KATIE Price has given an emotional update on eldest son Harvey as she told how he has refused to go back to college.
Harvey, 22, was born with the rare genetic condition Prader-Willi syndrome, and is also autistic and partially blind.
Last year, Katie, 46, told how she was “having a nightmare” securing her eldest son another placement at his college.
He was previously accepted into a £350,000-a-year residential college three hours away from Katie’s former Mucky Mansion home in Horsham, West Sussex.
Yet in January, she revealed some happy news about Harvey’s new college place – and told how she would be working as a carer as his new establishment.
Though things don’t appear to be going quite to plan.
She told her sister Sophie on her podcast: “I had Harv all week.
“I was supposed to take him back Monday and he was all ‘urghh no mum I don’t want to’
“So I took him back yesterday, and I said ‘don’t worry I’ll be back next week.’
“Anything to get him in the car to go back so he’s gone back.
“Now I can get some good night’s sleep and it will be tidy in the morning.”
[bc_video account_id=”5067014667001″ application_id=”” aspect_ratio=”16:9″ autoplay=”” caption=”Katie Price gives update on son Harvey as he returns home from college and ‘doesn’t want to go back’” embed=”in-page” experience_id=”” height=”100%” language_detection=”” max_height=”360px” max_width=”640px” min_width=”0px” mute=”” padding_top=”56%” picture_in_picture=”” player_id=”default” playlist_id=”” playsinline=”” sizing=”responsive” video_id=”6369971711112″ video_ids=”” width=”640px”]The mum of five then told of the impact of having Harvey at home, especially first thing in the morning.
She told how when he wakes up at around 7am or 8am, “he just comes in sits on the sofa in my bedroom playing nursery rhymes or rollercoasters.”
Just last week, Katie gave a candid take on his educational establishment.
She told how he had returned home from his residential facility – and didn’t want to go back.
In February, Harvey was asked to leave his latest placement, leaving Katie feeling “let down” by the council.
Katie revealed her disappointment when she was told Harvey had been declared “too difficult” to keep his current place.
Katie said: “Harvey is supposed to be moving in four-and-a-half weeks, they’ve changed management and said they won’t be able to cater for Harv, because he’s too difficult.
“So now I’ve got to find another placement for him… so yeah, more drama to deal with.”
Finding the right care for Harvey has been a constant issue for Katie since her eldest reached adulthood.
Last year she had another run-in with a local authority over a place at a specialist college after a report allegedly found Harvey to have “no health issues.”
KATIE’S CARER CAREER
This year, Katie also revealed her dreams of training as paramedic and completing a life coaching course and helping out at Harvey’s care facility.
Back in January, she told sister Sophie she “feels focussed and wants to achieve all my goals this year” as she gushed: “Oh and guess what else I am doing this year?”
Katie told how she would be knuckling down to complete her Life Coaching course and carving out time to start an Access Course to become a Paramedic.
In her candid reveal the star she explained her passions and said: “The life coaching because I love anything about mental health.
“These are things I want to achieve for myself.
“And the Paramedic thing. I will have to do the access course.”
She added: “I’m so good with Harvey and I’ve also applied where Harvey’s going, because he moves back – I’ve found a place for him in March.
“He’s moving 20 minutes from me and they even said there that I’d be an amazing carer.
“So I said I’d be a volunteer once a week to do that.
“I just love helping people and I want to be on the road, or Air Ambulance, it is a long course.”
