Published on 12, July, 2020
Hello!
Im a primary school teacher looking for ideas/tips on how best to support an autistic child that will in my p6 class after the holidays.
Ive met him a few times (I’m new to the school but been teaching for 15 years) and he struggles with the academic side of school but has got some friendships within the class. He has told me repeatedly that he has low self esteem and confidence. The school are keen to limit his laptop time as it causes a meltdown when he has to come off it.
I will have some support but looking for ideas/tips that he can do when he’s finished a piece of work and I’m teaching another group.
The previous teacher told me that it is either 1:1 with him and ignore the others or ignore him and teach the rest but impossible to do both.
Any help/tips would e gratefully received! Thanks!
Hello, and welcome to the forums. I hope you get some ideas from here, as well as from colleagues.
A couple of little things about the forum: You may want to change your 'NAS3xxxx' username to something more recognisable. You can do this by going up to the round button up the top right of the page, then 'Profile' then 'Edit Profile'.
Also you seem to have posted your question twice. You can delete the earlier version:
https://community.autism.org.uk/f/parents-and-carers/12958/supporting-autism-in-mainstream-primary
if you go to that thread and then click the 'More' button underneath it and 'Delete'.