I have no idea if I am in the right area but after some advice. My son is 5 years old in year one and on waiting list to have assessments for autism. He's had some problems behaviour wise we did think we had got somewhere this week. However yesterday he had a complete meltdown wen I asked him about it he said teacher had taken his line off him for Xmas play because he wouldn't sit nice at side of stage.
Spoke to his teacher this morning and basically what happened is in rehearsal he was taking his jumper off and putting it back on. He then was swinging it over his head. He isn't a fan of sitting and waiting his teacher asked for his jumper he screamed no and curled himself up in a ball around his jumper (it's his and he likes to keep it with him) he was basically told to give them the jumper or they was giving his line to another child anyway he ended up in a meltdown screaming for 20 minutes which resulted in him losing his line.
He's been so excited about having a line and practising all the time hes really upset he is now a singer and showing a picture he wants to do his line. His play is on Tuesday afternoon (about an hour from finishing time) I'm really worried it will cause another meltdown when he doesn't get to say his line (it's very rare for him to be so interested in something like this) I don't want it spoiling for the other children but more importantly (to me) I don't want my boy upset over something that he can't control or understand.
His teacher is leaving and my husband has made an appointment with the headteacher to discuss making the transition to a new teacher easier for him. And I'm thinking about asking the headteacher if instead of him doing the play can I pick him up and take him home early. I have no idea how he's going to respond to this and I don't want him known as the boy who ruined the year 1 play for the rest of his school life. He already has enough problems at school with being anti social and with he meltdowns other kids call him a cry baby. Pls advice would be helpful am I over reacting should I let him do the play and hope for the best
