All About Autism
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Double E:
Helplessmumhelplessmum3:
[quote=\"Double E\"]Helplessmum,
My boy can briefly describe what the person is doing in the picture
if he can understand what they are doing. I m working on that now too.
And ask him what he can find in a picture.
Yes, I agree the Signpost is not effective. I attended too and the instructor is not good at giving effective suggestions. And the videos they screened are all staged, not realistic. The other Kkh course I attended is better, can see effect and they use real examples.
So far the Kkh ST and OT I hv seen are ok, of course they are not
as detail as private ones. But my point is since u say u can't afford private therapiats, then Kkh ones are the next best option rather then totally no therapy to guide u.
Now I m also trying to get my bow overcome the fear of taking the MRT. He was terrified and trembling when we first brought him to take the train. Is our bad as we hardly expose him to public transport. This is One immediate goal that I hv for him. Hope he will overcome this fear soon
Did your son's SLT talk about rating like Average, mild, moderate & severve compare to his peer at his age? what you think of those words ending with \"ing\" will its confuse them? now i only teach him like pour rather then pouring.. i dun understand, things like action words, if i ask him to pour , he will pour, when i say sleep he know is sleep, when i say drinks water, he know wat is drinks, i say eat he knows too and i say bite he will also bite..i ask him to jump he will jump too, & etc...
when come to pix showing a kid eating, if SLT ask him what are this boy doing, my son duno how to say.. but i never teach him these b4, cuz i jus wan to work on his compliances never think this is needed too...
which course u attend at KKH is good, i tot they only have signpost & PECS only.
i think your son is not ASD. he is so good.. my son in 3 months time will be 3yo.very scare & kan cheong..
Double E, your son sure will overcome the fear of taking pubic transport.. is it becos of the sound?... my son last time is afraid of hair dryer he has already overcome, as he has more things to focus now as he is more awareness.. but another thing he still very scare, it is the vacumm cleaner.
Did your OT teach u how to let him overcome his fear of taking public transport. In the crowded bus my son will tends to touch pple bag if their bag interests him hiaz... so embrassing...
My son walk he never observe the crowds and keep on hiting on pple.. everywhere when i with him i have to keep saying sorry to passer by or bus pedestrian :'(.. some very fierce wan to scold or beat my son.. so scary.. esp those old old aunty... maybe she think my son did on purpose..
oh ya Double E, i know your son too knows all colours, jus wan to check with you, if you give him a red car, and if you ask him wat color is it, does he answer you red? my son use to tell me red color car but now he no more cuz he is too obses with the car or other objects , so when i ask him wat color is the objects he will not answer me although he already know how to recognise all colors...
why ah? any idea?
My boy has mild ASD, Doc already said so, so I won't go fight against it anymore, just continue to work on what is needed.
My ST didn't mention anything about mild, moderate etc, just say his speech is delayed. As for words ending with 'ing', sometimes my boy says it, sometimes don't.
As for colours, yes, he can answer them.
On public transport,I sure hope he can overcome the fear. And last week I brought him to take cable car to Sentosa, he totally freaked out and was trembling too. So poor thing. But we managed to calm him down after about 5mins or so.[/quote]5mins calm down tats good!! tat mean jus the fear cuz he is awareness is good..
has your son potty train already? -
hi mummyjune,
my daughter behaves a little like your son when she was around 2-3 yrs old too, with her running away even when strangers talk to her. She will cry and hold me tightly as if they hurt her.But she started to open up and loosen around strangers as she grows up.
try to expose your son even more.
it took me quite alot of time and courage to go through it , as i feel abit embarassed at times, eg when the postman ring the bell, my daughter sees the postman, she wil run in and scream :gloomy:
even her once a week playgroup teacher whom i stil bump into at times, remember me as the mummy of the super super shy little girl who always cry whenever people talk to her. :scared:
i try to bring her out whenever i can with my friends, colleague, for lunch, for shopping, and let them talk to her and play with her.
Once they get used to strangers, they will be a lot better. -
chibi:
hi chibi, my son is a very shy boy but i feel that he seemed to get worst nowadays. Yes, at times i do feel embarassed when he starts to scream/cry when ppl says hello :scared: his playgroup teacher says he is a very sensitive boy, but now that he is in N1, his class has more students, but only bad thing is his screaming & crying in school seems to be more frequent now. i even begin to suspect mayb he was bullied in class but does not know how to speak up? this morning my husband said he saw another boy snatch a toy from my son & my son started his screaming again. haiz...hi mummyjune,
my daughter behaves a little like your son when she was around 2-3 yrs old too, with her running away even when strangers talk to her. She will cry and hold me tightly as if they hurt her.But she started to open up and loosen around strangers as she grows up.
try to expose your son even more.
it took me quite alot of time and courage to go through it , as i feel abit embarassed at times, eg when the postman ring the bell, my daughter sees the postman, she wil run in and scream :gloomy:
even her once a week playgroup teacher whom i stil bump into at times, remember me as the mummy of the super super shy little girl who always cry whenever people talk to her. :scared:
i try to bring her out whenever i can with my friends, colleague, for lunch, for shopping, and let them talk to her and play with her.
