All About Autism
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chibi:
Hi chibi, good to know your daughter settles well in the school. I can tell her school is also very supportive. Do you still need to send her for therapies now that she seems to be settling down?Hi happystar
my daughter attended Speech therapy, occupational therapy as well as group therapy for social skills as well as for skills ( 8 sessions each) by KKH.
It really helps alot. my views was that, during the group therapy, my daughter has to attend it with a group of other kids, without even seeing them before, and in a new environment, with her being thrown into these situations actually help her in transiting into primary 1.
I always have long chats with her before she started p1 this year about how primary school will be like, Eg the longer hours, the more structured like environment( which i think she actually likes alot), new classmates. I keep reminding her this \" see 1st day of school will be like, remember the day u attended first day of social skills class, all new faces, new teacher ( which is the therapist ..hehe) , new place.. see you can make it through social skills class , primary 1 is easy easy for you..you can make it!\" :boogie:
This is what i keep reminding her before she started primary 1 this year.
I also started writing social stories for her to read about starting primary 1. she loves reading stories then she will start to write her own stories about how she will behave in school, and how school will be like. I try to make it fun for her...luckily school is really fun for her now..she is like always running into school happily whenever i drop her at her school side gate.
I didn't engage shadow teachers, but her class has an assistant teacher to help out as well.
The school allied educator actually took a special effort to ring me up a few weeks before school started to understand more about my daughter's condition. He attended orientation together with her for a while on her first day in the class to make sure she coping ok on the first day. He is like my daughter's good friend in school now.
My son attends SLT at a private clinic but so far it's only 1-1. There is no chance of group sessions as the therapist needs to coordinate many people's timing. And his previous OT kept postponing the sessions. Now in K2 my son sometimes still has short attention span and will wander off to do his own things. Did your girl have this issue previously and how did you handle?
I'm impressed you are able to write social stories for your girl. It's quite time consuming. I intend to buy those resources and go through with my son. I hope my son will transit as well when he starts P1 next year. -
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Autism now affects 1 in 88 children and 1 in 54 boys
Autism prevalence figures are growing
More children will be diagnosed with autism this year than with AIDS, diabetes & cancer combined
Autism is the fastest-growing serious developmental disability in the U.S.
Autism costs the nation $137 billion per year
Autism receives less than 5% of the research funding of many less prevalent childhood diseases
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There is no medical detection or cure for autism -
Mummies,
I still very confusing what SLT do & OT do?
can help me ? -
Lavina:
Lavina,
Hihi,phtthp:
anyone has child with speech delay before, but now has gone onto Secondary Mainstream school / poly ?
can share last time how you helped your child cope with :-
- PSLE Oral exam,
- Upper primary English Comprehension & Compo ?
- Maths subject ?
TIA.
For oral, other than lots of practices, we listen to audio books all the time- at home, in car, during long bus trips in Malaysia. I think that's why his reading pace and tone variation are good.
For compo, my son is not very creative; so I bought almost all (I think) the compo books in Popular to expose him to different storylines. Pitfall is he may try unsuccessfully to fit a story to the title and become off-topic. So must stress to him he needs to modify!!! He also memorises lots of useful phrases describing emotions, actions and places.
He is very strong in math.
When he was young, I taught him math the Montessori way; bought the units, tens, hundreds and thousands cubes and I had this book which taught me how to use them. I think that is very useful for understanding modelling, fractions, ratios etc. We did not do xin suan or zu suan.
Hope that helps.
Where can i get those cubes? how much is it? -
Lavina:
grateful for your valuable tips, Lavina.
He is very strong in math.
When he was young, I taught him math the Montessori way; bought the units, tens, hundreds and thousands cubes and I had this book which taught me how to use them. I think that is very useful for understanding modelling, fractions, ratios etc. We did not do xin suan or zu suan.
btw, where you buy those cubes ?
for \"thousand\" cubes, mine only got 2 big ones - not enough.
bought mine called \"Base 10 Decimal system set\" at $29.90 from \"Growing Fun\" (many outlets), buds recommend :-
http://www.kiasuparents.com/kiasu/forum/viewtopic.php?p=454276
picture of cube set look like these:-
http://www.growingfun.com/product_details.cgi?PROD_ID=600
agree that these cubes are useful !
our child can hold & count the number of cubes physically in his small palm. Since visual, they able to understand Maths concepts better / clearer.
may i know the Title /author /publisher of that book you used to teach yr son understand \"modelling, fractions, ratios \" ? does this instruction booklet come with the cube set that you purchase ?
i salute your dedicated hardwork effort in writing out to prepare oral passages for your child to read & remember. not easy ... very time consuming, too many topics to prepare. How to select what topics to prepare ? :salute: -
hi happystar,
KK helped me to pass my daughter information to the society for the physically disabled , as at P1, KK is not able to support them anymore, KK told me they can only support if the kids are still in kindergarten or for more serious case from what i remember.
The lady from the society for the physically disabled rang me to arrange for speech therapy for my daughter, but it has to be a once a fornight lesson, which i am not able to keep taking leave for it.
