All About Autism
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Desert wind
Mine hates colouring too! Cannot draw for nuts. Till now still drawing stickmen with no features. Whenever the teacher tells him to colour, he will drag and drag. He's only keen on drawing planets, human body organs and machinery.
Helplessmum
Actually some non autistic kids line things up and spin stuff too. But they stopped after a short while. No obsession with it I guess. If all who spin and line things up are autistic, then many boys are. Lol.
Why did u decide to send him for assessment? Surely there's something bothering you. If it didn't bother u a bit or makes you suspect somethg, you wouldn't have. Since my kid was 8-9 mths, I already thought something was going on. He lined things up everywhere and spins toys all the time. He wasn't interested in playing toys as he was spinning container covers, trays and plates. Everyone told me he is fine. I am the one who felt something wasn't right. Hehe. But now I think he's progressing well and starting to feel almost like a normal kid already. Kind of funny that I got the assessment only after he had gotten rid of most of the autistic habits.
As for th 'experts', I've been pretty lucky. Guess also due to the late assessment. No OT or ST said anything other than focusing on improving his weaknesses, be it fine more skills, stuttering or articulation. No one sugg he goes to special needs school. Maybe that is the good thing about being in the rehab section rather than child dev. Rehab just wants to improve skills and help them get better.
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helplessmum3:
Perhaps I am an ostrich but I do not want to watch templegrandin because I think I will be super-stressed by her excellent mother. My hubby has been pushing me to watch but i told him please spare me for the time-being. :sick:read more on this.. never give up!
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Desert wind
Same! My boy also has the same sweet temper as yours. -
Helplessmum
No, leapfrog DVD is just DVD. Their reading materials are Tag readers etc. I didn’t get any of those. U can just buy other simple story books to start off. -
Right now I need to learn how to deal with mainstream teachers who freaked out when the \"label\" is told. Almost overnight, turn helpless and clueless dunnoo how to deal with my boy anymore. Like my boy suddenly became an \"alien\". Brought therapist to meet teacher and terminology used like \"my mainstream kids\" and \"your SP kids\" :gloomy: .
Coincidentally, I am now reading this book about \"Inclusive Programme in elementary school for ASD kids\". An award winning book by an overseas writer. In the first couple of chapters introduction, author actually underlined her point that mainstream teachers must take ownership of the special kids in her class and must also include their headcount in the class numbers! So it is not so uncommon the problems I am encountering now after all. I need to face all these right now in kindy so that I can be prepared for P1.
So when the P asked that perhaps this kindy may not be the right place for my boy given the \"label\" diagnosis? I felt so upset for 2 days and after that dug my heels in and said \"NO WAY\". My boy is staying put since he has already settled in and his routine is like clockwork now. Most importantly, he LOVES going to this kindy and the last thing I want to do is to upset him. Very tough, this one, to try to protect my boy from the prejudice. True, circle times he does not join in since he cannot talk. Sometimes self-echolalic. But does it warrant him being kicked out of mainstream? -
Desertwind
May not be that bad in pri sch. I find so far my boy’s pri sch experience has been pretty ok. Kindy teachers aren’t as trained and they don’t have the support. -
mashy:
Thanks, am encouraged by the sharing here and in the other thread about the P1 structured environment. At this point in time I have no intention of sending my boy for IQ test, test for P1 readiness, deferment etc (all these special needs talk). As far as my plan goes, my boy is going through kindy, then to mainstream P1. Try first. If cannot then talk later. But cannot give up at this stage.Desertwind
May not be that bad in pri sch. I find so far my boy's pri sch experience has been pretty ok. Kindy teachers aren't as trained and they don't have the support. -
Hi Desertwind,
I 2nd what mashy says too.
my daughter wasn't too happy during her kindy years too, wil whine and cry on the way to school. the happy times in kindy years i think was when she was queing up to go home. :stupid:
but she is completely different in primary school. always asking when can she see her friends again, keep smiling and laughing on the way to school.
she even wants to sleep earlier at night so that she can wake up earlier to go school
as long as the primary school form teacher is supportive and with the help of a supportive allied educator, it will be a smooth transition.
i suspect too that as primary school is very structured, and ASD kids will strive in structured environment, maybe this is one of the reason why they seem to be better in primary school from my own opinion. -
Desertwind
At the end of the year, kkh rehab does a sch readiness prog. U can check it out. Maybe leave your name or something to show your interest. It’s to teach the kids what to expect in pri sch and the therapists will try out strategies to see what works for your kid in a sch setting. Like getting them to concentrate on their task, do show and tell, taking turns, handling money etc. I think it’s pretty beneficial. This is classroom like group session with activities. After each session, The therapist will tell u the feedback and what skill they were teaching that day. The therapists at rehab side are rather nice. I have gone thru a few already and none has said anything mean. At the end of the sessions, they will write a report which u can give to the teacher or bring up certain parts on how to help your child in sch. -
Hi ladies,
Anyone know where I can get the temple grandin DVD? I search high and low in different video shops down town but can’t find it
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