Monday mornings

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Hello - hoping someone may have some help/advice for the following situation:
(Background -DS11, asd and currently trying to transition into mainstream secondary after missing whole of year6 due to unmet needs. )

Monday mornings are awful, starts Sunday evening with the realisation it's the end of the weekend. Lots of upset and refusal to get out of bed, get dressed on a Monday morning. As the week goes on, mornings get easier but takes us until Thursday to get into the swing of the week.
Does anyone have any advice on things trickery to make Mondays easier? Has anyone had any adjustments at school which have helped at all? Many Thanks

Does DS have an EHCP? What support is he currently receiving? Does the school have someone who can meet DS in the mornings? How does DS travel to school? Does he arrive with the crowd, or can he arrive slightly early or late to miss the hustle and bustle? Where does DS go when he gets to school on Monday mornings?

Yes, EHCP in place and he does have 1:1 support moving around school. He's on a reduced timetable atm, I take him into school every morning, we meet the same member of staff and talk through his timetable for the day and agree which lessons he will do.
He is in school 4 days Monday- Thursday and he attends an AP on a Friday.
Every week the days get easier as each day passes and then we are back to square one on a Monday.

Does DS have any therapies in the EHCP?

talk through his timetable for the day and agree which lessons he will do.

Would it help DS to have this discussion the day before/Friday before? Then he knows what the plan will be. Some find the unknown and pressure of deciding on the morning difficult.