Katie Price fans have praised the care workers at her 19-year-old son Harvey’s school during an eye-opening new BBC documentary following his first weeks at the college.
Katie Price : What Harvey Did Next follows the former glamour model, 43, and her son Harvey as he experiences the highs and lows of his first weeks away from home.
Harvey, who lives with Prader-Willi syndrome, septo-optic dysplasia, autism and a learning disability, says goodbye to his mum to go to the National Star College.
The raw documentary sees Harvey struggle when he first enters his new college digs, but one scene in particular struck viewers on Monday night, as it showed Harvey become frustrated during his first couple of days and smash up the college shop.
The 19-year-old is under the constant care of the college staff, and without mum Katie there, they have to work out their own ways of figuring out how to make Harvey comfortable as he adjusts to his new way of life.
The insightful college staff soon work out that the best way to get Harvey to take his medication is by filming him doing it for his mum back home.
But when he's told about his daily plan during one scene, Harvey appears to be unable to deal with the expectation put on him as one of his carers tells him he's headed to the college shop.
Riddled with anxiety, Harvey bashes his head against the wall and cries before falling to the floor in the hard-to-watch scene.
Harvey's carers soon manage to calm him down and bring him back into the moment by helping him take deep breaths and to 'use his words' as they remind him that leaving his dorm room is important.
But as he gets stuck into his work experience in the college shop, Harvey's anxiety reaches new heights as he begins to smash up a bathroom door.
After he calms down a little, Harvey gets back to work at decorating the shop wall with an array of stars before the staff congratulate him on his hard work.
“Sometimes, Harvey does need to break something,” his carer tells the cameras. “In that case, we can only keep Harvey as safe as possible. We let him break that item and then we remove it because for Harvey, that's when it's over. That's when it's finished.”
BBC viewers took to Twitter to praise the care staff as they discussed helping Harvey to adjust to his new surroundings in the “heartbreaking” scenes.
One wrote: “Only certain people could do this job. They’re angels and deserve so much more” as another tweeted: “Those people have the patience of saints.”
A fellow social media user wrote: “This is the recognition health and social care want.”
Another viewer posted: “It’s incredibly hard for Harvey to have all his routines changed. You can see that the frustration is overwhelming. He, the staff at National Star and his family all work incredibly hard to support him.”
Another viewer wrote: “Loving What Harvey Did Next - an eye opening exploration of the challenges of becoming independent for Harvey Price,” as another wrote: “Thankyou Katie Price for showing us Harvey's journey.”
Another chimed: “Absolutely love What Harvey Did Next. This is the experience of families across the country caring for teens with complex needs, transitioning to adulthood. Rarely seen by a mainstream audience. There is incredible support available.”
Although the scene may suggest that Harvey is incredibly upset, his proud mum, Katie, previously admitted that she was 'relived' when she discovered that Harvey had been smashing up his room.
The former glamour model, who shares Harvey, with ex-boyfriend Dwight Yorke, revealed that didn't get upset with her son because his actions meant that he felt 'extremely settled' in his new surroundings.
Katie lifted the lid on Harvey's outburst in a recent interview with OK! Magazine where she admitted that she felt relieved that Harvey was smashing his belongings because it means that he feels comfortable and content in his new surroundings.
"I said to the staff at the college, 'I'm so happy that he's done all this because now I know he's really settling in'," the proud mum-of-five explained.
Katie went on to reveal that Harvey is in safe hands at the college as the staff look after him around the clock.
"They are now living and breathing what I've had all of these years," she added.
