All About Autism
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mashy:
regarding montessori playgroup (2hr daily), I didn't tell teachers that my son is suspected. from the video outside the classroom, sometimes if my son is not compliant, teacher will just let him be for a while as he just started not long ago. now i am worried that teachers would feedback quite bad as the school is not for special need students. walking on thin ice everyday.
When u add up all the therapists also a lot leh. For myself, I rather see lesser therapists and better sch environment. Reason being that he is exposed to it everyday. That's where he learns to behave like any other kid and it's much more important than therapies. I rather see less freq therapies and apply what I learned from them at home.helplessmum3:
Mashy, you mean MMI?
800++/mth i can't afford.
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Karkar:
regarding montessori playgroup (2hr daily), I didn't tell teachers that my son is suspected. from the video outside the classroom, sometimes if my son is not compliant, teacher will just let him be for a while as he just started not long ago. now i am worried that teachers would feedback quite bad as the school is not for special need students. walking on thin ice everyday.[/quote]Hmmm, I used to send my son to a montessori school with a video camera for parents to watch too. Maybe it's the same? Anyway, my son's class used to have a boy who wasn't interested in anything within the class. Would always cry and take a while to settle. What the teachers did was to comfort him, usually by carrying/ cradling him during circle time etc. But after he's settled he's not interested in the activities & the teachers allow him to roam around the class for the entire session. Montessori style is such that it 'frees' the child. As in the child chooses what he wants to do in the class. All Montessori do is to display all the age appropriate work on the shelf and the child decides which work he wishes to do. So, if the child refuse work but prefers to read, the (authentic) montessori way is to let him read, even if the child wants to read throughout the entire session. It's not their style to enforce an activity on the child, they will guide/encourage but if the child refuse, they will respect the child's wish. That was probably why the teachers allowed the boy to do anything he wished & roam free without doing any work. Truth be told, I think the normal school setting worked better for my son- though I luuuuurve the Montessori method. I found he learnt more social skills than when in Montessori school. For instance in the typical school he Bo pian had to do the actions during singing song time- coz its a must. But in Montessori school, they didn't force him but let him be. I'm not saying Montessori school is not good for asd kids though, I'm just sharing my personal experience.
When u add up all the therapists also a lot leh. For myself, I rather see lesser therapists and better sch environment. Reason being that he is exposed to it everyday. That's where he learns to behave like any other kid and it's much more important than therapies. I rather see less freq therapies and apply what I learned from them at home.mashy:
[quote=\"helplessmum3\"]Mashy, you mean MMI?
800++/mth i can't afford. -
helplessmum3:
Wee Care is definitely better than Leo Megan by leaps.RE : WeeCare..
i called them, they have 10weeks terms. 1.5hr on Sat. for social skills.
are they something like LeoMagen? or better?
not sure whether should i put my son there... Also, i thought they have child care svs , too bad they dun have -
helplessmum3:
Wee Care is definitely better than Leo Megan by leaps.RE : WeeCare..
i called them, they have 10weeks terms. 1.5hr on Sat. for social skills.
are they something like LeoMagen? or better?
not sure whether should i put my son there... Also, i thought they have child care svs , too bad they dun have -
helplessmum3:
The ST gave me a list of schools including childcares which may consider kids with special needs. They include the following among the rest:Mashy, you mean MMI?
800++/mth i can't afford.
- TOUCH Childcare (Hougang/Clementi);
- Mother Goose (Jalan Halijah in Bedok);
- Presbyterian Community Services (various locations)
The above ones looks more affordable than Eton, which is also in the list :evil: -
DEL.
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Hi,
Anyone of you know where i can send my 3 years plus kid for preschool for speech delay n mildly autistic. I stay at punggol area, so was hoping for somewhere nearer to my place. -
mashy:
All schs have different levels of support. So before enrolling, check out their website. They will have a list of AEDs in their schools. Some schs have more, some lesser. I've checked the no of AEDs in my boy's sch, there are quite a lot. Got even more this yr.Fizz:
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Hi Fizz,
All books on ASD are v expensive. Our psychologist even recommend one book which cost $100+ to buy locally :yikes: . I still hvnt buy those books, just borrow fr library to see see first. But unfortunately, that $100+ book cannot be found in our local library, so looks like got to just buy.
Re primary school support for ASD kids
Do you know if the school will give assistance to ASD kids upon their entry immediately? Or will they be treated like normal kids first and the teachers will observe them for 1-2 terms first to see if the kids can handle the demands of the school before AED/school counsellor step in? Do you know if any assistance will be given to ASD kids during recess and assembly time?
How many AEDs/school counsellor does your boy's school have?
Hehehe
....U can tell I'm getting worried even though my boy is not due for P1 until 2014.
For my boy's sch, during orientation, we have to fill up a form on whether our kids have special needs. Coz during that time, we haven't had a confirmed diagnosis, so we didn't say anything. But once we confirmed, we sent an email to the AED of the sch and asked to arrange for a mtg with her. We first met her and the form teacher two weeks after first day of school. We had a mtg about his quirks, any special things she should take note of, how she can handle him etc. As the class had 2 autistic kids, she requested for an AED in the class during lesson time. The AED is there for English and maths classes only. During the mtg, the AED said will have social groups etc but so far nothing leh. But she also said my boy's condition looks not too bad as she has also observed him for the first two weeks. She said have autistic kids who still needed help toileting at Pri 5.
Nope, it's not SA. Having gals in the sch is much better coz they are more nurturing. 1 AED and 1 lsc is so little. I saw my boy's sch have at least 6 or 7. Can't remember how many but there are a whole row of them. My boy is also studying HC. Jia lut. His other classmate seems to be coping well with it though.[/quote]I saw the PD today. She seemed to be skeptical as to why I did not want to try Pathlight as recommended by the psychologist, but instead put my kantang in a HC school which has little AED support. Haizzz...this school is my alma mater and is within 1 km of my place. I seriously did not look into this AED matter till he was diagnosed after the P1 registration.
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specialboymum:
I just saw the PD this afternoon. I was asking her about the options after CDC KKH since he is going to P1 next year. She gave me the opetion of going private totally or being referred to CGC at Outram. I am still undecided. But I asked her for referral to CGC (meant for P1 to teens) due to cost and there is continuity (they will transfer his records there).hi parents,
need your advice.
my son's case has been with KKH CDU since he was first diagnose with ASD. We did not go through any of the service they refer us to (all his therapies are at private practice) but we do go back there once a year for follow up and also get psychological assessment for school enrollment.
Now he is in primary 1, KKH has to discharge him since they only handle pre-school kids. The nurses at KKH told us that we could send him to Child Guidance Clinic at Institute of Mental Health. The nurses also added they could refer him to CDU but that doesn't mean they are transferring his case to CGU for continue follow up. . However, if I don't have any referral from them and if I need to go there in future.. I will need to go through the whole process of getting referral at poly clinic... do series of assessment to confirm he is ASD...
I'm a bit lost and don't know how to proceed from here. On one hand, I don't require any of the CGU service for the various kind of therapies, since I'm already making my own arrangement. However, at certain point of time, I may require some letters from the doctors or other recognized professionals to help him to get additional support at school for example exemption from oral exams or mother tongue (if it really get too difficult for him to handle).. where else can I go to get such help?
I guess you can still call up KKH to see if they can refer you there based on your prior records. My next appointment is June next year. I guess they will discharge him too. -
Fizz, can you apply exemption from Chinese for him?
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