My son age 9 has ASD and is currently in year 4 of a main stream school. He has great difficulty in retaining information and concentrating, but the biggest issue for him seems to be writing. The school have been pressing him to write joined up in all his subjects, but this was causing numerous meltdowns as he found it so hard to do. After having a chat with the school senco, we came to an agreement that he could write in single letters as long as he tries hard to complete the work. After attending the EarlyBird Plus course a few months ago (which I hasten to add, the school would not send a teacher to attend with us) we have relayed what they need to do to get the most out of him, ie: asking him to write in smaller chunks, not copy this A4 page of writing, as that completely overwhelms him!!! However they continue to do it their way and so he is now simply refusing to work full stop! The teacher came out after school today, hot headed and clearly exasperated as my son and completely frozen her out! This is happening all the time and I hate seeing him coming out of school crying and so stressed... I always said if he started to struggle too much that I would pull him out and home school him, but I just dont know if this is the right thing to do for HIM! Academically I'm sure I could manage, but would it be the best thing for him?? Does anyone else home school their ASD 9 year old??? How do you find it?
