Hi Andrew,
Apologies for the massively delayed response!
Thanks for your message, things are a little more settled recently.
School have been great and there are a few assigned people he can talk to if he wants to. The main problem is him not really wanting to but as you said I think this is a typical teen thing!
I’ve broached the subject with his Dad and he is trying to be more proactive in communicating openly with our son (this is something he also struggles with, but he is trying) and spending more quality time with him so hopefully he’ll take this on board and keep it up.
I have recently signed up at the gym with my son and we are doing this together and he is also meeting friends there while I go off and do a class too. Seems to be having a positive affect and gives us something to do together also. We’ve also been cycling together more regularly and I’m hoping to book us on a local bike maintenance course soon so we can learn some basic skills together, I currently rely on my brothers – or YouTube for that sort of thing and could probably get by with that but the course will be an extra activity for us to do together and is something of interest to him. I’ll keep trying to find a common interest and explore new activities to share.
We are still waiting for therapy to become available though I have explored this locally but unfortunately can’t afford to pursue this privately, with any luck we won’t have to wait too much longer
Here’s hoping we’ve turned a corner 🙂
