All About Autism

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mashy:

Fizz:

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I'm not sure if this happens to all schs or even all classes with autistic kids. For my boy's mainstream pri sch, he has an AED attached to his class. This AED is with the class for maths and English and she will make sure my boy does his work etc. I don't need to pay a cent. She's like a shadow teacher during lesson time. My greatest worry when he first started sch was more of the unstructured time like recess when there is no supervision and he doesn't have a routine to follow to. I pv with the sch for the first two weeks during recess and once weekly after that to check on him. The form teacher has somehow put to the children to watch over him during recess time. So someone will always be eating with him. End of recess, if he doesn't appear in the hall, someone will go and get him from the canteen. His best buds now are his recess pals who eat with him, even share food with him and play with him.

Perhaps when looking for a mainstream school, u can check on the level of support they have for special needs kids. In my boy's sch, there are a lot of AED staff.

I'm so worried about mine! ONE AED who specialises in Dylexia. I called her twice to meet up with her and the VP (who is supposed to call me on the allocation of classes) and she assured me that the VP will arrange the meeting with me by October latest...till now...nothing!

Anyone whose kid has a very short focus in group setting and any tactics to counter this?

Then call her to check? I didn't meet the AED and the teacher until sch opened for two weeks. In fact the teacher assignment was also random. I didn't even meet the principal and VP at all. Dyslexia is different leh... Hopefully they have increased more AED staff by now. So far so good and we didn't have to see the senior management.

My son also very short attn span. But heard from his teacher he has improved tremendously. Previously she started a reward chart to get him started on his work. Now she doesn't need to use it anymore coz he has become auto already. No need to run after him and make him do his work. Chinese more difficult coz that teacher didn't believe in rewarding for good behaviour. So it didn't start on a good step. While e form teacher gave him AV responsibilities, the Chinese teacher refused to let him touch anything. So he was pretty confused for a while coz he thought he could do that in class and the Chinese teacher kept scolding him for touching the AV equipment. Had to explain to him that different teachers work differently and he shouldn't assume that permission from one teacher means permission from all. Well, nearly a year is over. So happy it's been rather good in terms of schooling. Not top of the class but not in the bottom either.[/quote]
That's good to hear for your boy!

Yup! I will call to check again next week. I did not want to be too hot on their heels either as they prolly have tonnes of other matters...though it didn't feel like they view parental concerns too much (haizzz...so much for being in a 'popular' school). :xedfingers:

I just came back from a session with another psychologist for behavioural management. It's supposed to be a parent-child session where the psych will work with the parent on solutions to tackle some of the behavioural concerns. She gave me some tips on gradually lengthening his focus and 2 more sessions before he goes to P1. Hopefully by then we can at least know what tactics work. And I asked her to see if she could recommend us to Rehab :evil: though she still needed to get to the PD again.

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helplessmum3:

oh dear lavendry, i tink cant ever afford my son for DAN liao...


i dun buy lottery

You may also do normal supplements. It's not a must to see DAN docs. Just that I prefer a professional to guide me along and assist me on the doubts and queries I faced.

Mainstream therapies are still more important than alternative treatments. Just my personal thoughts only.

[helplessmum3]

Lavendry, my boy oso take lacto gg for his bad rashes recently also add in fish oil…


my boy whole body rashes like mad, isit someting w DAN thingy?

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mashy:

slmkhoo:

[quote=\"helplessmum3\"]Fizz,

Oh my thanks. Then I must try tO teach my son phonics..
Any good teaching materials for phonics for my son? DVD or bOoks ?

Try this website:

http://www.starfall.com/

I didn't use it for my own kids but have heard good reviews about it.

