ASC teen and IGCSE mocks

[Riverseawoods]

I would really appreciate some advice...
Teen DD has a PDA profile, diagnosed 18 months ago. After a difficult year at times kast year things were looking up this term and she's managed to go to school everyday this last term... and has enjoyed some of it!

Like many with ASC, she struggles with homework as she is so tired when she gets home, and because school is school and home is home and school stuff doesn't belong at home. Nevertheless, she has done most homework and revised for most tests, although probably not enough.
In January she has her mocks and I'm struggling to persuade her to revise, despite her saying she wants to do well, and her asking me to help her to do some work.
Any suggestions? Strategies?

Maybe help her with a revision plan. Write out a big calendar of the month and put her exams on it on one colour. Identify revision slots and write them as empty boxes in another colour. Put each exam name on a small post-it and she populates the revision slots with the subjects. Start at one slot per exam and fill any extra slots with the exams she feels need more work.

I know they advise breaking it down by topic but by exam was the best we could manage.

Also make sure she has a plan for what she will physically do. Make sure she has the materials she needs - revision guides, organised notes she can actually navigate, or flashcards etc.

The 2 biggest things that have helped here are revising at the dining table rather than her bedroom (so everything else in the house has to stop! but needs must) and leaving her phone in another room. Also I promise to let her know as soon as her time is up, so she can stop, and I don't push that boundary to sneak more work out of her. DD has also deleted her favourite app, I believe. It is hard going.

Convincing her that no matter how little she does it is better than doing nothing! And that all those little bits do add up to make a difference. Otherwise it is so daunting that they end up doing nothing.

ds2 used online revision aids like Seneca which were really good. Otherwise there are some very good youtube revision lessons she could watch (if you are willing watch with her so you can discuss).

We bought some of the revision books. Also downloaded past exam papers (and answers) for free. So he did quite a few of these making sure he checked his answers as he went along. There is a ridiculous amount of exam technique needed these days. So it is not just a matter of knowing the answer but knowing how to phrase it to gain the marks which is where the revision guides and doing past papers come into there own.

I sat with him while he did a lot of his revision because I am a mug to keep him focused.

We were lucky that he had a very good Physics teacher who produced a timetable of things he needed to do and at what times (mixture of activities (making notes, watching vidoes, 10 minutes on Seneca, exam questions) to keep him interested And I think this paid dividends because he was then able to use the same techniques with his other subjects.

This sounds like he did a massive amount. He didn't. Maybe an hour each day in the run up to the exams but it was sufficient to get him good grades (he was doing A levels rather than GCSEs)