ASD very child led -almost 5 -advice

[mallardducks]

Hey so as the title goes, the feedback about my son at school is he's still very child led. He has autism and does talk but not back and forth convos - he struggles socially but chats for his wants and needs

Anyway because of the lack of speech when I ask how his day has been at school (reception mainstream with EHCP snd ons to one support), I tend to ask the teacher every so often tor feedback. So she mentioned today "as he's still very child led...." etc etc

So my concern is, is it bad he's child led at almost 5?

I think the idea of being more adult led is that then he will follow directions better etc is this correct?

I think the idea of being more adult led is that then he will follow directions better etc is this correct?

Yes. It means he still prefers to follow his own interests over engaging with what the teacher wants the class to do. I would be asking what they are doing to improve his engagement, for short periods of time. Does he have 1:1 support? Is he in YR or year 1?

Sorry, I see he’s almost 5 so reception.

Is it ‘bad’? Well I think it’s to be expected really as autistic children are generally emotionally behind their peers. Most of the children will transition to following more and more adult led activities during the year, it will likely take him a bit longer. Hopefully they are actively working on it with him.

Yea his school are amazing. They have a fantastic reputation for being great with SEN children

He does have a one to one yes

Sorry I pressed send too quickly. So if he is emotionally behind etc with him being child led etc will it get better?

Well he’s likely to improve but he may still track slightly behind as he grows up.

How do u mean exactly ?

I mean that he may always be emotionally more immature than his NT peers, even though he makes his own progress.