If a child has a presenting need

If you have noticed a child or young person has one, or some of the above presenting needs, they may have difficulties with some of the following:

• Have difficulty making and keeping friends
• Rely on routine and find change difficult
• Have favourite topics of conversation
• Introduce unrelated topics of conversation into discussions or lessons
• Find it difficult to make inferences, predict or reason.
• Have difficulty using context to support their understanding.
• Have difficulty using and understanding facial expressions and non-verbal messages, including facial expressions.
• They may lack imaginative play.
• Have difficulty participating in conversations. They may find it difficult to start, finish and maintain them.
• Use an inappropriate style of talking. For example, talking to a teacher like a peer rather than using a more formal style.
• Find it difficult to understand humour, sarcasm and idioms as they understand language literally.
• Read fluently but not understand what has been read.