I've re-posted in this section as I'd previously popped it into the behaviour and development forum and someone kindly suggested I might get a better response here so please excuse my posting this twice...
My DS is 7.5 but has been formally assessed by his school as having asynchronous development with the mental age of an 11 year old. Whilst his emotional age has not been assessed I would estimate it as being a good 1.5 years behind his chronological age. Most of the time he handles this well and his school are amazingly supportive and are unfazed by his swinging between behaving in a very surprisingly adult manner one minute but then occasional getting very overexcited by a situation in an almost toddlerish manner or dissolving into tears (he doesn't have tantrums but he becomes very upset by things like death, others being upset or injured or picked on etc.. and will worry himself silly about it to the point of losing sleep).
His classmates are starting to notice that he can become very childish at times as they themselves become more emotionally mature (he still sucks his thumb for example) and there have been comments about him being a baby and "odd". As I say the school are being brilliant about it and I have full confidence in their ability to handle any issues but this is a very small rural school and my concern is now turning to what will happen when he moves on to senior school. He's got four years yet I know but has anyone else had a child go through this uneven development and if so at what point did you start to see things balance out?
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Does anyone have any experience of asynchronous development?
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RedKite5004 · 11/05/2015 12:40
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