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✅ Start Early: Begin transition planning in year five.
✅ School Visits: Visit school multiple times when crowded.
✅ Sensory Needs: Note sounds, smells, and uniform textures.
✅ Safe Spaces: Establish a calming spot for anxiety.
✅ Language Shift: Teach "unsure" instead of "I don't know".
✅ Peer Support: Use rotating peer mentors, not fixed pairs.
✅ Discreet Help: Use QR codes or signals, avoid aides.

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✅ Independence: Build routines so students work on their own.
✅ Coping Skills: Teach deep breaths, not just "calm down".
✅ Timing: Schedule support during each child's productive hours.
✅ Special Interests: Use passions like number plates to teach.
✅ Peer Help: Encourage "see two, then see me" habits.
✅ Avoid Helplessness: Let students attempt tasks before helping them.
✅ Breaking Tasks: Use highlighters to simplify overwhelming worksheets.

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✅ Consistent TAs: Same TA builds healthy, stable attachment.
✅ Team Roles: Teachers and TAs support, not replace, each other.
✅ Ego Aside: Let another adult help when needed.
✅ Student Choice: Let teens choose how they use TA time.
✅ Withdrawal Timing: Don't pull kids from classes they enjoy.
✅ Behavior Meaning: Behavior communicates unmet needs or feelings.
✅ Generalization: Skills learned one place may not transfer.

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✅ Peer Groups: Friend groups shrink and tighten around age seven.
✅ Playground: Feels like a party full of strangers.
✅ Mind Blindness: Autistic kids often miss literal social cues.
✅ Lunchtime Clubs: Build friendships around shared interests proactively.
✅ Club Setup: Decide name, frequency, size, and entry method.
✅ Friendship Stages: Hello progresses slowly to close friendship.
✅ Inclusion: Ask if neurodiverse kids attend birthday parties.

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✅ Social Meltdowns: Social overwhelm triggers meltdowns, not just sensory.
✅ Skill Not Will: Children want friends but lack the skills.
✅ Perspective Taking: Explain why a friend didn't pass the ball.
✅ Warning Signs: Yelling, dobbing, crying, shutting down signal overload.
✅ In The Moment: Remove bystanders, distract, don't interrogate about incidents.
✅ Classroom Accommodations: Give thinking time before collaborating or choosing partners.
✅ Connection First: Teach social knowledge proactively in five-minute activities.

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✅ Masking: Girls mimic peers, appearing fine while exhausted inside.
✅ After-School Meltdowns: Held-in stress erupts at home, not school.
✅ Perfectionism: Small mistakes trigger distress; girls avoid asking help.
✅ Playground Fatigue: Breaks drain autistic girls rather than energise them.
✅ Diagnosis Timing: Earlier understanding eases the transition into high school.
✅ Teacher Signs: Watch anxiety, possessive friendships, and end-of-day unravelling.
✅ Special Interests: Share her passion to build calm and confidence.

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✅ Behavior: Reflects unmet needs, not choice.
✅ Mistakes: Fear of errors triggers refusals, meltdowns.
✅ Support: Change structure, not the child.
✅ Being First: Often signals safety, not defiance.
✅ Rewards: Praise completion, not finishing first.
✅ Peer Play: Neurotypical kids can include neurodivergent peers.
✅ Reframe: Ask what support is missing.

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✅ Individual Needs: Every child needs different calming tools.
✅ Teach Usage: Model and practice breaks when calm.
✅ Energy Breaks: Some kids need high-energy activities instead.
✅ Sensory Tools: Weighted blankets, fidgets, and body socks help.
✅ Space Setup: Avoid overload; keep areas simple, tailored.
✅ Non-Verbal Requests: Use tokens or cards to avoid talking.
✅ Returning Routine: Teach timed check-ins to exit calmly.

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