All About Autism

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Double E:

Mummies with older kids (say above 5 years old)


When did your kid start to socialise with other children? My boy can socialise with adults but not children.

Do your kids have friends in school? or still a loner?

My boy is now in K2. Similarly to a few of the kids here, other kids tend to want to make friends with him since N1, but he seemed aloof. We still thought that he was acting cool! LOL! It is only in the middle of K1 that he started talking about having friends in school, and even had a girlfriend (ok, they broke off :p). Now, the teacher still says that he still prefers to be alone at times.

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Double E:

Blokus:

Anyone engage a shadow teacher before? I'm thinking of getting one to follow My son to school & prompt him to initiate contact with his friends.

No I didn't although I am tempted. But a shadow teacher is expensive.

I wanted to and enquired...but we can't afford. It's about $40 per hour or about $5K per month!!!

[mashy]

Blokus:

Anyone engage a shadow teacher before? I'm thinking of getting one to follow My son to school & prompt him to initiate contact with his friends.

If the shadow teacher is just to prompt him to initiate contact, IMO there's no need for that. Some pp just are aloof. If he doesn't want to make friends now, let him be. How many of us still have friends from kindy anyway? If the shadow teacher is to do more than that like getting him to concentrate on his tasks, keep up the sch work etc, then I think it's more appropriate.

I think not having friends is better than having bad friends.

[Blokus]

Yah good point mashy! I was adviced to engage a shadow teacher because I wanted him to follow up on what he learnt at wee care. Initially I felt there wasn’t any need but still feel kan Chong that he’s not interacting or applying what he was taught. So now thinking to hire shadow teacher to help him. But then school is usually about learning and limited play time like 10-15 mins. I can’t think when the shadow teacher can come in. He can focus, do the task, act on instructions etc. So I guess to hire a shadow teacher just for interaction is abit of a waste of money hor?

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Double E


Can share how you get your kid to Practice what he learnt at wee care?

[mashy]

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Double E:

[quote=\"Blokus\"]Anyone engage a shadow teacher before? I'm thinking of getting one to follow My son to school & prompt him to initiate contact with his friends.

No I didn't although I am tempted. But a shadow teacher is expensive.

I wanted to and enquired...but we can't afford. It's about $40 per hour or about $5K per month!!![/quote]So expensive! U quit your job and shadow your kid better siah.

[Double E]

Blokus:

Double E


Can share how you get your kid to Practice what he learnt at wee care?

I practice on my own with him. For example, one of the lessons taught the kids to ask question like \"What are you doing?\". So I ask him this question whenever I find opportunity and told him to ask me back.

And I practice turn taking with him, sometimes get his sister to join in.

[Blokus]

Thanks double E!

[helplessmum3]

double E, do you feel tat wee care really helpful?



can share, what else did they teach?

usualy will they tell you what they teaching and guide you how to do it at home with your son?

btw, does your son know how to talk to you using phone/handphone yet? simple one.

[Double E]

helplessmum3:

double E, do you feel tat wee care really helpful?



can share, what else did they teach?

usualy will they tell you what they teaching and guide you how to do it at home with your son?

btw, does your son know how to talk to you using phone/handphone yet? simple one.

Hmmm, i think is subjective. For my boy, it did help a little but after a while it was stagnant, that's why i did not continue.

My boy doesn't pick up the phone and try to call but when the phone rings, there are instances where he picks up and put it on his ear. But he just kept quiet. But I do talk to him on the phone. When he is at my mum's place, I will call and ask my mum to put him on the phone. I will say \"hello\", then he will reply \"hello mummy\". And I ask him questions like what is he doing and he will tell me he is playing his car. So does that count?

Helplessmum
is your boy on the queue for EIPIC? Early intervention programme subsidize by the government?