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Hi, I am a newbie here. Have a ASD daughter disgnose when she is 4.5yrs. Can anybody recommend a good psychologists to do IQ, Austism and advise on school placement? :thankyou:

[Niu2009]

[quote=\"Blokus\"]Niu2009


I reckon the question is directed at me?

My son is turning 6 this year. I notice with each passing of his birthday he will 'wake up' and do things he didn't do before. For instance, last year he didn't share much with us his play. But after he turned 5, he suddenly started sharing with us what he built with his lego, what he drew, what he's pretending, shares & points to us that interest him etc. so last year during the review, I was quite concern and convinced he is on the spectrum but year later he can do it. Without much therapy. So I guess he's a late, very late bloomer?[/quote
Hi Blokus,
That's great. Actually a lot of friends told me about the late bloomer. I do believer your son will be one of them. For myself, my nephew is like your son, when he is 3 or 4 years old, he not much interact with his peers. But when he is 5, start to make friends. Now he is 7, like to play with his friends instead of us.
At first, I am not worry a lot, because my son show no signs of ASD or AS from his birth. But three weeks ago, we went for PTM and his teahcers let us bring him to do some assessment as he not talking to his peers. I start to concern about him. We went to see a private psycholosits, she also said she don't think he is AS, but better arrange a school visit to see how he is in the CC. We are waitting for the outcome of the visit. Anyway, thanks a lot!

[Niu2009]

Btw, did you still send him for social class or other program? Do you think it is hepful?

[Blokus]

Niu2009:

Btw, did you still send him for social class or other program? Do you think it is hepful?

Yes I did. I don't think it helped much. Most, if not all, of the things done he can do & understand. In fact, I think the class was too slow for him, he didn't like it. I sent him to wee care if you want to know.

Does your son sit still & pays attention in class? Is he wandering around at inappropriate times or is not aware what is going on around in class? My son could do everything but won't communicate to friends. Your son's teacher is concern purely because he isnt talking or is there other concerns? If not, I wouldn't be too worried. Sorry, I may have missed out, how old is your kid?

[Niu2009]

Blokus:

Niu2009:

Btw, did you still send him for social class or other program? Do you think it is hepful?

Yes I did. I don't think it helped much. Most, if not all, of the things done he can do & understand. In fact, I think the class was too slow for him, he didn't like it. I sent him to wee care if you want to know.

Does your son sit still & pays attention in class? Is he wandering around at inappropriate times or is not aware what is going on around in class? My son could do everything but won't communicate to friends. Your son's teacher is concern purely because he isnt talking or is there other concerns? If not, I wouldn't be too worried. Sorry, I may have missed out, how old is your kid?

My son is 3 years 7 month. His teacher said when I just send him in he not sit still， after two months, he can concentrate in class and answer teacher's question. Teacher said he progressed well in other areas, now he was quite familar with the daily routine except he doesn't like dancing during the circle time. Based on what she told me, social is the only concern.

[Blokus]

I think it’s quite normal that initial part the child does not sit still. They are probably still adjusting & learning. More importantly is he figured out what is socially accepting in class.


Yep, your son sounds very Smillar to mine. He also didn’t like to sing & do the actions during circle time at 3 yo. But after I changed his School and when he turned about 4, he starter to join in only because of peer pressure. But eventually he enjoys it. It took him some time to take a liking to things that typical kids would like. He also Can answer questions when asked but doesn’t talk to peers. Let me guess, your son is academically more advance than his peers?

[Niu2009]

Blokus:

I think it's quite normal that initial part the child does not sit still. They are probably still adjusting & learning. More importantly is he figured out what is socially accepting in class.


Yep, your son sounds very Smillar to mine. He also didn't like to sing & do the actions during circle time at 3 yo. But after I changed his School and when he turned about 4, he starter to join in only because of peer pressure. But eventually he enjoys it. It took him some time to take a liking to things that typical kids would like. He also Can answer questions when asked but doesn't talk to peers. Let me guess, your son is academically more advance than his peers?

