All About Autism
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ImMeeMee:
Thanks ImMeeMee, it was nervewrecking while waiting for him at the Auditorium not knowing what they did inside with him. So now we wait for the results within 2 weeks. Really hope he gets into PL. -_-
catching this post slightly late ... all the best and hope you get what you need for your assessment.crabbygal:
Hello there, have been following this thread for quite sometime and found very useful information from all the mummies here. Jiayou!!! I have an autistic boy who is turning 7 years old end this year. Just applied Pathlight and will be bringing him for his interview assessment later today. Am very anxious and hope all goes well.
Have also gone through alot of various therapies for my boy since he was 18 months old. Meltdowns and major temper tantrums in his early years was something I experienced every single day, coupled with several breakdown from me.. hehe... He's diagnosed with mod-severe ASD. Anyway, he has improved much and manageable tantrums occasionally but I am glad that I have embraced his condition early and started early intervention the soonest possible way!
p/s: I was going through his therapy kit and old stuff and found his music therapy headphones and portable cd player and it is such a waste lying there since he has 'graduated' from his music therapy. If any of the mummies or daddies who wants to buy a new one, let me know, I will let it go at a fraction of the cost. PM me.. -
crabbygal:
I can imagine the anguish and anxiety during this period. its like everything is hanging on the balance. My best wishes. When he gets in, will it be for intake in Jan 2013?
Thanks ImMeeMee, it was nervewrecking while waiting for him at the Auditorium not knowing what they did inside with him. So now we wait for the results within 2 weeks. Really hope he gets into PL. -_- -
ImMeeMee:
Thanks! It will be for 2013 intake. He's in St Gerard's now.. and has been there since he was 2.5 years old. He needs to move on and be challenged in terms of academic aspect since the past few years, I have been building foundation in terms of self-help skills, behaviour and regulation. Now that he is more stable and his cognitive skills suddenly pick up for a year now.. really hope he could get in to PL. There were so many kids during the assessments... not sure whether got enough placement... can only just hope for the best!!!
I can imagine the anguish and anxiety during this period. its like everything is hanging on the balance. My best wishes. When he gets in, will it be for intake in Jan 2013?
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mashy:
How does the music therapy work? Sounds interesting. Think my boy will need something to help him concentrate while he's doing his hw.
For Samonas and Tomatis, there is a series of CDs that comprises music pieces, usually classical pieces. This is not the Mozart Effect type of music.
Under Samonas, Tomatis and AIT, the music is filtered at various frequencies. So, there is a progression of low frequencies to high ones. A music/sound therapist or OT who is trained in the respective prog will decide which CD is bested suited to the child at that point in time of therapy.
The child listens to the music via premium quality headsets. The recommended brand is usually Seinnheiser. Must get those that cover the ears - not the ear buds type. Rationale is that it must filter out unnecessary environmental sounds so that the child only listens to the therapy music.
The music is hardly melodious. Actually I won't even call it music. More like sounds. Different ppl react differently. Like what some of the moms mentioned, after listening to the music for 15 mins, they get a headache after a while. On the other hand, for the child who needs it, is rehabilitative to him/her. Really music to the ears for them.
In terms of duration, again it depends on what the therapist recommends. Can be as short as 15 mins for a start to the whole CD, maybe about 45mins?
If your son is going thru OT now, can check with the therapist on this. Treat music therapy as part of the overall OT prog.
But, for parents whose kids are not on OT, don't panic or feel compelled that you must put your child on music therapy. It's not a must do. There's a time and place for everything.
In my dd's case, she went through Tomatis when she was about 3-ish. (Therapist has migrated overseas, otherwise she's well trained in the Tomatis protocol). That was the first therapy she went through before anything else. Really helped a lot.
The 2nd time was when she was about 6yo - under an OT who was totally rubbish. Didn't know what she was doing. After 3-4 months, dh and myself pulled her out. Horrible horrible OT. Would never recommend her to anyone!!
The 3rd time was Samonas (under Hand-in-Hand) when dd was sitting for psle. Think she was on it for 4 weeks only. By that time, it was more to reinforce her integration and keep her calm since it was psle year
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helplessmum3:
will babyplus , works the same way as music therapy?
don't think they work the same way.
music therapy is dedicated for rehabilitative purpose. -
Hi mummies
I am new to this forum but not new to ASD. My boy is 3 this year and clinically diagnosed with mild ASD, have yet to go for full assessment as KKH doc said wait till he is 5 then do together with IQ test. I had started him with therapies before he turned two because he was non-verbal at 22mths then when all kids his age already has single words.
Well, more than a year now. He is now verbal, can speak in sentences, sometimes will ask questions like "what is that", "what are they doing", doing generally ok in mainstream CC (modern montessori), loves alphabets and numbers, can count, can read, can spell. Well, guess these are the strengths of ASD.
Of course, he also has alot of other issues to work with like social skills, fine motor skills and concentration. Actually my main issue with him is social skills, just very puzzled why he can initiate conversations with adults but just not his peers. And I have to teach him how to play with his peers. I find social skills the most difficult to teach because it is something that should come naturally but its just so difficult for these kids.
About the music therapy, my boy’s OT also started it with him two weeks ago, generally ok, he is not rejecting the therapy and didn’t try to yank it off.
BTW, anyone of your boys attend EIPIC at Rainbow margaret drive? can I get some feedback? I feel that my boy’s current EIPIC is not making much progress, a bit stagnant and worse thing is a very good teacher from his class has been transferred to another branch. One one hand, I feel I should just let him stay and he has to learn how to adapt to new teacher, but on the other hand, if I don’t find a better learning environment for him, I am afraid it will hinder his progress.
Thanks in advance -
double E,
which month & year ur son born? wow so nice! i wish my son will ask me what tis wat tat. can help me what u do to your son. tat u make him progress so fast. -
I attended a meeting in May.
The principal who was very helpful, also attended.
According to her, parents have to submit accommodations in 1st quarter of P5 year. A psychological assessment & letter is required.
Accommodations
a) extra time / taking exam in separate room
b) prompter
c) reader
d) exam paper in large print/A3 sized paper
MOE will then liase with the school regarding the type of support given to the child for past years & decide.
This means a sudden request for exam accommodation, may not be considered, esp the one about having a teacher read out parts of the exam paper. -
helplessmum3:
The usual stuff, ST, OT, social therapy with Wee Care and EIPIC. He now also attends Chinese lessons at Berries once a week and private tuition 2x a mth. And we keep asking him questions to keep the conversations going, sometimes he can't answer, we will help him to answer ask him to repeat after us.double E,
which month & year ur son born? wow so nice! i wish my son will ask me what tis wat tat. can help me what u do to your son. tat u make him progress so fast.
The next step for him now is to take 2 step instructions and relate an incident to us which looks like an uphill task right now. -
Double E, wow!!
Which eipic , ST N OT u go? How many time a week for all these . How much it’s cost
What is wee care ?
Yr son sound real fantasic to me . As he is only 3yrs old.
Berries awww… Can he sit still n lean? 30mins?
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