All About Autism

[Double E]

mashy:

Blokus:

Heh yah I know I'm too kan Chong. Just that my son was able to recognise words at about 1yo. And i know of kids who can also read at this age through flashcards. But my girl like cannot make it so I'm worried. Oh I didn't start with phonics or alphabets with my son. Taught him to read by sight words.

Haha, u are worse than me! Recog words at 1 yr old is genius level already. Majority can't do it. Cannot compare with the top 5% and say she cannot make it. :spank: children generally read at 5 yrs old. If can read earlier, good. But if can't, don't be too hard on them.

Mashy and Blokus
Actually, if my girl can read before she can speak, I will be damn worried. Because its either she is a genius or she could be ASD. I tell you why. My boy too can read when he was 1 year plus, close to 2 years, but no speech. When I flash the words like 'eyes,' mouth' etc to him, he can point at the features correctly. At that time, I thought I gave birth to a genius and my friends were amazed by his capability. Later on I shared his 'capability' proudly to his psychologist when I brought him to see one for speech delay. Instead of a praise, the psychologist was concerned. She said that according to normal development, kids should be able to speak before they can read. This advance capability that my boy has is not normal because he has no speech. The inconsistency in his growth milestone could be sign of ASD and she was right.

So Blokus, if your girl can't read at 1 year old, it may be a good sign after all.

[mashy]

Double E:

mashy:

[quote=\"Blokus\"]Heh yah I know I'm too kan Chong. Just that my son was able to recognise words at about 1yo. And i know of kids who can also read at this age through flashcards. But my girl like cannot make it so I'm worried. Oh I didn't start with phonics or alphabets with my son. Taught him to read by sight words.

Haha, u are worse than me! Recog words at 1 yr old is genius level already. Majority can't do it. Cannot compare with the top 5% and say she cannot make it. :spank: children generally read at 5 yrs old. If can read earlier, good. But if can't, don't be too hard on them.

Mashy and Blokus
Actually, if my girl can read before she can speak, I will be damn worried. Because its either she is a genius or she could be ASD. I tell you why. My boy too can read when he was 1 year plus, close to 2 years, but no speech. When I flash the words like 'eyes,' mouth' etc to him, he can point at the features correctly. At that time, I thought I gave birth to a genius and my friends were amazed by his capability. Later on I shared his 'capability' proudly to his psychologist when I brought him to see one for speech delay. Instead of a praise, the psychologist was concerned. She said that according to normal development, kids should be able to speak before they can read. This advance capability that my boy has is not normal because he has no speech. The inconsistency in his growth milestone could be sign of ASD and she was right.

So Blokus, if your girl can't read at 1 year old, it may be a good sign after all. :)[/quote]I've to agree with you on that. I have also come to realise that being able to read too early (ESP if we didn't teach them) is not necessarily a good thing. My boy only started talking at 2.5 yrs old and his skill in reading way surpasses his speech. There are quite a few here who started reading at a very early age too if you notice.

[Blokus]

Wow I didn’t know. Seems that its a common thing that our boys read before they talk? Mine too. But I had taught him. If left on his own I think he wouldn’t have picked it up.

[Double E]

Has anyone of you heard of neurofeedback? My husband saw a clinic providing this service near my boy’s OT centre. Its suppose to help with the brain wave for kids with ASD, ADHD etc.

[Double E]

BTW, I recently notice something about my boy.


That day, I was teaching him how to draw a balloon. He drew a circle and while he is trying to draw the string, he accidentally erased a small part of the circle that he drew. Very carefully, he used the marker to draw a short line to close off the gap that he erased before he proceed to draw the string of the balloon. It is as if, he is making sure that the balloon is perfect (although the circle that he drew looks like oval).

Also, this morning, when he was taking the towel to dry his hands, he accidentally knocked down the bottle of handwash. If this had happened a few weeks back, he would be oblivious to it. But this morning, he noticed it and placed the bottle back to its original place before proceeding to dry his hands with the towel.

I hope he can apply the same thought when he accidentally knocks down or bumps into other kids. There were a few times that he knocked down other kids and just went away without saying sorry or look at the kid or help the kid up.

[windie]

Any mums have children in lower primary? My P1 son has been getting additional home support to cope academically for English in Mainstream. I would like to explore small group tuition/enrichment but am wary of commercial centres as they may not be tolerant/patience to teach my son who has challenges focuses. Appreciate any recommendations that has worked for your child

[mashy]

windie:

Any mums have children in lower primary? My P1 son has been getting additional home support to cope academically for English in Mainstream. I would like to explore small group tuition/enrichment but am wary of commercial centres as they may not be tolerant/patience to teach my son who has challenges focuses. Appreciate any recommendations that has worked for your child

My son is also in pri 1. Now attends British council for English and berries for Chinese. So far so good. Initially he walks around. Now better and will do his work. Slowest in class but managed to finish.

[windie]

mashy:

windie:

Any mums have children in lower primary? My P1 son has been getting additional home support to cope academically for English in Mainstream. I would like to explore small group tuition/enrichment but am wary of commercial centres as they may not be tolerant/patience to teach my son who has challenges focuses. Appreciate any recommendations that has worked for your child

My son is also in pri 1. Now attends British council for English and berries for Chinese. So far so good. Initially he walks around. Now better and will do his work. Slowest in class but managed to finish.

Thanks Mashy...may i know which branch? And if you dont mind sharing how big is the class?

[mashy]

windie:

mashy:

[quote=\"windie\"]Any mums have children in lower primary? My P1 son has been getting additional home support to cope academically for English in Mainstream. I would like to explore small group tuition/enrichment but am wary of commercial centres as they may not be tolerant/patience to teach my son who has challenges focuses. Appreciate any recommendations that has worked for your child

My son is also in pri 1. Now attends British council for English and berries for Chinese. So far so good. Initially he walks around. Now better and will do his work. Slowest in class but managed to finish.

Thanks Mashy...may i know which branch? And if you dont mind sharing how big is the class?[/quote]HDB hub for BC and Berries Bishan.

Erm, I dunno how big the class is... Didn't count it. Maybe u can call to ask?

I ever changed class once for berries becoz they changed the teacher and she couldn't control him. End up he didn't do any of his class work. It went on for a few weeks until I requested to change class to a firmer teacher. It worked and he finished his work after that.

[helplessmum3]

Double e,

Yr son has become for awareness now.

I did not know yr son was not aware previously .

My son always knock things down he is very aware n die die must pick up n put them back. I felt or I thought rigidity haha..

When I go shopping if half way I go toilet he too will ask his daddy where is mama..

If out the house he will ensure daddy n mommy n hold both our hands to walk together.

Double e, seems yr son music therapy is working in him . May I know what kind of music usually is played . Must wear headphone or just play on player ?