Yes, he is much advance. He can do addition and subtraction, spelling. He love to learn and is a faster-leaner. He is more interested in educaional toys instead of normal toys. Sometimes he can read the activity book and do the questions himself. This is the reason why the teacher concern AS.

[belachanbabe]

Hi Blokus


Thanks for sharing your story of your son, it is quite similar to my twins' situation.

With early EIPIC intervention and Kumon classes, I noticed that their concentration and the ability to sit still has drastically improved. Kumon especially because there is a homework requirement and they are forced to sit down and do their work for at least 10mins daily.

Most kids w ASD are pretty good at maths, they seem to be able to just glance at the question and answer instantly, I need more time to check their work. My older boy takes immense pleasure in correcting me!

As parents, we have also come to a stage where we let them do what they excel in. That's why now we don't force them into situation to play with others or take them out of their routine. Guess in a way, they still have each other if all else fails. Until today, I still bear the deep scratch scars on my arms when they used to have violent tantrums. But happy to report that these episodes rarely appear now.

There is this HBO movie on the autobiography of Temple Grandin, to all the mums and dads here, go watch if you haven't yet. Very inspiring! She is an autistic but foremost a top professor of animal husbandry and inventor of the 'hug' machine. Saw this again on Wed when my boy was at pathlight getting assessed and was reminded never to underestimate their natural high IQ and learning ability. :boogie:

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Thanks a lot nugget for the advice .i will check it out

nugget:

af7680:

Dear mummies

do you know any baker contact who can bake gluten free dairy free egg free birthday cake for my son?

my son is going to be 3 yr old soon and as he is attending cc in the morning, i would like to prepare a cake which he actually can eat with the rest of classmates for his birthday party.
he is allergic to many foods - wheat, dairy, egg, banana, etc...
last year we celebrated his 2 yr bd at CC with normal BD cake which he cant eat. so he just blew a candle ,sat and watching other kids eating it.
now he is more aware and he likes to eat things that other people eat, i would like to try to find a cake that he also can eat...

thank you.

Why not order a agar agar cake for him instead?
I assume gluten free cakes are very expensive and not so nice to eat.

I have ordered from there before:
http://www.cakestory.com.sg/products-page/agar-agar-cake/

Their agar agar cake are very nice.. Got many cartoons characters too.

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Niu2009:

Blokus:

I think it's quite normal that initial part the child does not sit still. They are probably still adjusting & learning. More importantly is he figured out what is socially accepting in class.


Yep, your son sounds very Smillar to mine. He also didn't like to sing & do the actions during circle time at 3 yo. But after I changed his School and when he turned about 4, he starter to join in only because of peer pressure. But eventually he enjoys it. It took him some time to take a liking to things that typical kids would like. He also Can answer questions when asked but doesn't talk to peers. Let me guess, your son is academically more advance than his peers?

Yes, he is much advance. He can do addition and subtraction, spelling. He love to learn and is a faster-leaner. He is more interested in educaional toys instead of normal toys. Sometimes he can read the activity book and do the questions himself. This is the reason why the teacher concern AS.

Your son is very advanced. Actually, when my son could read at around 2plus, the psychologist also pointed out that this is a symptom because to her, if he had no speech, he shouldn't be knowing how to read first. Well, the diagnosis came true for my son and he is confirmed to be in the spectrum. But for you, other than his ability to do well in academics but there's no other symptoms, then maybe he is not.

And agree that ASD kids are good with numbers, my son can do simple addition too, not subtraction yet. But he simply love numbers and letters. If he sees a picture, the first thing he zooms in are the numbers or letters if the picture has any of these. But that is also an area of concern because he failed to look at the picture in totally, only the details. We are now training him to do that by asking him to talk and describe a picture story. Is tough to teach that.