What out of school activities does your child with sn do?

[Blossomhill]

I am finding it so hard to think of things that dd can access and enjoy.

Atm she goes to sn swimming on a Wednesday with my dh and ds. One Saturday a month she attends a playscheme that runs especially for children with asd/communication difficulties.
I am hoping that eventually she will go back to after school club for 1 hour per week but am letting her get used to going into the juniors for a while.

I have toyed with the idea of brownies etc but feel nervous tbh

Interested in how others cope/what they do?

Oooh we have come on since my first post. Ds1 surfs now as well. He surfs tandem with a coach - loves it. The surfing community is getting very into working with kids with disabilities.

Ds has tried and given up lots of things, and been reluctant to try others. However one thing working at the mo is music lessons, so 1:2:1 for 20 minutes. The teacher has a relative with ASD and is very experienced, because she's totally focused on him and has built a relationship with him, it works. He also does an orchestra, and somehow that works too - I think because it's static, he has to sit still; it is still very social (for him) because they have to answer questions, and interact with his teacher, there's lots of praise and the opportunity to show off. And it's the same thing every week.

DS1's SS has an afterschool sports club, where once a week they (as a group) try all sorts of sports and games. And next year he will also be in the Art club, which is also once a week afterschool.

The only reason he can access these is because it's a SS and set up specifically for children with SNs.

He also has 1:1 swimming lessons at the moment. (but not for long as they're £20 each! )

We certainly have come on. I was only an occasional lurker at the time the thread was started and DS2 was all of 4 months old! We were just at the point of thinking that maybe DS1 was more than merely a hand full.

ouryve DS1 was just over 6 wks old when this thread started. I was just trying to sort out when daytime and when nighttime was... come to think of it, I'm STILL trying to get him to understand the difference!

As a update, ds eventually decided he would be okay with music lessons after all. The OT turned out to be right with her advice about it improving co-ordination. Ds also discovered he had something of a talent for music and is still playing.

He went on to join a martial arts club and carried on for 2 years or so. Logistics meant he had to give it up but it did wonders for his confidence.

Ds 9 does 121 swimming and drama class (not SN but he has 121 support)

Things we have tried that have failed, piano lessons, cubs, karate, SN youth group, SN general sports, SN football.

The groups that he tried that have failed have been to noisy and unstructured. The sports ones have failed because he cannot cope with losing, not scoring etc and has really poor motor skills and stamina.