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11/11/2005 |
               
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Returning to School
When you reach a daily level of mental activity equalling about one and a half hours (the equivalent of two average school lessons) a return to school or college can be considered. It would be desirable to have a break between the two lessons attended so a lesson either side of morning break or either side of lunch break might be envisaged. The idea, then, is to build up the third lesson period to be attended by adding on a daily work slot at home, after school, of say ten minutes, increasing to twenty minutes the second week and thirty minutes the third week, the fourth week attending school for the extra lesson. It is important to get the Headteacher and subject tutors on your side while doing this as they cannot expect complete preps to be handed in after each lesson attended. Make sure at the start that they understand exactly what you are trying to do and how you plan to go about it. It may be a good idea to regard one's attendance at school for the current academic year as merely 'therapy', so there is no pressure, and be prepared to repeat the year once up to full steam. Games periods, which tend to be 'doubles' can be introduced by, perhaps, a half period to begin with.
All the foregoing falls under the
guidelines outlined earlier. Trial and error is the key and no two people
will move forward at the same pace or in the same increments. A
return to school, after a long absence, can be stressful as it can mean
rejoining peer groups with
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whom contact has been broken or it may mean joining a new school.
