All About Autism

[sharonkhoo]

tyeogh:

I can identify with it. My No.1 is upset with missing out on top 3 in her class this year. Gripes non stop about making careless mistakes in her exams. So I tell her to cool it. Education is not everything.


No.2 can't be bothered with studies. Did 97.5 for P3 maths because she likes it and 61 for science bec she hates it. Had to tell her education is everything. Please put in effort.

No.3 scored 100 for P1 SA1 and SA2 Maths without studying. Has no friends. I suspect he has traces of ASD. Had to tell his form teacher not to concentrate on education. Just get him friends.

No.4 is the ASD one. I am just happy a mainstream kindy gave him some form of education.

So yea, I am in 4 different places for one topic called Education. You don't want to know how different the other aspects are. I think this is what they call Parenthood. Blah....But you are in the right forum to gripe because I feel you sista :grphug:

4 different ones! I only have 2 and I am already feeling dizzy - rather like the 'changing faces' shows in China! To one child - \"use your time to expand your horizons, do CCA, exam results are not everything...\"; to the other one - \"please focus on what the examiners are looking for, study harder, limit the time you spend on your interests, you need to get decent exam results if you want to go further in your education...\"

[ImMeeMee]

thanks mummies and daddy.


Actually am quite used to my kids having different abilities. Just that when I heard parents discuss about vastly different concerns, that feeling of irony kicked in and couldnt help thinking about being caught up with the top-top vs children out there struggling at the base. Of course, different parents are at different stage and not faulting them.

tyeogh, you sure have an interesting brood. That's what makes parenthood interesting and challenging. No two are are the same ... I have 3 and already up to my neck, faintz if there are more ... :yikes:

[ImMeeMee]

Gifts from Heaven:

Agree with slmkhoo. The feeling will always b there, albeit somewhat more subdued over the years, as long as u hv more than 1 kid. Whether they r SN or NT, as a mum, u wld b vexing over how u can develop each one to their fullest.


just some updates since school is going to close for the year. Rem last year, I was feeling apprehensive whether my aspie boy wld b able to cope w the mainstream school he would be going, and he was still fighting with his kindy teachers about putting on his costume by himself for the year end graduation concert. We were scrambling all over trying to preparing him for mainstream P1 and had to pay for some expensive classes hoping that they will help him with the transition n cope better. Fast forward one year later, he has proven that he could raise up to the challenge and do well. Come this Friday, my aspie boy will be one of the award winners to go on stage to receive his prize for being 2nd in class, 5th in his cohort! I would never have thought he would be doing this one year ago.
Well done my son, Mama is really proud of you!

Gifts from Heaven

Congrats! Your child has certain gifts, take heart. :rahrah:

[Appleworm]

Anyone good childcare to recommend for 3 year old kid who is suspected of autism? My child has been asked to withdraw frm school

He is neither hyper nor violent yet was asked to leave...
Any suggestions for school is north will really be appreciated

[Couragemom]

Hi Appleworm,


Hmm… Did the cc principal tell you exactly the reason why she ask you to withdraw your son? If not, perhaps you want to set up a meeting with her to understand more since you said your son is neither hyper nor violent. Is your son undergoing any therapy session or attending eipic? Sometimes the school will give more concession to the special needs child if they know he/she is undergoing treatment but needs time to improve.

Like for my son’s current pre-school, the Principal wants to know what therapies my son are doing and she said that these sessions must continue after he starts school, cannot let go like that.

[Couragemom]

Hi Appleworm,


Which part of North are you at? Can you be more specific or else abit hard to help you leh. Anyway you can visit this website - http://www.pcs.org.sg

[Appleworm]

he is already on OT now but I feel that the teachers are not patient enough on him… sigh… I am looking for schools in Yishun, sembawang, yck, admiralty…

any good schools who may support them?
I call Presbyterian, car corner who supports ICCP but they are all full…
he is basically not really listening to instructions when given, he will wander off in classroom to find things that interest him.
pull the toys on the floor and cheekily smile at the teacher when he does that (I take it as mischievous)
what do you also do when your kids gets over-obsessed with looking at fans /moving lights? I am trying to find one that is fully conditioned so that he doesn’t gets distracted by the fans…

[Snow24]

Hi


Anyone send their high functioning autistic child to eipic centre ? Can you share if the Eipic centre did help your child to improve .thank you

[ImMeeMee]

Appleworm:

he is already on OT now but I feel that the teachers are not patient enough on him.. sigh.. I am looking for schools in Yishun, sembawang, yck, admiralty..

any good schools who may support them?
I call Presbyterian, car corner who supports ICCP but they are all full...
he is basically not really listening to instructions when given, he will wander off in classroom to find things that interest him.
pull the toys on the floor and cheekily smile at the teacher when he does that (I take it as mischievous)
what do you also do when your kids gets over-obsessed with looking at fans /moving lights? I am trying to find one that is fully conditioned so that he doesn't gets distracted by the fans...

Appleworm, you have PM.

As for spinning lights and fans, my doter was obsessed with these things were she was young. I think it may not be viable to avoid them altogether since they are everywhere.

They are into spinning objects and light as these provide some form of sensory inputs and some children may find comfort in these things. Professionals coach that the way to 'wean' them off is to engage them, pull them out of their own world and into an interactive world with us. That is where all the therapy will come into place. At least, that was what I was taught.

Now my doter still looks at blinking lights. But over the years, she has been taught and accepts that she cannot look at them all the time. Sometimes when we pass by shops with blinking lights, she will pause to look at them. I will then tell her that we will look at them for a short while and then we have to move on. She accepts this and after my prompt a while later, she will move off with us. At times I also accept that this is her, and she needs her 'time-out' to look at blinking lights. So I do let her look at them within acceptable limits.

[Couragemom]

Hi Appleworm,


The obsession with moving fans is just part of their condition. With consistent OT to improve their sensory regulation, it will get better or your child will redirect his repetitive behavior to something more socially acceptable.