Speech therapist asked today if we wanted to refer DS3 for a social communication / autism assesment but I’m not convinced if it’s needed. The balls very much in our court so I’m interested to know others thoughts.
Our DS:
- speaks mainly in 3-4 word sentences. Has a good vocabulary and understanding but often reverts back to simple sentences he knows. As a result, his language today in front of the speech therapist was a bit repetitive e.g X toy is eating, X toy is hiding
- is sensory seeking, mouths objects when tired, jumps on the sofa
- has trouble sitting still when having to take turns. For example, he will spin on the spot when waiting during his sports class and can be quite disruptive to the lesson
- doesnt always respect others personal space / boundaries, e.g we told him daddy’s friend was coming over who he’d never met before and the first thing he did was give him a hug and then was climbing all over him
- asks the same questions even when he knows the answer, e.g where is friend’s name? When he knows they’re on holidays.
- can concentrate on independent play for 10-15 mins
- prefers to free play with others than by himself. However doesn’t seem to enjoy structured play as much. E.g wasn’t very interested in the library’s rhyme time preferring to play with toys instead.
- loves pretend play and is quite flexible with it and open to your input. Has started to pretend his hands are the characters if we don’t have the requisite toys
- Is popular and well liked at nursery, has some ‘best friends’ but is also happy to play with children he doesn’t know as well
- plays properly with toys, doesn’t spin wheels etc
- has trouble memorising things, e.g only just learnt to count to 10 and can’t recount any books or nursery rhymes word to word