Hence decided to put it off. I spoke to my daughter's allied educator about it too, whether should i go ahead anot? He told me it might be a good support for my daughter if i were to go ahead but did mention that my daughter 's speech is clear and he can understand her speech well.
my daughter during K2 has very short attention span too, the teacher can be teaching maths , and she can wonder off to the K1 class room and sit there to listen in the chinese class. :yikes: She can even doze off in class .
Now she is much better.
I went to the school meet the parent sessions. Her form teacher actually told me how she manages my daughter, which i can share the experience with you here, might be of some help or idea to you
What happens is that her form teacher , fully aware of her condition, actually helps me alot. I saw the classroom arrangement during the orientation, and my daughter is actually sitting just infront of the teacher. The teacher every time whenever she sees my daughter daydreaming, she will tap on her table to bring her back to reality .Her form teacher told her classmates to always keep a lookout for my daughter , like don't let her wander off during class lesson if the teacher is not around, and help to guide her along if she needs help. I asked her form teacher, are her classmates aware of her condition? she told me, No, but she told them that my daughter needs more support from all of them
Her form teacher also assigned buddies to my daughter, Eg recess buddy, dismissal buddy . I actually asked her form teacher, does her buddies feel tired having my daughter tag along with them all the times? She actually told me that they are so happy with my daughter around, they always eat together during recess and walk around the school compound together talking. I saw one of my daughter's buddy when walking her to school one day.
Her buddy actually stopped when saw my daughter from afar and waited for us to walk nearer then hold my daughter' hand and walk in with her. :boogie:
I was so glad , my daughter has friends now!!!!! :rahrah:
There are still some hiccups now and then tho, like my daughter daydreaming at times in class, which is quite often, or her afraid to do some P.E activity like foward roll. but we will get through it somehow.
i am going to start readin social story to my daughter about starting school cause next week is start of a new term again! so fast!!! -
Hi everyone, appreciate if I get advice. Had posted in the other P1 registration thread but thought I may also be able to get help here as well.
My son is born 2006 & was assessed to have developmental delays - very likely to be Asperger’s. His kindy teacher’s feel that he’s ready for P1 next yr (but of cos with more prep work & pushing). While the psychologist & I are more comfortable with him deferring to P1 in 2014 instead.
Thing is his formal/official evaluation is scheduled to take place AFTER July. We had thought of not taking it too early as his symptoms & traits keep "changing". So far we’ve been having regular 1/2yr assesents & observations instead; with the usual OT, ST, other therapies since he was 3. My preference was not to fix a label on him & instead focus on helping him manage any learning difficulties.
MOE had advised to continue taking part in 2013’s P1 registration exercise.
If we do decide to defer my son, would the school spot be held for him for 2014? Can I pay the school fees for 2013 yr to have that spot held?
Thanks v much in advance. We are really in 2 minds about deferring & are worried that he may not obtain a place in 2014, if the spot can’t be held. But at same time, he’s not ready for P1 & pushing him may backfire… -
phtthp:
may i know the Title /author /publisher of that book you used to teach yr son understand \"modelling, fractions, ratios \" ? does this instruction booklet come with the cube set that you purchase ?
Yes phtthp, those are the cubes I used, bought from the same place too. Just use some boxes to represent more thousands if you need.
The book I used is:
Teaching Montessori in the home : the school years
by Elizabeth G. Hainstock
I gave this book away some years ago so I cannot remember exactly what is in it. It definite teaches how to use the cubes the elementary way, and I think it has something on ratios and fractions. Not modelling, because that is something uniquely Singapore, but the units can be used to illustrate the concept of modelling, if you know what I mean.
I bought mine from amazon.com but it is no longer available. I checked there is one copy for loan from our National Library. Maybe you can place a reservation to borrow it and have a look?
The other part of the book teaches phonics and grammar. The phonics is the montessori method which didn't work, maybe because I don't know phonics myself hehe...
I used this book instead:
Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons
by Siegfried Engelmann
(also got it from amazon)
Personally, this book is amazing!!! Almost make me grateful that my son got kicked out of his phonics class!
I still remember when I first received the book, I flipped to the last page and thought: no way he can read this entire page all by himself after 100 days.
The instruction is very clear and I did each lesson faithfully every day. First few lessons are about 3 minutes each then it gets longer and longer but not exceeding 20 minutes. Nearer the end, some lessons are harder, so I repeated them. And my child really learned to read in less than 4 months!
Best buy if your child (not baby) still cannot read.phtthp:
Erm I didn't prepare the materials myself. They are available from Popular, usually it is model compo and oral together. Can also use Chinese compo and oral books to practice picture discussion. Practice reading comprehension passages aloud.i salute your dedicated hardwork effort in writing out to prepare oral passages for your child to read & remember. not easy ... very time consuming, too many topics to prepare. How to select what topics to prepare ? :salute:
I remember his teacher made all the boys get a haircut before PSLE oral. So looking neat and cheerful helps. But most important is EYE CONTACT.
HTH
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chibi:
Wow, God bless that child.
Her buddy actually stopped when saw my daughter from afar and waited for us to walk nearer then hold my daughter' hand and walk in with her. :boogie:
I was so glad , my daughter has friends now!!!!! :rahrah:
And I share your joy chibi. -
Hi Woggles
The school will not hold the place for 1 year. You will have to re-register the following year. As advised by KK doctors, if your kids can do most of the task by themselves, they should have no problem of going to mainstream school.
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