Ds is 9 and has verbal dyspraxia. His speech is good but he his pronounciation is not great. He finds it difficult to make friends, he only has two friends at school and they don't always want to play with him.
He is a high achiever academically, plays an instrument, goes to Cubs and has gymnastic lessons (it's a club at school and very relaxed, they are not pushed).
Since September there has been a number of issues, he cries a lot, finds reasons to cry, blames everything in his life, often refuses to go to activities which he used to love, cries at night, is sad in the morning. He often doesn't want to get out of the house and if we'd leave it to him he would stay indoors all weekends. We spoke to school about it and they made some changes in the classroom for him and are accommodating generally and not pushy with him.
He is top of his class in every subject but he is not a perfectionist or worries about not achieving (not that we can see anyway).
We are at a loss to know what to do. Ask for a educational psychologist at school? Go to GP? Any ideas welcome. Thanks.
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