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Susan Knox & Ryan Paton

Katie Price's son Harvey destroys door as he struggles to adjust to college life

Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next is set to air tonight.

The new BBC documentary follows the mum-of-five and her 19-year-old son as he navigates his first time away from home while studying at the National Star College.

Harvey lives with Prader-Willi syndrome, septo-optic dysplasia, autism and a learning disability - and the emotional programme charts the highs and lows of his first few weeks in college - as Mirror Online reports.

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Harvey has settled into his new surroundings now and is under constant care of the college staff, but he initially struggled and an emotional scene in Monday's programme sees him smash up the college shop in frustration.

The 19-year-old struggles to deal with the expectation put on him as one of his carers tells him he's headed to the shop and bashes his head against the wall and cries before falling to the floor in the hard-to-watch scene.

The carers soon calm Harvey down and bring him back into the moment by encouraging him to take deep breaths and to "use his words" as they remind him that leaving his dorm room is important for every aspect of his life going forward.

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 in the shop and decorates the wall with an array of stars before the staff congratulate him on his hard work.

His carer said: "Sometimes, Harvey does need to break something.

"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."

His proud mum, Katie, has previously said she was "relieved" when she found out Harvey had damaged his room

She told OK!: "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."

Katie Price: What Harvey Did Next airs at 9pm on BBC One

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