DS is 7 and is autistic and waiting for further assessment for ADHD. He's a very well behaved little boy but does have some issues which are becoming more and more apparent and the school have now requested a meeting to come up with ideas on how to help him.
DS is super, super clever, top 1% level clever. He's already been moved up a year and is in a blended class where he then does a lot of work a further year up. So a lot of his work is 2 years above his age.
So the problems the school are looking for suggestions with are:
- How can they meet his education needs when a lot of what he is doing is still well below his intellectual ability? His teacher says his knowledge of a subject she's covering is often way beyond even hers, so she can't 'meet' him where he's at. Neither can I
- What can help bridge the huge gap between his intellectual ability and his social and physical ability. He finds it difficult being with the older children because his emotional developement is way behind his age. He's also behind with skills such as writing. He can do maths at a high level than me but his ability to write his answer is like a toddlers.
- He's often completely in his own world. He's there, but he's not there. The teacher says she can see the shutters are down and she doesn't know how to bring him back.
- Talking from a (extremely long) script. How does she stop/interupt this without upset? Is it even possible?
Sorry, this a bit of an essay. But does anyone have experience of dealing with similar issues and any ideas that they have found work?