August22\" post_id=\"1987937\" time=\"1595837052\" user_id=\"178887:

Gifted Lab is operated by both husband and wife team. Husband was the psychologist, who was very impatience....result inaccurate too.
My friend went there.
Don’t waste your money.

patpatrol\" post_id=\"1965933\" time=\"1583417621\" user_id=\"184545:

Hi,

Has anyone engaged child psychologist Dr Wilson Chan or used the Gifted Lab @ Balmoral Plaza for ADHD assessment or full cognitive test? Charges sound more reasonable than others but not sure the level of accuracy.

Does anyone have a child with ADD( day-dreamer type)? Would you be able to share your experience or get in touch with me? I think my DD is in this category and have been reading a lot on this and am very confused at the moment. Many of the posts here shared experiences with ADHD( with hyperactivity).

Appreciate your valuable input on the above. Thanks!

My friend went there.

Don’t waste your money.

patpatrol\" post_id=\"1965933\" time=\"1583417621\" user_id=\"184545:

Hi,

Has anyone engaged child psychologist Dr Wilson Chan or used the Gifted Lab @ Balmoral Plaza for ADHD assessment or full cognitive test? Charges sound more reasonable than others but not sure the level of accuracy.

Does anyone have a child with ADD( day-dreamer type)? Would you be able to share your experience or get in touch with me? I think my DD is in this category and have been reading a lot on this and am very confused at the moment. Many of the posts here shared experiences with ADHD( with hyperactivity).

Appreciate your valuable input on the above. Thanks!

How old is your boy?

Anny-Walker\" post_id=\"1917336\" time=\"1562166794\" user_id=\"178996:

Few days ago he can count from 1 to 10. He can also sing ABC song and even recognise and say out A B C and O letter. But he still cant call us papa mama despite teaching him everyday, I couldn't understand why is it so. Is it because he is not interested in people? Is there any way I can do to help him to talk?

AnnPhan, I live in Seng Kang too.

My boy is born same month as yours too.

It seems like ur boy is ok now, he can communicate , play with friends.... etc ..how come still need to go Matta?

Which kindergarten did u put him?
Did u put him to inclusive school?
Or a normal school?


I’m new to kiasu parent, dunno how to PM... if u dun mind , can PM me ur contact?

Annphan\" post_id=\"1917066\" time=\"1562121852\" user_id=\"176466:

August22\" post_id=\"1916689\" time=\"1561957568\" user_id=\"178887:[quote=August22 post_id=1916689 time=1561957568 user_id=178887]:rahrah: Hi Annphan


Thanks for sharing.

Guess our boys are the same age?
Mine 2014, April.

How is ur Son expressive speech and communication?
Does he has echolalia or scripting?
Does he goes to speech therapy?
Where did he learn Swimming?


From AnnPhan
Hi August22,

Yes, my boy is 2014 Apr of birth.

How is ur Son expressive speech and communication?

On my observation, he is able to answer our/teacher's question as a normal speech with the full sentence, but sometime it depends on his mood, we need to encourage him, talk nicely to him...
He also has a lot of friend at school and playground now and they play very happily together.
Comparing to his 3-4yrs old age, teacher said he did not want to play with any kid and prefer to play alone at the playground and did not border any one.
From my opinion, our kids do not want to play with others as he feels others are strange & not like him, or he feels unconfident... so first I play with him and treat him as a friend to build his confident & happiness when playing in group, second, I make friend to his classmates to join together with me and my son on the school trip, playing time, then, at the playground, I try to connect him with new friend...

Does he has echolalia or scripting?
My son likes to watch abc song, number song on youtube, so I decide to watch together with him and teach him through the song.
Honestly, I think its our fault that we let him watch youtube too much once he 2-3yrs old.
So now we control the timing about 1-2hrs/day and learning together. I feel he more interested once I watch and sing a song together. From there, I will teach the basic manners, ask and answer in full sentences, we learn English grammar, phonics, hanyipinying, he also like to learn abc, number In different languages, such as French, German, Japanese, Arabic... so we learn together and have fun...