They will teach phonics in school too. Mine was taught in school. I think if u aren't very good with phonics, better don't teach in case you teach the wrong things. Just do simple reading everyday will do.[/quote]For my boy, he mastered basic phonics very fast when he was 3. I let him watch Leapfrog Phonics DVD as he could follow the songs and phonetic sounds. But he took a looong time to grasp blending which I started end of last year. For my girl, I started her with Starfall and she recognise all the basic phonics by 2 and she loves to fiddle with the mouse to play the phonics games. When I taught my boy, I would google for consonents and learn the sounds too. I work very closely with his cc's teacher and she would whatsapp me to explain phonetic rules which I may not understand.

[lavendery]

ImMeeMee:

lavendery, any safety issues relating to the use of antifungals or antibacterials?

Medicated antifungals and antibacterials such as diflucan, vancomycin, nystatin should be taken with doc's guidance. Becos they can be hard on liver as they will raise the liver enzymes.

On the other hand, if you do natural antifungals/antibacterials such as OLE (Olive Leaf Extract), GSE (Grapefruit seed extract), OoO (oil of oregano), goldenseal etc. These are natural herbs and hence they are quite safe in my own opinion.

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Lavendery, please tell me how do u know that kefir is not suitable for your child. My son has watery stool for past week but I am not sure due to eating unclean food or cleansing effect from kefir. Cos I am also experiencing v strong herxheimer reaction from kefir.


Must be quite frustrating for u to find out that your child cannot drink bed coconut water kefir. But how about milk kefir? I bet u were a science student cos I am having a hard time to absorb information esp with very cheem terminology

[jme]

ImMeeMee, it is not easy to do 100%gfcf n u did it for a year plus :salute: too much work, too many temptation. Esp if there r siblings in the family.

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ArielMermaid:

ImMeeMee:

Arielmermaid

Thanks for the comprehensive write up. Yes DAN is not considered mainstream and hence there is some skepticism.

Just for my learning, is there a reason why the mercury level in you child is high? It's a heavy metal that doesnt accumulate unless through consumption. How does it get into the body?

Hi ImMeeMee,
I guess it was because I ate a lot of fish, and my son started eating fish ever since he could take solid food. Perhaps he was born with impaired ability to excrete mercury, so the mercury keeps accumulating. Also, the more mercury you have in your body, the harder it is for the body to excrete mercury. So, its a chicken and egg story =(

omg, i actually like fish a lot and i ate a lot of them during pregnancy. cod fish and normal not high in mercury fishes, i dont know why my son still becomes like that.

may i know how to get the hair test done for mercury level check?

[ImMeeMee]

jme:

ImMeeMee, it is not easy to do 100%gfcf n u did it for a year plus :salute: too much work, too many temptation. Esp if there r siblings in the family.

Yes, it was mainly home cooked food for my daughter then. Bread, milk and biscuits/snacks had to be bought from specialty shops. At that time, she was still young so we did not expose her to burgers, pizzas, french fries and all sorts of junk. And being the autistic self as she was, she did not ask.

I have a good domestic helper who is able to cook well. So she would cook and pack for us if we were having meals outside home. We took a couple of short holidays during that time and had to lug additional luggage to carry her pre-prepared raw food materials and the utensils. Before each trip my domestic helper and I would work out the menu for each day and I would do the cooking for her.

As she grew and became more aware, we found that it was more difficult to fend the line of not allowing her to eat normal food. That plus the mealtime interactions and her progress, we decided to let go. It was a jittery period, cos I always had the fear of her regression.

Actually GFCF diet is a very healthy diet, and its a pity that she couldnt continue. Now she eats all sorts of things just like us, and her favorites are pizza and french fries ... :roll:

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helplessmum3:

Lavendry, my boy oso take lacto gg for his bad rashes recently also add in fish oil..


my boy whole body rashes like mad, isit someting w DAN thingy?

Unfortunately i'm not very sure, its best to get back to your doctor. Maybe you might want to remove out either one of the supplements (eg fish oil) to check to see if lacto gg is the cause of the sudden outbreak?

Perhaps the brand doesn't agree with his body? Sometimes some reaction is good, it means that the body is reacting to it. However too much rashes might mean something else..