A bit of a background....
DS aged nearly 10 has ASD, ADHD, Dyspraxia (I think that's enough lol). He is currently in MS primary school and they have been fantastically inclusive.
With the use of Mediknet for his ADHD my son has made really good progress academically. He has gone from P-scales in English, Maths and Science to level 2A , 3A and 2B respectively over the last 2 years.
However although he has made fantastic support academically his PSE levels are still unchanged from when the Statement commenced. He is still on P-scales there and this is what concerns me. Academically I am told he is not a candidate for a special needs school and to be fair when I have visited special needs schools locally to try and get an idea of their suitability as a placement the children who are the same age as DS have needs which are more complex. In addition his academic achievement means he is not considered a suitable candidate by the special schools either.
So I have visited several mainstream schools which all have large amounts of homework setting to get children up to standard with the curriculum. At present DS gets ONE piece of homework a week which is a battle....he is very rigid in his thinking and as far as heis concerned school work is done in school and not at home. To date I have not found any MS secondary school which will be flexible about this.....and in most cases they are saying "one piece of homework a night....possibly two"; a big ask for a child who struggles with one piece a week.
All in all I am beginning to feel DS does not fit in anywhere, and I am even considering home education....but am not sure this would be best for DS from a social point of view. I know children who are home educated can be perfectly well socialised without school but they do t all have autism, I feel my son needs the modelling of "normal" behaviour.
Any teachers here, or other parents in the same situation?
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