All About Autism

[ImMeeMee]

helplessmum3:

Mummies any good DVD for ASD to leaRn talking ?

I will b very busy for 1 month tot let him watch DVD while I'm busy doing my stuff .

Any suggestions pls. More on talking type

I play DVDs for my gal to build her exposure in vocab and sentence structure, with the hope that she can imitate, which she sometimes does . DVDs like Dora, Elmo and any toddler educational stuff which is of interest to her suffice for me. But agree with slmkhoo that we still need to practice with the child.

[helplessmum3]

I will still talk to my son just within 1.5 hrs session he will view these DVD while I'm doing stuff but he is next to me.


My son not interest w Elmo n Dora n even Barney he prefer real kids action hiaz

When I go giant see DVD all are cartoons

[mashy]

Helplessmum

I don’t think any DVDs encourage talking. Since its all one sided. U can try hi5. My boy loved it.

[DesertWind]

Hi all,

Now in the P1 registration mood. Townsville primary school is just next to Pathlight and has a program to cross-interact with each other. It seems like Townsville also has good support for special needs kids. Anybody considering Townsville Primary school at AMK for mainstream education?
http://www.townsvillepri.moe.edu.sg/uniquely/satellite_partnership.html

[mashy]

Desertwind


My neighbors kids are attending Townsville. She said so so but like u say, they have ‘exchange prog’. The kids from both Schs crossover to each side for prog. I think it’s good to cultivate compassion in the kids. Probably the teachers are also more tolerant?

[ImMeeMee]

DesertWind:

Hi all,

Now in the P1 registration mood. Townsville primary school is just next to Pathlight and has a program to cross-interact with each other. It seems like Townsville also has good support for special needs kids. Anybody considering Townsville Primary school at AMK for mainstream education?
http://www.townsvillepri.moe.edu.sg/uniquely/satellite_partnership.html

I have been considering Naval Base Primary School at Yishun. It is well known for a good support program for ASD children with its allied educators in terms of numbers and specialty in ASD. One of my friends whose ASD boy was previously in NBPS also shared that the support from the school was good.

The school has a character building program that is one of its key thrusts. I suppose understanding and acceptance of special needs children in their community has also been embedded as part of character building for the NT kids. Of course, it is not one of the top schools that thrive on academic achievements. Give and take.

I went to its open house just few months ago, and the facilities look commendable. I think this is one school up at the northern area that is worth considering, and not that far from AMK.

JMHO.

[i_love_children]

helplessmum3:

What u mean by engage w adults ?

It means teaching your child to be able to be aware of your presence in front of him or her.. Some children with autism do not listen to you because they are not engaged with you.. They are having their own engagement like play backs of video they watched, singing, laughing and etc..

[i_love_children]

Teaching language and communication to children with autism is a huge step…

There are a lot of steps… It needs to be meaningful and generalized across various context… Children with autism tend to learn language in a gestalt way…

For example, a child may learn saying "i want to eat…" the child may use it for all other things, instead of "i want to play toys" the child may still say "i want to eat…"
Which is why we need to teach them the language meaningfully…

Small steps… Big achievement…

[i_lovemykids]

helplessmum3:

I will still talk to my son just within 1.5 hrs session he will view these DVD while I'm doing stuff but he is next to me.


My son not interest w Elmo n Dora n even Barney he prefer real kids action hiaz

When I go giant see DVD all are cartoons

Hi,
Not sure if this will be useful to you... My toddler son has speech delay and I bought him a series of DVDs called Baby Babble. They are created by US speech therapists. He likes them and has learnt to make more sounds and he tries to say more words.
HTHs... You can read the reviews on Amazon to see if they're suitable for your son.

[Double E]

Mummies, I had the chance to be with a group of Pathlight students at Gardens by the Bay yesterday and the class of students whom I am assigned to are amazing. They speak very well, hardly any Singlish, spontaneous, sociable, take instructions and have a great sense of humor. And they are very intelligent too, like a walking enclycopedia telling me that I don’t know, draw well. They give me hope and I hope when the society learns more about autism, companies can offer jobs to these kids as they are so smart and such a pleasure to be with. My colleague and I can’t stop laughing at their jokes and antics yesterday.