Once they get used to strangers, they will be a lot better.
we have highlight to the teacher on this but kids snatching toys is a common thing & we can't help it...
now the only thing is i hope my son can tell us what he wants, why he is angry...haiz...i c him unable to express himself properly makes me want to pull my hair everyday :frustrated: -
mummyJune:
hi mums, my 3yr old son has been to checkup @ kkh since last yr, the doc said he has speech-language delay but i am beginning to suspect he might have mid-austic behaviour. he attended two sessions @ HPB, 2nd session the therapist said he has mild-improvement but i doubt so since she is only with him for 45mins.
my son attends fullday childcare. Recently he hates going to school, even wear uniform is a torture to him. he will scream & cry loudly. when reached school he will scream & cry loudly. A teacher i met told me my son will scream & cry at least 3times a day, even roll on the floor & cry when he cannot gets what he wants.
he is unable to hold conversation with us, even simple words like mummy daddy he also refuse to say. the doc at kkh said for my son age, is considered self-centered & anti-social which is very true. (yesterday i brought him to bookshop, a little gal abt 5yrs old came up & say hello to my son, immediately he screamed, the little gal frightened & ran away to her mother) , not only this, sometimes ppl smile at him at when we buy things, want to make payment, the aunties will smile at him & say hello, immediately my son starts to scream & cry. i duno y he is like that. i feel very stress up sometimes as ive a younger baby at home & cannot afford to always let my son scream & cry loudly as he will affect the younger's sibling sleep.
this is not ASD. as he is very aware.. -
helplessmum3:
if my son does not ve ASD, does he ve behaviour problems? other den kkh, where can i bring him to access his behaviour? he doesnt like to befriend other children or play with other children. in school, when he sees other kids touch his water bottle, he screams, when someone he doesnt like sits besides him, he screams, when he doesnt gets his favourite toy, he screams, & he is the only 1 screaming in school. the teacher asked me to bring my son to see a child pyscology...haiz :scratchhead:mummyJune:
hi mums, my 3yr old son has been to checkup @ kkh since last yr, the doc said he has speech-language delay but i am beginning to suspect he might have mid-austic behaviour. he attended two sessions @ HPB, 2nd session the therapist said he has mild-improvement but i doubt so since she is only with him for 45mins.
my son attends fullday childcare. Recently he hates going to school, even wear uniform is a torture to him. he will scream & cry loudly. when reached school he will scream & cry loudly. A teacher i met told me my son will scream & cry at least 3times a day, even roll on the floor & cry when he cannot gets what he wants.
he is unable to hold conversation with us, even simple words like mummy daddy he also refuse to say. the doc at kkh said for my son age, is considered self-centered & anti-social which is very true. (yesterday i brought him to bookshop, a little gal abt 5yrs old came up & say hello to my son, immediately he screamed, the little gal frightened & ran away to her mother) , not only this, sometimes ppl smile at him at when we buy things, want to make payment, the aunties will smile at him & say hello, immediately my son starts to scream & cry. i duno y he is like that. i feel very stress up sometimes as ive a younger baby at home & cannot afford to always let my son scream & cry loudly as he will affect the younger's sibling sleep.
this is not ASD. as he is very aware.. -
chibi:
Hi happystar[quote]Hi chibi, it's always encouraging and informative reading your post. According to teacher, my son's attention span is only about 10 mins, after which he will fidget and play with other things nearby or even walk away. However, he's always able to answer questions when asked. How did you gradually stop your gal from walking to the other class? For writing task at P1, is your gal able to sit through and complete her task? Can share tips on how to hold attention? The psychologist also highlighted my son should be sitting at the front so that he is within sight of the teacher.
Good to know your gal now has many friends. So does she still need to attend any therapy at all?
my daughter attention span is quite bad too, she is better at 1-1 teaching in my opinion .lol as long as your son is not causing any disturbances in class and is able to answer questions, it is ok if his attention span is not very good.this is what the teacher told me, especially when i ask her about my daughter's attention span problem, this is what she told me and says, but your daughter knows her work, so it is ok seriously. like what she says, they learn by listening, their hearing are super sharp!
my daughter stops going to other classes when she attended P1. I was quite worried initially when she started school in january, will she go to other classes and go missing during lesson ? :yikes:
but she didn't. she stopped that habit once she went in primary school. i guess it might be she is just seated infront of the teacher, makes it impossible for her to walk away like that without the teaching calling her back. :rotflmao:
my daughter can sit still and complete her tasks in class. the teacher says she is ok with it but just that has the bad habit of not reading instructions, Eg instructions says to underline, she go n circle the answer
i try to remind my daughter to pay attention in class by keep telling her that if she really likes her teacher and respect her teacher, plse look at the teacher when the teacher is teaching, do not look around , the teacher will be very sad , and i am sure that she does not want her teacher to be sad.
i am still trying to improve her attention span tho, haha will let you know once i figure out a more foolproof method. :rahrah:
my daughter is not attending any therapy now, but her allied educator has lesson with her once a week to teach her social stories.
