Am i damaging my dyspraxic son's confidence?

[fireflymouse]

My son is 8, is borderline asd but not enough for that diagnosis and seems better with age although definitely dyspraxic. He can really frustrate me at times, like when we are late for something and he wont do basic things by himself. Sometimes I end up shouting etc and although the last thing he needs is his confidence undermined any more, I fear that is exactly what I'm doing. I always jump to his deffence with school expecting too much of him, but then maybe I am doing as much damage myself. How do others cope? I dont want to get him up far too early as obviously he gets tiered so needs good sleep, we already get up fairly early. And in general do others find things frustrating?

The first thing I would do TBH is a visual timetable, if you have one tell me to shut up.

If he can read make labels with small steps towards getting ready either blu tack them or velcro them to some kind of board and stick an envelope underneath. Each time he completes a step eg, clothes on, eat breakfast, go to the toilet. He puts the label in the envelope and that step is completed.

Using this method my Dd3[9] who has ASD is able to get her self ready for school more or less independently.

Introducing the visual timetable completly altered our mornings and resulted in much less stress all round.

As I say tell me to shut up if you already do this

Good luck