All About Autism
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Nugget
Good for u!
yah, I'm also happy that the rehab let me continue with the therapies unlike CDC which didn't offer any help for us the moment they hear my boy was turning 6.
Maybe your boy is still young so doesn't yet understand what the book was about. -
Audvis,
Can’t really comment on the discipline situations that you faced without knowing the details like how old is your child, how is his condition and what ‘mischievious’ things he did.
But let me share how I deal with this kind of situations with my 5 yr old Aspergers’ boy, who I think can be mischievious due to his cognitive ability.
Generally, I too make use of his obssessions. Currently, his obsession is playing games on the tablet. He has a set routine on what time he will play the games, so I make use of it.
When he misbehave, I will cut his time. I will give him warnings that I will be cutting his time. If he still continue, I will really do it and he will hv to earn it back by behaving better and cooperating. It has been working fine so far.
But before I can use this method, I make sure I teach him how he should behave in the situation and I "drum" my message into him. Also, I cannot be too picky…generally, I try not to sweat over small things to give myself sanity, else there will be plenty to pick abt and get myself really upset.
I’ve long realised that getting physical with him will only escalate the matter and cause a total meltdown in both of us. Really need to have a lot of patience and be very flexible and creative in dealing with his discipline situations. -
mashy:
Nugget
Good for u! yah, I'm also happy that the rehab let me continue with the therapies unlike CDC which didn't offer any help for us the moment they hear my boy was turning 6.
Maybe your boy is still young so doesn't yet understand what the book was about.
Mashy now your boy in P1, he still hv time to go attend his rehab? Does he need to cut class? -
nugget:
I arrange in the mornings. So far ok. But can only have 1 therapy a day so there were times that we gotta go kkh 3-4 times a week! Now that he has 3 diff therapies every 3 weeks, we are there average once every week. I didnt let him sign up cca, just an enrichment class, so still ok. The only time I expect he is going to miss his lesson is actually a dr's appointment. One thing gd about rehab is that they are pretty punctual. So if it's 10am, it's 10am. At most wait 10 mins more. Won't be so unpredictable like a dr's appointment.mashy:
Nugget
Good for u! yah, I'm also happy that the rehab let me continue with the therapies unlike CDC which didn't offer any help for us the moment they hear my boy was turning 6.
Maybe your boy is still young so doesn't yet understand what the book was about.
Mashy now your boy in P1, he still hv time to go attend his rehab? Does he need to cut class? -
Hi Seleste, Mashy, ImMeeMee, Gifts from heaven, my son is into fighter jets and iPhone games. But since I don’t play iPhone game myself(being so busy), I can’t engage him in this. But he likes me to teach him di zi gui. So maybe this is my bridge. Gifts from heaven- thanks for sharing how do u control your son.
Recently. I went to Northligt school. It takes in those who have failed PSLE, at the last 5% of the cohort, including those with ASD and ADHD. Everyone in the school is passionate about helping the kids be the best they can be, whether to progress to ITE or to attain job skills eg retail, food preparation, etc. The help extends to the family via home visits, food supplies for needy families, organising school camps for parents & child to bond. It was amazing and inspiring, and it pricked my conscience: if the teachers there who have no blood relation to the special needs children can be so committed and passionate to teaching them, shouldn’t I, as the mum of an ASD boy, at least put in the same amount of effort as the teachers? Contrasting my effort with the teachers’, I felt really guilty and ashamed of myself. Tears started to roll down my cheeks as I sat through the briefing conducted by the vice principal. The Norhlight school is an inspiring reminder that we must never give up on our kids. -
Audvis:
North light principal was my boy's pri sch principal! Now that he left, the sch is a bit messy. Sigh.Hi Seleste, Mashy, ImMeeMee, Gifts from heaven, my son is into fighter jets and iPhone games. But since I don't play iPhone game myself(being so busy), I can't engage him in this. But he likes me to teach him di zi gui. So maybe this is my bridge. Gifts from heaven- thanks for sharing how do u control your son.
Recently. I went to Northligt school. It takes in those who have failed PSLE, at the last 5% of the cohort, including those with ASD and ADHD. Everyone in the school is passionate about helping the kids be the best they can be, whether to progress to ITE or to attain job skills eg retail, food preparation, etc. The help extends to the family via home visits, food supplies for needy families, organising school camps for parents & child to bond. It was amazing and inspiring, and it pricked my conscience: if the teachers there who have no blood relation to the special needs children can be so committed and passionate to teaching them, shouldn't I, as the mum of an ASD boy, at least put in the same amount of effort as the teachers? Contrasting my effort with the teachers', I felt really guilty and ashamed of myself. Tears started to roll down my cheeks as I sat through the briefing conducted by the vice principal. The Norhlight school is an inspiring reminder that we must never give up on our kids.
Wow, di zi GUI is a wonderful teaching material. If u can teach him what it means, it will bring out the best in him. use that and explain to him what each sentence means.
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slmkhoo , thanks for the encouragement…
these days i keep seeing what they can rather then what they cant do… alot of successfuly story on youtube…
my son, this morning wake up and ask me "how are you"…
then ask for iphone, then is was on silent, he say to me " i wan sound plss""""
Praise the LORD… -
Hi Simkhoo, thanks for your encouragement and for sharing your experience. It feels good to read your post. May I ask whether your girl has any problems with essay writing in school? If yes, how did u teach her? My son is in P1 now but I foresee he will have BIG problem with essay. He is verbal but can’t even orally describe a scene that he sees, let alone in writing and/or other situations in which he has to rely on imagination rather than visual.
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slmkhoo
Having stayed in the US, how do you see the differences between SG and US where autism is concerned?
I have always been curious about how things are ongoing in the States, cos its a lot more developed than what we have here. Recently I read that there has been an autism conference in San Diego where professionals, caretakers and autistic individuals can come together and discuss topics and learn from one another. If only we have such opportunities here … -
Oh I see. Saw the US curriculum and thought you were in the States.
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