Ds2 has Asperger's and SPLD. He likes school, and trots off every day quite happily. Occasionally he mentions that he doesn't seem to have any friends BUT he seems to love all the teachers and talks with animation about the work he has done in class. His behaviour in school is excellent. He has a part in the school production. On one level it has given him goals and a certain independence, and certainly a wide range of adults who listen to him and are interested in him.
However his literacy levels are very low. He is getting help with his spelling and handwriting but at the moment he is on a level 3b. When he gets home he is interested in little except the computer. He hates homework and we have to help him with all of it or forge it to his satisfaction. He is tired and wound up after holding himself together for school and takes no pressure of any sort. We are tired holding him together for school too. We are exhausted by being bright and enthusiastic and fielding difficulties for him.
I want him to start taking ownership of his work. I want to have time to work on the things he finds difficult like expressing himself on paper, rather than him feeling he has to fit into someone else's idea of what he should be achieving. I want to get him out and about exploring London, visiting museums, enquiring. I want to socialise with him in a more informal environment with less pressure from his peers.
Am I mad to consider it? Ihave two other children of 14 and 12 who would continue at school.
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If ds2 (12) enjoys school am I mad to consider home edding?
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Swanhildapirouetting · 26/05/2014 11:44
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