Does he goes to speech therapy?
We did not go for speech therapy, we learn through youtube and video, I bought a lot of flashcard and learn with him and home.
At Shichida class, he can answer about 80% teacher's questions, sometime is faster then his classmate and he has good memories I think.
But please do not force our dear son to study too much, I think its better with step by step, one subject by one subject, take it slowly with a lot of encouragements, once we build his interested, he will catch up very fast, sometime I cant believe he can do it...there is a lot fun and happiness along the journey if we take it easy.
There is the lesson I got once I forced him to learn Piano, at the first day, the Teacher said he is amazing and has talent in Piano, then we signed for the 3 months course and forced him to go, 2nd lesson is ok, 3rd lesson so so, then start from the 4th lesson, he tried to except and did not want to cooperate anymore.
So we stop now but still let him listen to some piano songs and I want to try again by next yr.
We love all everything of him so we will not feel stressful any more. We event loves his autism actions like jumping/or clap his hand when happy, shake the head when he learn some new things, we join him and copy his actions, its amazing, he laughed a lot when saw we do so, we really enjoy the time, since then he reduces most of his autism actions...I think he feel they are funny...

Where did he learn Swimming?
He learns swimming at Sengkang pool. Now swim like a little dog... we just try for fun and let him enjoy water more.

Hope its useful to you We try hard ya...

:rahrah: Hi Annphan



Thanks for sharing.

Guess our boys are the same age?
Mine 2014, April.

How is ur Son expressive speech and communication?
Does he has echolalia or scripting?
Does he goes to speech therapy?
Where did he learn Swimming?

Annphan\" post_id=\"1916227\" time=\"1561693849\" user_id=\"176466:

Dear Parents, My son was suspected autism when he was 3.5yrs. We brought him to KK. The doctor said \" your son is confirmed Autism & have to study at the special school\".
However, we do our way. Currently at K1 full day childcare + Meta school twice/week for 4 hrs, he also attends some enrichment class for Chinese, Shichida, swimming and catch up quite well. He can read English books, good phonics, correct pronunciation even better than me. Now we look forward to register him to P1 normal school next yr.
Just would like to share our experience, same as all other parents have a special little one, we had a hard time, childcare teacher always call and complain, even the parents of my son's classmates requested Teacher to stop my son go to school, his classmates did laugh at him & said he is sick …. we did cry and worry very much about our dear son's future...
But please do not give up, we believe our son is normal & smart, just he is in a different way and need the guide to come back to normal life.
We searched all the methods on internet, bought several books and tried all...
We talk to him more, play together with him whatever he interested in, sing a song together and made him laugh, spend time to him more, bring him go to playground until 9pm on weekend...
One of the good book we read is the Son, Rise by Barry Neil Kaufman & Autism Breakthrough by Raun K Kaufman.
You can buy online.
As we are the parent, we are the most people in the world understand our little one and know what they need...
Give more love & respect to our little, one day we will see the sunrise.

Hi

Just to share my story, I hope it can give some parent some lights and hopes…

My boy is 5 years and 3months old now.

He started to talk at 3 , from age 3 he has echolalia and script the stories from iPad and tv ,follow the exact intonation and speech.
Unable to communicate, express himself…etc.
But he can recognised all colors, shapes ,country names, astrology…etc
He has most sign of autism.

He was rejected by few school …
I have tried few private early intervention center ( from 3 days to 2 months) and therapy since he was 3 but… were too disappointed.
I feel they were too commercialist.

I decided to help him myself.
By putting myself in his shoe, try few methods to suit his him.

I feel is my responsibility to teach and help him first (is fair for him too) before put him to any diagnose.


Each time I teach him he improved so I believe he is normal.
Even if he was under the spectrum ,I believed he can outgrow it with effort and prayer.

Journey was tough and sometime I have break down too.
Every single things , behaviours and words I have to teach.

I managed to help him correct/ stop all the autism symptom he had.
His Math and English,
should be same or above his K1 peers.
He can read, spell and write well now.
He can do addition and subtraction.
(I check other school K1 only start end of this year)
He love to learn new things and is learning HanyuPingYing now.

I can say he is 90% normal now except for
some issue in expressive language , immediate echolalia and social skill.


I would appreciate if someone can recommend me a senior good speech therapist ( I have tried 3 but …) from your own experience.
Or Parent would share thy success story if thy child was similar as my boy.
Or parent who has send the boy to Malaysia or overseas International school to study Primary?