another day, another night!

Well poor old Kurt still isn't sleeping through :(
I found a clinical psychologist and got an emergency appointment yesterday evening. I have to say, he was really good. We spent some time discussing what the problem was, really pin pointing exactly what he is scared of and how it started. Kurt was brilliant at explaining himself.
We also mentioned a couple of his other fears he has. The view from Dr Lovett is that yes, he does have a serious and extreme phobia, but it's made more complicated by the Autism as Kurt is obsessing over it . Yes, it does really need sorting out and this is actually the best time of year to do it.

So the plan of action is, go back and see him next week, by then he will have drawn up a few plans of action and we can discuss the most suitable one for Kurt. It will involve some desensitisation, looking at spiders and learning about them etc. Then we go away and try it out for a few weeks before going back to discuss how it's gone.

Do I feel I did the right thing finding a private psychologist? Absolutely! Do I worry at the £160 a time fee - OMG most definitely! I have no idea how I am going to find it, but it's the right thing to do.

On the other hand, Sean is doing brilliantly. He has got one of his essays back and has got really good comments and the highest mark he can get. An amazing achievement for him considering his difficulties. It just goes to show what hard work and an Autistic interest in a subject can do!

He has also been chosen to be part of a 15 strong group of boys from his year to be training with some Chelsea bods!! They come to his school and teach him training techniques, fitness, management skills, captaincy skill and at the end of it all, he gets to train with the actual Chelsea side! I am so proud of him I could burst xxx

Well, it's late and I am tired so I'm off to bed to catch some zzzz's before little man wakes up again for the 9th night in a row.

Night bloggers xxx