All About Autism

[helplessmum3]

Mummies,

heard b4 some mummies here after started DAN on their kid, they poopoo not smelly?

does it mean smelly is bad body system? my son’s very smelly…but he poo poo everyday without fail.

[Double E]

Hi all,


I m feeling happy today because I just found out that as an alumni of my defunct Pri sch, my kids are applicable for phases 2A2 P1 registrstion in one the pri schools very near my plc. This means they hv a guaranteed slot in the sch and I can be spared from the stress of balloting or PV. Although the sch is not the most popular on the neighborhood, I read from this forum that is actually not bad, seems like the sch n teachers hv heart to help poorer students. N most imptly, the sch has a b4/after student care service run by YWCA , which I will need to send my kids to intone to come since both hubby n I are working. I just check the sch’s website, it’s special resources seems comprehensive enough. Now, I pray that my boy can enter mainstream education when the time comes.

On my boy, the therapists said that he seems distracted these two weeks. Ask him to do a task, he went off topic n talk about other things for a while before returning to his task. Hiaz, well there’s always ups n downs, if all good all the time, then he wouldn’t be ASD already right? But on the other hand, the therapists observed that he can now take two steps instructions pretty well, just need to give him some time to process the info.

[DesertWind]

mashy:

Why are u against an IQ test?....I suppose if they get a low IQ score then they will advise the parents to go to special needs school rather than a mainstream.

Hi mashy,

Precisely because of its consequences and what you just shared also confirmed my doubts. Like they could not even give your kid a score and at the end of the day they got to deduce based on overall.

My son's therapist shared with me about one kid she is teaching now (going P2 next year) whom at 4/5 yo went for an IQ test at KKH and because during the 3 hours of test he did not cooperate and did not do well, got a diagnosis of \"Mentally Retarded\". His mother cried like hell and thought it was all doomed. Then went to this therapist who worked with this boy one-on-one early intervention. Boy's mother decided to defer his P1 by one year to train her boy up. Now 3 years later, this boy is attending mainstream primary one and did so well he did not even need a shadow teacher! The therapist said he got no problems doing his school work at all after all the training the past years.

I am really skeptical about the whole IQ test thing, especially on young kids. By the way, one pyschologist did try to do the IQ test with my boy when he was about 4 as part of the observation package and he was totally uncooperative. Got to abandon the test. Problem is we already paid for it hence :moneyflies:

Another way to answer the question why I am against the IQ test is to ask back another question: - why are parents against streaming at P3? The reasons why parents are against streaming at P3 would be very similar to the reasons why I am against the IQ test.

[helplessmum3]

I just check w my mother .

She say when I’m at 3yo I don’t talk at all until around 4plus then I start to talk.

I really can’t recall much of my childhood … All I remember I don’t talk or hard for me to talk when I’m outside the house…

Maybe back then is common not to talk until 4yo la…
I ask my mother what are those test I went through that make me play puzzle , see color dotted image …

She say she don’t really know just that alot of test n assement . Also has check my leg/feet la…

Mummies when during your younger days do u have to do all these assessment ?

[helplessmum3]

Dersertwind ,


Care to share who is your fren son therapy ? She is awesome …

At times these so call professional cant beats those therapist who work w these kids n ground works .

[nugget]

desertwind,


i am somewhere in between. i would let my child take IQ test cos i like to see how cooperative he is and see where he is at. even if he failed, i would still put him at mainstream P1 cos i know he can handle it. to put him at P1 or not is all up to me. not the doc nor therapist can decide.

[phtthp]

desertwind,


you may let your son take IQ test when he is older (around P5) -
in Primary school later on. But not now when he is only K1.

[phtthp]

DesertWind:

My son's therapist shared with me about one kid she is teaching now (going P2 next year) whom at 4/5 yo went for an IQ test at KKH and because during the 3 hours of test he did not cooperate and did not do well, got a diagnosis of \"Mentally Retarded\". His mother cried like hell and thought it was all doomed.

i cannot stand those therapists who anyhow go around label a child as \"Mentally Retarded\" esp when the kid is so young. Very bad of them !

[Gifts from Heaven]

Actually, if kid doesnt cooperate during the test, psychologist is supposed to extend the time taken to conduct the test. The IQ test doesn’t take 3 hours. It is the autism assessment that takes approximately 3 hours, and this components of this test can be taken on separate days so that the kid is not so stressed.

[Gifts from Heaven]

nugget:

desertwind,


to put him at P1 or not is all up to me. not the doc nor therapist can decide.

This is possible only if you don't declare your kid's problem. Basically, you let the school find out itself and be prepared to receive feedback abt your kid's learning \"disability\". Your kid may feel that he/she is always being \"highlighted\" by the teachers, so he/she may develop a negative self image. If you expect accomodations fr the school, then you will hv to declare and they will expect to see the full psychological report, including the part on IQ and school readiness.