Do you feel like you don’t support them enough? 

The purpose of supporting or prompting your child, or ‘scaffolding’ as we call it in RDI is to give the child the optimal amount of support they need so that in the future, they can become confident, competent, and successful. 

I’ve been working with and observing children with different learning styles and needs in classroom settings for many years, yet I still often see one-to-one support staff helping the child too much in set tasks.

This can make the child lose sense of their own agency.  You need to pull prompts back. Always ask yourself ‘What is the best amount of support I need to provide for this child for them to become successful?’

Scaffolding or prompting is one of the biggest and hardest topics to learn about, but a crucial skill that parents or educators of neurodivergent children must learn to utilise daily to help the child reach their full potential.

The RDI educational programme can equip you with the best tools for scaffolding.