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Mild ASD

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Hi 

Need some guidance to help our 7 year old daughter with possible Mild ASD. 

When our daughter is 3-4 years, she went through SALT and ASD assessment and as she showed some progress she is discharged at that time. And the pediatrician said she is at the border of ASD and may need further assessment when struggling with social situations. Now she is 7 and we have noticed believe she is struggling in school in keeping with other children.   

She exhibits behaviors like Repetitive questioning, Difficulties in social communication and making and keeping friends, relies on other children, copy other children, trouble in focusing and Anxiety etc. so school SENCO is arranging for ASD assessment. While we are waiting for ASD assessment am I look for some guidance /suggestions from Parents who went through a similar situation and what steps we need to take to help her. 

Thank you 

Best Regards 

Jack

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  • Thank you all for the reply.   The reason I said 'Midl ASD', is because when our daughter was assessed at the age of 4, the pediatrician neither confirmed nor completely denied not being ASD. They suggested social skill group and Language therapy will help her improve and also stated that she will struggle in social situations in the future and need further assesmement. That is why I said Mild ASD, Maybe it is a wrong phrase. Now the school (SALT) has requested another ASD assessment and we are waiting for this to happen.

    I know there is no cure so I am only looking for some tips/suggestions to help her deal with the situations and for me to help her where possible as a parent.

    JuniperFromGallifrey said:
    Perhaps you can open up a thesaurus for her and help her find the correct words. And help her understand what makes people feel socially awkward.

    And thanks for the suggestion on Thesaurus and for sharing your experience with Fast forward and the dictionary. Will try to adopt this approach.  

     

    NAS72895 said:
    autistic people need to be in a school which is designed for autistic peoples needs. and one which sees autism in a positive context while acknowledging the challenges it brings. where most or all pupils are autistic. 

    I also think about the environment mismatch and feel that maybe she should go to a school which is designed for autistic people's needs. This is because she is upset and feels like no one is her friend in the class and the children who she thinks are her friends are not her friends anymore. I'm encouraging her to make new friends or play by herself but honestly don't know how to console her and advise her to overcome this kind of situation. Based on the assessment result I m hoping to enquire about the schools or EHC plan.   

    I think in the meanwhile we will follow the suggestions given and try to find local support groups in our Berkshire area. And feel free to add if have more suggestions/ advice/ tips.  

     

    Thank you

    Best Regards

    Jack

        

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  • Thank you all for the reply.   The reason I said 'Midl ASD', is because when our daughter was assessed at the age of 4, the pediatrician neither confirmed nor completely denied not being ASD. They suggested social skill group and Language therapy will help her improve and also stated that she will struggle in social situations in the future and need further assesmement. That is why I said Mild ASD, Maybe it is a wrong phrase. Now the school (SALT) has requested another ASD assessment and we are waiting for this to happen.

    I know there is no cure so I am only looking for some tips/suggestions to help her deal with the situations and for me to help her where possible as a parent.

    JuniperFromGallifrey said:
    Perhaps you can open up a thesaurus for her and help her find the correct words. And help her understand what makes people feel socially awkward.

    And thanks for the suggestion on Thesaurus and for sharing your experience with Fast forward and the dictionary. Will try to adopt this approach.  

     

    NAS72895 said:
    autistic people need to be in a school which is designed for autistic peoples needs. and one which sees autism in a positive context while acknowledging the challenges it brings. where most or all pupils are autistic. 

    I also think about the environment mismatch and feel that maybe she should go to a school which is designed for autistic people's needs. This is because she is upset and feels like no one is her friend in the class and the children who she thinks are her friends are not her friends anymore. I'm encouraging her to make new friends or play by herself but honestly don't know how to console her and advise her to overcome this kind of situation. Based on the assessment result I m hoping to enquire about the schools or EHC plan.   

    I think in the meanwhile we will follow the suggestions given and try to find local support groups in our Berkshire area. And feel free to add if have more suggestions/ advice/ tips.  

     

    Thank you

    Best Regards

    Jack

        

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