I remember one lesson was, on meeting new friends.
have faith and hope that our kids will strive and succeed .
I have faith in my daughter, and i know that with support and encouragement from my family and her friends and teachers, she can make it big :rahrah:
by the way, which i think its worth a try, when your son goes to P1, buy another set of school workbook for him to do at home too coupled with some assesement books. with regular practice, your son will be able to manage well in class .
This is what i do , cause i know that my daughter's attention span is weak, so i try to teach her in advanced before the school teaches the next lesson.
i told her because you don't pay good attention in class, so another set of worksheets for you! haha she always goes ... hehe[/quote]Hi chibi, are you a SAHM or you have only 1 child? You sound like you prepare your gal very well, preparing social stories and teaching her school work in advance. My son can concentrate at sit down task when there's 1-1 supervision. I hope he can do this independently. How many years was your gal on therapy before you stopped her? Which centre did she attend?
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Hi happystar,
i am a working mum with 2 kids
DD1 whom i mention here and another 18 months old DS2 :rahrah:
Usually i will leave work on the dot at 6pm, then reach home slightly before 7pm to have a quick dinner.
then quickly start school home work and revision with my daughter as well as talk to her about her school routine etc.
I try to spend time equally with both kids , hehe so weekdays after walking my daughter to school, it wil be back to bringing my DS2 out for breakfast and playground before heading to office.
Luckily there is a maid and my mum to help out with the household chores and cooking at home.
i usually spend Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning to teach my daughter her school work.
Have to push her a little bit as i know that she will need lotsa hard work and help to compensate her lack of attention in class.
My daughter was on therapy when she was around Mid K1 until end of K2 .
She went to KKH for her therapy ,we will go to st andrew hospital location ( near my house). -
Helplessmum, my boy is potty trained since he was about 2.5 years. All thanks to my mum who helped me train him. But at night, he still need diaper though. And I hv also stopped wearing diapers for him in sch and when we go out when late last year.
Today I brought him to see another therapist, the therapist was spot on on his issues. He is going to start new therapy this Fri.
Mommyjune
My boy used to make noise when strangers try to speak to him too. Now much better already, now he will show a very concern face when strangers try to get near him but if the person offer him food or toys he like, then he warm up. If u think the Kkh doc can’t give good advise,try private psychologist? And did see the child development unit in Kkh? They didn’t refer u to EIPIC? -
Double E:
my son still on diapers.. but when he poo poo, he will come to me say change diapers.. but for urine not yet.. how shld i start.. cham, as compare my son seems delay alot.. then yrs. .Helplessmum, my boy is potty trained since he was about 2.5 years. All thanks to my mum who helped me train him. But at night, he still need diaper though. And I hv also stopped wearing diapers for him in sch and when we go out when late last year.
Today I brought him to see another therapist, the therapist was spot on on his issues. He is going to start new therapy this Fri.
hiaz. more therapies will definitely help..but u see KKH therapis they are more like evaulate then tell parents what to do.. but u know we are not expert, if they do 5mins , my son absorb compare to us do 5days oso haven absorb, kkh strategic are very disappointing...
it is very hard to find a therapist who can spot on our child. some are so protocol or jus base on book.
u so lucky to find one. isit at Wee Care? i call them they charge from 65-85/hr depend one seniority of the therapist
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buds:
tat the problem, $$$. few times a week therapies u know. hiazDon't guess or assume.. give each resource/support a chance. The low teacher:student ratio in a Montessori setting is helpful in helping special needs children slowly adjust to mainstream setting but yet the children can work at their comfortable pace. As long as your boy is not the extremely disruptive kind with frequent meltdowns, it shouldn't be a problem. Not all children with special needs have extreme behavioral issues.
I've successfully supported a mom with a mild downs syndrome child to read cos the mom is positive and believes very very much that her daughter can fit in and adapt to mainstream formal education for primary level. We worked hand in hand together... three to four times a week with me at the centre coupled with home reinforcement (i guided the mom as well..) plus daily classes at Rainbow... the girl sat for a simple test of some sort plus submission of medical papers and endorsement from other teachers, she made it.
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