Some advice please

Hi everyone. Hope everyone is well. Our daughter is 10, she has autism and sensory processing disorder. We started home schooling her in January of this year after her being in main stream school for 5 and bit years but her anxiety was just getting worse so we made the home schooling decision. Now 98% of her behaviour is so much better, she's less stressed and like a different child. One problem has arose that is causing upset at least once a week, this is her not knowing what to do with her spare time. She collects teddies, has making sets, Lego, her iPad, has minecraft figures and games to play but she just has no interest in them. Her iPad is the only thing she has concentration on for a long period but even gets bored. She constantly says I need a hobby cause it's what people do in their spare time but she then says she starts something gets bored n then stressed. I've told her that it's ok to just play on her iPad or watch tv but she's having none of it. She asked to learn the guitar and have a tutor but then says I will het bored of that. Even having money stresses her cause she doesn't know what to spend it on, we are fine with her buying what ever even if it sits un-touched but she gets stressed that she's letting us down. She also keeps saying her thinking winds her up but she can't explain what she's thinking. I've tried visuals but it's no good. Thank you in advance for any help xxx

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  • My immediate thought was swimming. however Is she ok about being outside? My daughter is home educated and she goes out geocaching with her dad. They have been all over place. She loves finding the caches putting a little thing in the caches that are big enough, also choosing little things at the shops to put in them and she now has a couple of caches of her own to look after

  • Right ok, we go swimming twice a month and she does love it. We pay to go to a private pool so she is not intimidated hence why we only go twice a month. How do you get involved in this geocaching please. She might enjoy this 

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