All About Autism

[nugget]

I think they are trying to put in place a program to screen our kids to get them into special school like pathlight or sped school.


I learnt that there are some children who are really special needs like having certain type of developmental delay but the parents just refuse to let them seek help. So these kids are now still in mainstream school. A teacher friend told me, these parents refuses to acknowledge the kid needs help, the teacher also cant do anything but to continue to keep them in school.

Hence I think thats why the board is set up to counsel and help those kids. But then… are there enough sped school for our kids or not? Like pathlight, its so damn hard to get in with long waiting list…

[mashy]

nugget:

I think they are trying to put in place a program to screen our kids to get them into special school like pathlight or sped school.


I learnt that there are some children who are really special needs like having certain type of developmental delay but the parents just refuse to let them seek help. So these kids are now still in mainstream school. A teacher friend told me, these parents refuses to acknowledge the kid needs help, the teacher also cant do anything but to continue to keep them in school.

Hence I think thats why the board is set up to counsel and help those kids. But then.. are there enough sped school for our kids or not? Like pathlight, its so damn hard to get in with long waiting list...

I heard from my friend, her Dd's classmate has Down syndrome. That gal couldn't cope but still in mainstream gal's school. The parents even wanna retain her for a yr but I doubt it will make any difference.

My boy's classmate who kicked him is also suspected to be special needs but his parents refused to get him diagnosed. They are very defensive and rude to the teacher. That boy is pretty violent. So there are many out there who are still in denial and insist on putting their kids thru mainstream and not getting help.

[nugget]

mashy:

I heard from my friend, her Dd's classmate has Down syndrome. That gal couldn't cope but still in mainstream gal's school. The parents even wanna retain her for a yr but I doubt it will make any difference.

My boy's classmate who kicked him is also suspected to be special needs but his parents refused to get him diagnosed. They are very defensive and rude to the teacher. That boy is pretty violent. So there are many out there who are still in denial and insist on putting their kids thru mainstream and not getting help.

Ya I agree. I spoke to one principal before as well. They have a DS girl in their school. At least our educational system doesn't not kick us out. I want to put my boy in mainstream to let him try out first.

They shld build more sped school. They know there are special needs children in the school.. yet the sped schools in SG is only a handful.

[Double E]

Btw, do your kids feel embarrassed?


Recently my boy doesn’t want me to see his poop. I tried to peep inside the toilet bowl to check if he pooped, he will push me away and tell me not to see.

[mashy]

Double E:

Btw, do your kids feel embarrassed?


Recently my boy doesn't want me to see his poop. I tried to peep inside the toilet bowl to check if he pooped, he will push me away and tell me not to see.

Yes, frequently. He now even cries when he does badly for spelling practice.

[helplessmum3]

jme:

Helplessmum


http://www.cel.sg/Resources_FAQs_Integrated-Child-Care-Programme.aspx

But hearsay the waiting period is long. I am not sure. I went to three different private cc to check. St Gerard at Guillemard, divinity at bishan n kids4kits at telok kurau.

thanks,but the list here does not have the name u mentioned, so strange.
http://www.cel.sg/uploads/ICCP%20Service%20Matrix_Jul%202012.pdf

[jme]

Helplessmum, the 3 cc I mentioned r privately run. the iccp fees is cheaper than the ones I have seen. I do not know how iccp runs but I can share how my son’s cc works. His class has 4asd kids n 6 nt kids. They (asd and nt) attend english, chinese, math n art lesson together. There will be 2 sessions of group ot n 1 session of group st every week. Each session is 30 mins. The asd kids will also have one on one session for 45mins of teaching everyday. This 45mins daily is not ot or st. More like a special needs teacher teaching the child according to the child’s ability. All these therapies r included in the school fees. But I will have to pay extra if I want one on one ot n st. They have swimming lessons but then parents will have to pay too.

[helplessmum3]

Jme,

I see, I have mistaken .

May I know how much u pay then per month ? So is like 7 to 7 ya? Sound real guided environment .

My son now w mainstream cc , I can w smaller group setting n caring or attentive teacher really help my son a lot also make him more confident …

I think kids hard to go school is because they not confident or else they are tired
Just like we adult , when tired we don’t feel like going to work . Or works are so demoralizing we too will not feel like going to work …

[ImMeeMee]

jme:

Helplessmum, the 3 cc I mentioned r privately run. the iccp fees is cheaper than the ones I have seen. I do not know how iccp runs but I can share how my son's cc works. His class has 4asd kids n 6 nt kids. They (asd and nt) attend english, chinese, math n art lesson together. There will be 2 sessions of group ot n 1 session of group st every week. Each session is 30 mins. The asd kids will also have one on one session for 45mins of teaching everyday. This 45mins daily is not ot or st. More like a special needs teacher teaching the child according to the child's ability. All these therapies r included in the school fees. But I will have to pay extra if I want one on one ot n st. They have swimming lessons but then parents will have to pay too.

jme, sorry have not followed closely but is your child in ICCP? The support looks good. Any challenges that you face in this environment?

I called up to enquire about ICCP some time ago and was told that the fees that we pay under ICCP will be different from those for NT kids even in the same childcare center. What is the difference at your end?

At one stage I was thinking of EIPIC and ICCP together since ICCP offers the mainstream environment but still with some support for the ASD child. But application for ICCP comes under CEL referral, and I think if the child is already in EIPIC, the chances will not be high.

[mashy]

Just had PTM with the English enrichment teacher. Guess he is not totally unidentifiable coz his teacher realizes that he’s a bit different from the other kids and his poor eye contact, difficulty in getting his attention. The good thing is that she also thinks he’s very bright, just need to work on the speech and handwriting.