All About Autism

[Double E]

Helplessmum, I agree that most of the Kkh therapy is actually am assessment. Though not helpful but u still need to go since u hv no private alternative.


I stop weecare for him as I feel his progress there is a bit stagnant and I need new methods to teach him. I bring him to leapfrog, one hr $110. No more money for myself.

Chibi, I really admire your energy. I hope I can be like u when my boy goes P1 and my biggest wish is for him to survive mainstream. I think this is the biggest wish fir all mummies here.

[helplessmum3]

mummyJune:

helplessmum3:

[quote=\"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..

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:[/quote]kkh doctor at child dev dept be able to asses n refer u to their physcologist. but go poly clinic get refer letter so u get subsidies rate.

i say yr son not ASD as i think most ASD kids not really pay attention to their surrounding if they hav not work w issue yet.

yr son kkh doc not belong to child dev dept rite?

[helplessmum3]

Double E:

Helplessmum, I agree that most of the Kkh therapy is actually am assessment. Though not helpful but u still need to go since u hv no private alternative.


I stop weecare for him as I feel his progress there is a bit stagnant and I need new methods to teach him. I bring him to leapfrog, one hr $110. No more money for myself.

Chibi, I really admire your energy. I hope I can be like u when my boy goes P1 and my biggest wish is for him to survive mainstream. I think this is the biggest wish fir all mummies here.

which branch of leapfrog you going? i can be spending $31x10 = 310 can pay leapfrog 3 lessons. but the 10 lesson w kkh may lead no where or only equavilent to 1 lesson os leapfrog.. maybe i shld do these calculation...

u know what i mean?

Ytd i talk to my hub about pri school for my son, he say he already prepare himself, if he din mke it

btw, did you compare dynamics?

[mummyJune]

hi doubleE, whats EIPIC? no, the doc @ kkh refer my son to HPB for speech therapy.


helplessmum-yes, i brought my son to kkh child development dept.

yesterday i found out from a teacher that my son was bullied in school, thats why he started screaming & crying these 2weeks. the teacher said she has already seperate away the ones who bully my son but now my son has another behaviour problem, those kids whom he dislike, sit beside him, he will scream in anger, even some kid who just accidently touch him, he also scream in anger. i already corrected him, told him he cannot always scream when he is angry. haiz... :frustrated:

[helplessmum3]

mummyJune,

maybe u get kkh doctor refer u to physologist assesement

[mashy]

Mummyjune

Could it just be a phase since he’s still so young? He’s just dealing with the situation the only way he knew how. Perhaps u can teach him what to do next time he sees someone he doesn’t like. Redirect that attn elsewhere. Maybe u can read up on anger management and see if there’s any suggestions on what can be done. He does look like he has a lot of anger on him. Probably the bullying made him feel helpless and screaming is just a protection mechanism.

[mummyJune]

mashy:

Mummyjune

Could it just be a phase since he's still so young? He's just dealing with the situation the only way he knew how. Perhaps u can teach him what to do next time he sees someone he doesn't like. Redirect that attn elsewhere. Maybe u can read up on anger management and see if there's any suggestions on what can be done. He does look like he has a lot of anger on him. Probably the bullying made him feel helpless and screaming is just a protection mechanism.

mashy
he has been screaming since he was an infant, i tink abt 8mths start to scream when he is angry. that time we can assumed that he is still young but now he is already 3yrs old, this is also a age where kids his age will snatch toys with each other & starts the bullying thing(which worried me), we already told him he cannot scream in anger, my MIL scolds him when he screams & he will calm down & keep quiet. we tried the hard approached, scold him when he screams, he screamed even louder :frustrated: so now when he screams, i will asked him Y, if he is able to tell me y he is angry through actions still not so bad but most of the times he is unable to tell me y & thats why he expressed through screaming. so what i ve to do is redirect him to other things that will calm him down.

my hubby said since our son only started walking at 16mths, we assumed he might be a late bloomer, who knows one fine day he will also start talking. we are still waiting for this day ... :sad:

[Double E]

mummyjane,

EIPIC is early intervention programme for kids who are delayed. If the KKH doc didn’t refer your boy to EIPIC, then maybe he is not delayed except for speeh, so that’s good news in a sense. IF you want to find out more, ask the KKH doc the next time u see him/her and ask whether your boy needs EIPIC.

Mummies who have older kids, can I ask when your kid is younger like 3-4 years old, are they scared of being blind folded? My boy is and according to his OT, normal kids will not fear because apart from eyes, they should know how to use their body to manipulate. But my boy depends alot on visual to guide him, that’s why if we blindfold him, he felt insecure.

Haiz…and the OT suggest we do brushing for him every two hours. But how to when we are working parents and he is in full day childcare? Did your kids do brushing when they were younger?

[Double E]

mummyjane

your boy is not talking at all or he is not good at talking/expressing himself? can he tell u what he wants or don’t want?

[mummyJune]

Double E:

mummyjane

your boy is not talking at all or he is not good at talking/expressing himself? can he tell u what he wants or don't want?

he's not talking at all.he expressed himself through screaming/crying. he's quite sensitive. even when his meimei touches his toy car, he gets angry & scream. if he doesnt want something, he will shake his head, but if he wants something, he doesnt know how to say it, he just scream lor. now the problem with him is he doesnt want to talk at all :frustrated: