Tips for getting ASD son ready for school

[asdevil]

Ok, so DP has started a new job this week, which means that getting the DC ready and out the house is down to me.

DD, almost 7, dresses herself, eats breakfast, puts on coat and shoes, generally no problem.

DS, 5.7, refuses to get out of bed - lies cocooned in his duvet until the last possible minute. Eventually shuffles down for breakfast at about 8.20 (we're supposed to leave at 8.30). Sits naked at the table (refuses to wear pajamas)

Has to be forced into his clothes, shoes and coat (easier when DP was around)

Sometimes, he'll leave the house, other times I have to carry him to the car. He's still fairly light, what happens when he's too big to manhandle?

what do others do?

My DS (6) has to "get dressed first" - I put his clothes out on his bed and he can't eat, drink, play on the computer etc until he is dressed. It doesn't work every day but usually asking him if he wants marmite toast/shreddies/weetabix and when he says "yes" saying "well get dressed first then!" has a reasonable success rate here

Ditto fauxfox
Can you tickle him out of bed?

we have started having a visual timetable thanks to someone on here (sorry can't remember who) where the pecs are dropped into an envelope at the bottom of the timetable once they are done. Only if he has done teeth, breakfast, reading, getting dressed, packed bag without fuss and without having to be shouted at does he earn wii or xbox time when he gets home.

Thanks for the tips, he was better this morning, I bribed him with the Moshi Monsters website.

But, then he had a complete meltdown in the school playground, refused to go in, ran off. Teaching assistant spent 10 mins chasing him around the school, and finally had to carry him into the classroom.

Dread to think what's going to happen when he gets bigger :(

I'd say its a phase, (the tantrums) my son went through that around the same time he's 8 now and we dont get the same kind of thing happening now. Plus you can bribe them more as they get older....