Arte - he's much the same at school. He will loose it if something doesn't go the right way, but is usually worse when I'm around, because he feels safe with me I think. he doesn't face to face interact with adults, including his teachers. He is ok in group situations, but not one on one. More so with females. He's a bit more comfortable with men (thats why I think this year is a little less traumatic, he has a male teacher).

At the start of the year he had swimming through school. It was a mess :/ He screamed for the entire lesson, twice a day for 8 days. But I don't know what to do. He needs to learn how to swim. He needs to get his confidence up. They DIDN'T push him beyond his level of comfort, but they did try little steps, just to get him a little further. The swim instructors have now done an advanced course that has shown them how to deal with this & go back to absolute basics, as if they were starting out with a 6 month old. They've decided this is what they need to do with him.

He has started licking his hands, to wipe his nose, with his odd need to be clean. I think it may be hay fever, but he used to have a dirty mark on his nose because it was always just a bit runny. He licks his hand before he wipes now to prevent it :/

I have asked about DD seeing an OT through the school, but didn't hear anything more about it.I didn't push any further either. She is now medicated & has made amazing improvements, so I've stopped worrying about OT etc now. Because she's finally learning & that was our biggest challenge. She still has moments where she struggles with every day life, but we work through it the best we can with what the OT at home gave us.

And I am wondering again if moving here was a bad decision :/ But other people in isolated area's face similar problems & get by, I'm sure we can too. Maybe...