So much as been happening over the last 6 months!!! It's been full steam ahead!!! I am now able to look back over the last 6 months. One main thing that has happened Our ASD son has changed!!! You read it right, he has changed. The changes have been remarkable, he has stopped pacing along the tree line in the back yard, no more worn path, just green grass. He enrolled into adult education TAFE where he is almost finished his course Business Administration Certificate 2. He has only 2 weeks left where he is getting extra support to help tidy up his work on Thursday class only. I am so proud that he has gone almost to the end with no help only from his class teacher and he did finish off any unfinished work at home and handed in on the next lesson!!! This such a big achievement, I never thought he would have come this far!!! He also sat a 6 hour course just recently for a white card, so if he chooses to do a trade he will be able to go on to building sites to work in the future. He has passed this course with flying colours.
I have suddenly realised our ASD is following two of his brothers into the trade industry. I't makes me wonder is he trying to prove something!! He has so far followed their exact path except his trade of choice is different.He is still catching the train two days a week and he is looking after his own finances and paying his way in society. He pays his board every two weeks and he still rings me just before he goes to the bank. He runs everything past me on what he is planning, I always say is it a need or want. Needs have to met first while wants can wait awhile longer. This seems to work for him!!!
Just recently we went to another Tafe Campus further away from our house still on the main line so he will be able to manage navigate the transport system. He has decided to put in an expression of interest in Carpentry!!! He has a few things going for him, he has his white card and he is still a student of Tafe and he has almost completed 6 months at his local Campus in his area with no days off. The next hurdle now is to write up a simple Resume. He has an information session coming up in Carpentry, where he will be able to spend more time looking around the new Campus, hopefully he will be accepted if not he can always use his plan B.
We dropped into his old school to see his teachers and they were surprised and happy that he has come so far!!! They even said he has changed!!! Even family members have said they have noticed he is different for good reasons!!!
I have suddenly realised our ASD is following two of his brothers into the trade industry. I't makes me wonder is he trying to prove something!! He has so far followed their exact path except his trade of choice is different.He is still catching the train two days a week and he is looking after his own finances and paying his way in society. He pays his board every two weeks and he still rings me just before he goes to the bank. He runs everything past me on what he is planning, I always say is it a need or want. Needs have to met first while wants can wait awhile longer. This seems to work for him!!!
Just recently we went to another Tafe Campus further away from our house still on the main line so he will be able to manage navigate the transport system. He has decided to put in an expression of interest in Carpentry!!! He has a few things going for him, he has his white card and he is still a student of Tafe and he has almost completed 6 months at his local Campus in his area with no days off. The next hurdle now is to write up a simple Resume. He has an information session coming up in Carpentry, where he will be able to spend more time looking around the new Campus, hopefully he will be accepted if not he can always use his plan B.
We dropped into his old school to see his teachers and they were surprised and happy that he has come so far!!! They even said he has changed!!! Even family members have said they have noticed he is different for good reasons!!!
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