Could my son have done this all on his own? Mmmmm, if it were to be done correctly...no. But the same is true for my oldest. This is the first in a series of science projects that will no doubt be coming our way in the years ahead. Now my son has seen first hand what goes into a science project, he has some visual idea of the work involved. Hopefully, as parents, we will be able to step back more and more from school projects. Hopefully, along with his teachers, we will have given him enough support to be able to succeed on his own as he grows older.
But still the question lingers in my mind - for a higher functioning child on the spectrum...how much help is too much? Where and when do you start drawing that line between parental involvement and stepping back in regards to school projects? Will we be able to step back from helping as he grows older? You learn from failure...but you don't learn from confusion. As a parent, it is hard to not reach out that hand to your child.
