All About Autism
-
helplessmum3:
How many therapists have u seen to condemn the whole team? If its just one or two, call and make appointment again. Ask for another therapist. First appt is always assessment. If u keep changing, ur boy will forever be getting assessed. U need at least 6 mths to see the effects from the therapies. Just be patient and go thru with one for at least 6 mths before u make your judgement. I don't think it's fair for u to say they aren't good and always assessing when u only see each one once.Mashy,
I'm just unlucky to meet these pp la.
I do meet good one now like my son current trial school teachers n supervisor ,
And all mummies here are good pp too mah.
Just kkh cdu team sucks mah.
U go try cdu u will understand
We have been thru many therapists. And we know almost all in the rehab kkh. Agree some are good and some aren't effective with my boy but we still managed to gain some progress and found some good ones along the way. Now a lot of them know him very well already. -
slmkhoo:
Me too! I read every word of the report and I read it a few times!helplessmum3:
Total 8pages . How can I possible ready ,each page full House of wordings ,Tat time I devastated
Mine was 17 pages! And I read every word and it was really helpful. I gave it to my parents to read too and they finally realised that I wasn't protecting my 'lazy' daughter and letting her off too lightly.
Within the 3 hrs assessment more time are spent on talking to us.
Real assessing my son is just bit here n there n she just conclude
I was interviewed for two 2-3 hr sessions, and my daughter was tested for 2 long sessions also. Since a lot of the diagnosis is based on parents' information, the more you tell them the better. I was asked lots of questions about my daughter when she was aged 4yo and below (apparently the best age for diagnosis since interventions etc wouldn't have kicked in much), and I was thankful that it was I who had been the sole caregiver - no-one else would remember as much after 10 yrs! They can't tell much from a few hours of watching the child in an artificial environment.
Only the cognitive test , then. She do w my son but also very shibily.
Do you know how it should be done?
She is very lazy can tell one.
Just want to get report out and closed her case kind .
Old woman as expected very numb to work already.
The report is called \"physcologist report \" is it consider diagnosed report .
Yes, this would be the diagnosis, although since it was done when your son was so young, most professionals would require another one done later.
\"pervasive development disorder-not otherwise specific which also know as Autism spectrum disorder \"
I wrote some where for tis.
I think you should ask for another copy of the report, read it carefully, and keep it for future reference. -
mashy:
Me too! I read every word of the report and I read it a few times![/quote]Me three! I read it over and over and kept it well...and made a copy to his main teacher.slmkhoo:
[quote=\"helplessmum3\"]Total 8pages . How can I possible ready ,each page full House of wordings ,Tat time I devastated
Mine was 17 pages! And I read every word and it was really helpful. I gave it to my parents to read too and they finally realised that I wasn't protecting my 'lazy' daughter and letting her off too lightly.
Within the 3 hrs assessment more time are spent on talking to us.
Real assessing my son is just bit here n there n she just conclude
I was interviewed for two 2-3 hr sessions, and my daughter was tested for 2 long sessions also. Since a lot of the diagnosis is based on parents' information, the more you tell them the better. I was asked lots of questions about my daughter when she was aged 4yo and below (apparently the best age for diagnosis since interventions etc wouldn't have kicked in much), and I was thankful that it was I who had been the sole caregiver - no-one else would remember as much after 10 yrs! They can't tell much from a few hours of watching the child in an artificial environment.
Only the cognitive test , then. She do w my son but also very shibily.
Do you know how it should be done?
She is very lazy can tell one.
Just want to get report out and closed her case kind .
Old woman as expected very numb to work already.
The report is called \"physcologist report \" is it consider diagnosed report .
Yes, this would be the diagnosis, although since it was done when your son was so young, most professionals would require another one done later.
\"pervasive development disorder-not otherwise specific which also know as Autism spectrum disorder \"
I wrote some where for tis.
I think you should ask for another copy of the report, read it carefully, and keep it for future reference. -
Blokus:
Oh I see. So that means he can be severe in 1 area but normal in the other 5? Does the severity matters in the diagnosis? Like, if he hasn't meet only 1 criteria but is not severe, does that consider PDD still?[/quote]I'm not 100% sure on the severity...I only know that a PDD can be more severe in certain areas than a classic autistic...and as long as the person doesn't hit at least 6 criteria then it's not medically classified austistic...Fizz:
[quote=\"Blokus\"]Ah, so he's got PDD? that's good news! PDD is the best diagnosis on the autism spectrum. It's even milder than high functioning autism if I'm not wrong. It's like not here not there. He can't entirely be considered to have autism although he lacks of certain skills. If it's really PDD, I think you have a wrong idea what he's future would be like. It's not as doom and gloom as you always say it will be. In fact, with proper teaching, he most likely can function and live normally. Actually, exactly what are the teacher's complaints about him? If you didn't tell them that he got ASD do you think the teachers will still complain about his behavior?
Actually PDD may not be so called milder than other categories on the spectrum. It really depends on the severity of the symptoms. In theory, these kids are PDD because they have symptoms of autism but they do not satisfy 6 of the criteria to be medically termed as autistic. -
Double E:
Double E, I went to Pathlight's open house couple of months ago and this was what I gathered there:ImMeeMee
Yes, I heard of the primary preparatory programme in Pathlight. It is also in my plan to send my boy there before he goes to P1.
