Does anyone have any advice for a kid with Aspergers/high functioning autism and helping with various behaviours at school, particularly in relation to advocating for themselves and/or concentration/focus?
Our DS aged 10 does not have a diagnosis (he does for some processing issues) - was assessed and told not autistic. But I feel very confident he is borderline what would have previously been called Asperger’s and I worry it’s affecting some interactions with teachers, not least because he doesn’t have a diagnosis, and is actually very bright and in many ways very confident. He will often talk at length about things he knows a lot about (sometimes more than the teacher!) and is also very funny, so I think he takes refuge in those things, but then isn’t always actually fully engaging with the lessons themselves. And I think when he wants to communicate something he’s not always great at advocating for himself, even though he thinks he is.
I think all this gets missed by school because his grades are good, he has lots of friends etc. But it’s causing some issues - eg feels under valued in some classes he adores and I suspect that’d got something to do with his inability to fully engage with teachers in the way they’d like.
Any advice/books etc? Thanks!