he’s 1/4), but we’re going to try to make it work so he can get an IEP and receive services in school/work with special education teachers.

How would you explain autism to younger siblings? All my kids are under 4 and I want to start talking to them about Teddy’s needs and differences but I’m not entirely sure how to begin.

I felt a bit relieved and validated in how I had been feeling because I brought it up to our pediatrician. At the same time I felt sad and nervous for what that meant for Teddys future. I was a teacher before becoming a mom so I’ve worked with many autistic students but I knew parenting one would be very different.