Sarah I will be watching this with interest as I've been told to have Mason see a paediatrition by the kinder field officer to see if he has mild aspergers.
Is the list part of the questionnaire or assessment you have been given?
Mason is almost 6 but I'll try and remember back to when he was 4 for my answers as he has improved quite a bit.
1. Whats your child like with playing pretend? There was no pretend with him but there was lots of repetitive play with trains or cars
2. Does your child play games like soccer, catch, cricket with you? Yes
3. Does your child put their new clothes on top of their old ones unless you remind them explicitly to take off the old clothes? No but it can be a fight to get him to even wear cloths some days.
4. Does your child like drawing? What do they draw? Can you recognise it? What is their grip like? Squiggles, grip was stab like with the pen. Now he has developed a more proper grip on the pen. I couldn't make out the drawings but ask him to tell me all about it and he is was very descriptive.
5. Has your child ever said they don't like someone because of what there voice sounds like? He won't say if he doesn't like someone but will run and hide.
6. Does your child talk non-stop during the day (and I mena barely pausing to take a breath) What do they talk about? Is it varied or is it mainly just on one subject? When he's in a talkative mood will prattle on non stop about everything especailly what he makes from his lego.
A few more things to add:
Barely spoke a word till he was 2 1/2 but was big on animal sounds. Obsessed with numbers and letters and had his own language for them.
Would run around in circles chanting not making eye contact duing this time. He still doesn't like to make eye contact a lot of the time.
Toileting. Big issue here. Wasn't TT for wee till 3 1/2 and poo till 4. Still wets at night and during the day will refuse to wee when told even if he is holding on or jiggling.
Cannot cope with change of routine. If they move the room about at kinder he will hide under the table for most of the session. If the teacher reads a story he hasn't heard before he will lay under her chair. If it's one he has heard before he will recite the words.
If the teacher is away or the kids are more rowdy for some reason he can't cope with that either and will hide under the table.
If he has a bad day at kinder then getting him to go to the next session is pure HELL.
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