All About Autism

[Maple leaf]

ImMeeMee:

Perhaps another way of looking at things other than the official diagnosis or 'label' is to deal with the issue that the child has - where the child has speech delay, go for speech intervention; where the child has sensory issues, go for occupational therapy or other appropriate intervention.


I find that this may be a helpful way since nowadays there seem to be a lot of 'borderline' cases, and the diagnostic criteria seem to be changing too now with the new edition of DSM.

JMHO

:goodpost: I totally agree. I do not know my kid is borderline case or not. I think what he need is to go through speech therapy since he excels in non verbal tasks I did not send him to the therapist. Moreover, he is often uncooperative; we find it stressful to even try it.

Now that he did badly for all his orals. speech therapy is essential after all.

[Summer tan]

Nebbermind:

Summer tan:

Thank you so much. Do u mind share the contact with me? My child not diagnosed for adhd ( i mean he is asd but we didnt send him for adhd) but he's always full of energy. Endless I would say. Thanks ya.

I found this info

[quote]My son sees Dr Loo at 1 Coleman, #B1-25 The Adelphi, Singapore 179803. Tel 63367110

After 3 sessions, he has improved eye contact and been talking more.

She works on Mon, Wed and Fri only

http://singaporemotherhood.com/forumboard/messages/5/2458801.html[/quote]
Thank u for the help. :))
May I know if u give any special diet to
Ur kid? I switched from cow's milk to soy milk but not significant difference.

[Nebbermind]

I remember adding lecithin in the food and probably to avoid soy product.

Sugar and chocolate are energy booster so try to control if kid is fond of them.

Also, plenty of fish oil…efalac.

[Summer tan]

Thanks Nebermind for the contact. One of the parents gave me this too but my hb is hesitant. Thought they said soy milk better than cows milk for active kids? My boy is taking nordic natural fish oil but I don’t see much changes leh…


Btw we happened to meet this retired doc and what he said really strikes us. That is, active kids will eventually grow out of it n settle down if not now then later. Hmm food for thoughts.

[Double E]

Mummies

Just sharing this for your consideration. Not sure if you all remembered if I also send my son for weekly neuro-feedback. I have to say that it has helped my son to stay more focus and absorb better.

I concluded this because during the two weeks which he missed his neurofeedback sessions, he was less focused and daydreaming more when he had his sessions. At first, we couldn’t conclude why the behaviour change. But then, when he resumed his neuro sessions, his ability to focus came back. So we thought it must be the neurofeedback sessions.

If you have concerns about your kids not focusing, you may want to give neurofeedback a try. Once a week, per session is abt 40mins for $60.

[Nebbermind]

Summer tan:

Thanks Nebermind for the contact. One of the parents gave me this too but my hb is hesitant. Thought they said soy milk better than cows milk for active kids? My boy is taking nordic natural fish oil but I don't see much changes leh..


Btw we happened to meet this retired doc and what he said really strikes us. That is, active kids will eventually grow out of it n settle down if not now then later. Hmm food for thoughts.

I've no doubt about them growing out of it...just that the odd behaviour would be detrimental to their learning and association with peers and may end up being ostracise by teachers and schoolmates, which may lead to other behavioural issues. therefore intervention is needed so that he will not be a liability to the society.

[Double E]

Agree, and sometimes the energy is due to them not knowing where to channel it. That’s when intervention will come into place and we can learn from the experts how to manage their energy.


One way I learn is, before he is asked to do a task, his OT will get him to work out such as jumping, climbing etc to let him channel out his energy before getting him to sit at the table to complete a task.

[sharonkhoo]

Nebbermind:

Summer tan:

Thanks Nebermind for the contact. One of the parents gave me this too but my hb is hesitant. Thought they said soy milk better than cows milk for active kids? My boy is taking nordic natural fish oil but I don't see much changes leh..


Btw we happened to meet this retired doc and what he said really strikes us. That is, active kids will eventually grow out of it n settle down if not now then later. Hmm food for thoughts.

I've no doubt about them growing out of it...just that the odd behaviour would be detrimental to their learning and association with peers and may end up being ostracise by teachers and schoolmates, which may lead to other behavioural issues. therefore intervention is needed so that he will not be a liability to the society.

They don't actually 'grow out' of it. It may seem like they do, but often they have learned along the way, just without specific intervention. The more able ones will learn through teasing, being bullied, being scolded etc. However, the less able ones may withdraw more and more and become even less able in the end. The underlying traits are inborn.

[Nebbermind]

slmkhoo:

Nebbermind:

[quote=\"Summer tan\"]Thanks Nebermind for the contact. One of the parents gave me this too but my hb is hesitant. Thought they said soy milk better than cows milk for active kids? My boy is taking nordic natural fish oil but I don't see much changes leh..


Btw we happened to meet this retired doc and what he said really strikes us. That is, active kids will eventually grow out of it n settle down if not now then later. Hmm food for thoughts.

I've no doubt about them growing out of it...just that the odd behaviour would be detrimental to their learning and association with peers and may end up being ostracise by teachers and schoolmates, which may lead to other behavioural issues. therefore intervention is needed so that he will not be a liability to the society.

They don't actually 'grow out' of it. It may seem like they do, but often they have learned along the way, just without specific intervention. The more able ones will learn through teasing, being bullied, being scolded etc. However, the less able ones may withdraw more and more and become even less able in the end. The underlying traits are inborn.[/quote]sorry...was referring to ADHD which somehow got caught inside this discussion.

[yogybear2k]

Hi,

Would like to hear some feedback whether it is better to try for mainstream school vs pathlight for a child with mild ASD ? Thank you.