All About Autism
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mashy:
There is a forum end of may and one end June by moe and kkh for those children going p1 next year. Hv u received the letter? Maybe u can attend to see.
Mashy,
ImMeeMee and my kid are born in 2007, our enrollment is only next year. But we KS lar. Already start seeing now. But the schools near me all are quite lousy in terms of supporting special needs kids. I visited the school, asked how they support ASD kids and if they have ASD kids in their school. The P and VP like dunno like that and give very vague answers :shock:
I really worry my kid will be left all alone if I enroll him/her. And my friend who is a teacher told me some schools their Allied Educators will not help but just route these kids to Pathlight without helping them at all. Makes me even more worry.
Therefore I am already starting to look around schools in my area. THere is one school which support ASD children but unfortunately it is a quite popular school as well. Hence that's why I need to do PV in order to get my son into phase 2B. Else there is no chance for him to enter as I live >1km away.
Anyway I feel my son has the potential to enroll into P1. I still have 1.5 years to prep him... -
ImMeeMee:
Yup I am as unsure as you. :hugs: But I decided to take the plunge and give him a push as we have seen improvement in him. The most if he really cannot cope, then enroll him into pathlight again.
each ASD child is different with different potential, and there are different perspectives to take in this matter. Actually i also can understand what you mean by giving your child a chance to try mainstream first. you know, even with my plan to defer, i do sometimes wonder whether i am going in the right direction and whether i am taking away the chances that dd3 deserves.
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I dunno how much I can trust the psychological assessment. Sometimes it also depends on the mood on my son. Certain things I know he can do. but if he is uncooperative, he might just \"Switch off\" during the assessment and I would feel so unjust to just mark off my kid like that.
Anyway, I just let him try mainstream first. Hopefully the teachers there will be kind enough to help him *cross fingers* :xedfingers: :xedfingers: :xedfingers: -
Nugget
Oic. I super ks. Lol. My son had a choice to enrol this yr or next yr p1. But we opted earlier. We started his kindy earlier by a yr already so if I decided to enrol in the next yr, he will hv to repeat k2. He seems to be coping well despite the earlier enrolment. Not the best in class but also not the worst. Maybe if I delayed, he might top the class but I find this is not challenging his mind. It’s tougher now since he is youngest in class, HFA and need to constantly push him. To me, I just take the plunge and deal with the issues one at a time. I feel a kid’s potential is as much as we allow them to grow. If we keep them in a shell, he will just grow within the shell. If u put him in a bigger tank, they will grow bigger. Hard for us, but better for them in the future. -
nugget:
Totally agree with you, nugget and ImMeeMee!
Yup I am as unsure as you. :hugs: But I decided to take the plunge and give him a push as we have seen improvement in him. The most if he really cannot cope, then enroll him into pathlight again.ImMeeMee:
each ASD child is different with different potential, and there are different perspectives to take in this matter. Actually i also can understand what you mean by giving your child a chance to try mainstream first. you know, even with my plan to defer, i do sometimes wonder whether i am going in the right direction and whether i am taking away the chances that dd3 deserves.
:sad:
I dunno how much I can trust the psychological assessment. Sometimes it also depends on the mood on my son. Certain things I know he can do. but if he is uncooperative, he might just \"Switch off\" during the assessment and I would feel so unjust to just mark off my kid like that.
Anyway, I just let him try mainstream first. Hopefully the teachers there will be kind enough to help him *cross fingers* :xedfingers: :xedfingers: :xedfingers:
My boy 2007 too and that is also my game plan. Go into mainstream P1, no deferment,
hope that by then he would have improved and developed enough be ready for P1. Meanwhile now, he goes mainstream kindy, has individual tuition once a week, does homework at home and his mummy trying her best to teach him something so his learning does not get left behind.....
All the best to us, jia you! -
Mashy,
I feel exactly how you felt. Plus my son already hates his mainstream CC. If I repeat him for K2 again, I think its bad for his well being and feeling of self worth.
Yes, my son also needs a lot of pushing, coaching and attention from us. But so far we felt he can do his work and hence decided to let him go mainstream and we are braving ourselves for all the negative comments from KKH, EIPIC and Therapist.
Seriously I rather he repeat Primary 1 than to stay in K2 for another year (this is the extend of how he dislike his CC). Its not an easy journey and I hope I have no regrets. Stress hor.. Sigh sigh.
And I am delivering soon!! positive thought!! cannot affect my no 3 -
Just now brought my kids out for breakfast and for no reason, my ds sat on the floor and refuse to go. Aiyo damn stress. And this mother was pointing to him and telling her dd something about my son, I guess she is saying cannot behave like my boy or what.
Makes me boil man. Feel like going over to her and tell her off!! Sigh. -
Yes, it’s easier to downgrade but not easy to upgrade. If u are in mainstream, u can go to pathlight or other schs later. But once in pathlight and special schs, it’s difficult to go back mainstream.
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Re meals outside
My son like no back bone. When we go out to eat, he is like a worm. He will slide down from the chair to the floor, lie down on benches. Simply cannot sit. Then he uses his fingers to eat instead of utensils. Simply frustrating. -
Mashy,
He is actually okay lately. Behaved himself many weeks already. Dunno what is wrong with him today.
Anyway now at home, when I ask him what is wrong, he only say he shouldn’t do that and he is sorry. Sigh. Naughty naughty! -
Nugget
I think there are always some ‘off’ days. Even we can go a bit off at times and don’t behave typically.
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