Have u found out about registration procedure? I wonder if is also a long wait list.
Their academic year is run by the calendar year, and registration for the next academic year ends sometime in June in the preceding year. For the registration, the school requires a medical report, IQ assessment with the IQ cut off, and application form. The exact requirements are on its website.
Sometime during second half of th year, the school will conduct its own assessment. This includes individual work and group work.
Meaning, if the child wants to get into the school by Jan 2014, parents would need to put in an application by June 2013 with the required documents. Applications can be submitted earlier but we were told that would not affect the selection process. By second half 2013 the school will call up the child for an assessment if the child meets the IQ criteria.
I have no information on the wait list though. -
Fizz:
Fizz, what are the 6 critiera to confirm the diagnosis of autism? We were not told of any specific criteria during my daughter's diagnosis.
Actually PDD may not be so called milder than other categories on the spectrum. It really depends on the severity of the symptoms. In theory, these kids are PDD because they have symptoms of autism but they do not satisfy 6 of the criteria to be medically termed as autistic. -
helplessmum3:
helplessmum, 'why' questions are more difficult as you need to build in the logic with 'because xxx'. I am currently doing a lot of exercises with my daughter everyday explaining about 'why-because' and hopefully she is able to improve her logical thinking. Sometimes she can and there are times when she cant.KarKar,
For just this month my son is able to answers these questions:-
Ei \"what are u doing \", what are u eating\", what are you drinking\" \"what happen\" \"who is this\" \"what your name\" , \"how old are u\" \"how are u\"
He answer all correctly during the moments .
He still don't know these \"w\" questions like
\"why\" \"when\" \"how to do this\"
'When' is also more difficult cos you need time concept to answer such questions, and I find time concept very difficult to teach. So also at the stage now where I just keep explaining to her.
The other easier one is 'where' which you seem not to have mentioned in your post. This is relatively easier cos places are visual, which would be more straight forward for them to grasp. Try that as well.
Stay positive and dont give up. -
Blokus,
i also not so sure. u read again its say \"
\"pervasive development disorder-not otherwise specific which also know as Autism spectrum disorder \"
he is really neither here nor there, so i take the the worst one,. cuz we can't have low expectation for our ASD child.
you are right, this trial cc , i did not tell them my son is ASD anyway just trial only.
These are the feedback from the teachers :-
My son listen to instructions.
He request what he wants , like if he wan milk , some more fruits or drink water first before eat his meals.
He nap 2-3hrs at the center together w the rest of the kids.
He can do work on his table.
He can sit & attentive to teacher when class start.
He will self feed .
He will play & sit together w his friends.
During tv time, he don't really watch tv but teacher will find alternative for him to sit together while watching tv, for example a toys or puzzle & etc.. (see the attitude?)...
I told the teacher, I'm worried if my son dun sleep he might disturb others & also affect teachers rest or works time.. the teachers say\" no worries, most of the kids here already settle down they know when new kid come in and they already get use to it, and as for teachers works, today don't do then leave it until the day they re able to do lot\" See the attitudes again\"
As much mummies here have advised, it is true that class size really make a huge difference. this trail school class size is 12 kids to 2 teachers.
That cc who always discriminate my son, the class size is 24 kids w 1 stay put teacher and 1 floating teacher. so most of the time, is 1 teacher to 24 kids. die die wan my son to sleep , cannot do other stuff if no sleep. die die wan my son to watch tv if watching tv time, can't do other stuff but to watch tv cus he might distraught others kids & etc , blah blah blah
and they know my son is diagnosed as ASD so their mindset already think he is not easy to handle. -
fizz,
im not faulting whole team. i already said I’m unlucky to meet some…
my son therapist is located at HBP not SACC, only physiologist done at St Andrew hospital.
Fizz , I’m happy for u tat you meet good therapist at sacc. pls yr son will become better. I saw one 10yo, cuz parents keep in denial… he has full of bruises all over his body because he hurt himself by accidents. or self hurt him self if he can’t get his wants… he can’t work on desk & etc as ASD.
only recently at 10yo. he get 1:1 therapy, he is now able to sit down to do his work.
The KEy " MUST WORK with THEM" "THEY desperately Need our Guidance"…"BE Firm to them" once guided, they understand… at times they repeated what they not suppose to do is because they are trying to double confirm otherwise they are testing… -
SlmKhoo,
maybe diagnoses vary from KKH & Private.
I will get another report when my son need to get assess again. then i ask previous one a copy. Thanks for Advise.
that time i feel she is doing shabbily bcos, previous before i suspect my son is ASD, when he reached 2yo, we went for NUS - Child Dev study, they did somehow the same cognitive or language physiologist test… which also my son has scored above average of his peers.
there where i compare their attitude and they way the handle the child.
Hello! It looks like you're interested in this conversation, but you don't have an account yet.
Getting fed up of having to scroll through the same posts each visit? When you register for an account, you'll always come back to exactly where you were before, and choose to be notified of new replies (either via email, or push notification). You'll also be able to save bookmarks and upvote posts to show your appreciation to other community members.
With your input, this post could be even better 💗
Register Login