Thanks for the info, Pinkamoon. In sg, seems like son-rise program is not easily found…can’t imagine flying to US to get training haha… your hb and you are decisive to just do that!


My hb and I felt that our boy’s condition has improved significantly through the KKH OT sessions. Although it was just 4 sessions, the therapist had given simple tips for parents to adopt which helped our boy’s behaviour. Now that have to wait so much longer to get to Rainbow centre, we aren’t sure of what to do in the meantime to help our boy further.

Diet wise, we just ensure he eat more home-cooked food (to try exclude gluten) and took out cow’s milk completely. Not too sure if the improvement in his condition is due to diet or us spending more time with him, doing things he likes and letting him take the lead. Now the priority is to get him to talk. What sorta games do you play with him btw?

If no need speech therapist will be good, can save $$. hehe

pinkamoon:

Hi bs1975,

I have pmed u.

Hi pinkamoon, can PM me the neurofeedback contact too? and the speech therapist who worked with your son?

Had planned to enrol my boy to Rainbow Centre but was informed that there are no slots..and have to wait until Jan 2017

Hi mummies… If i want to start my boy on gfcf diet,wat kinda milk formula should i give him? So far the only non cow milk based formula sold in sg is isomil. Wondering there r other choices?? I am planning to buy a breadmaker to make my own cake/bread etc to reduce exposure to gluten… Now have to deal with the milk problem as he loves milk.

So50:

Snow24:

Hi


Anyone can share methods on how to teach child about rules and boundaries eg stay in the classroom not wander off, comply with rules.

Hi Everyone, merry Xmas.

Hi Snow24, how old is your child ? I cannot really comment much as i am quite new to all this. But from my observation in my boy's school, the teacher who is the handling the child has to keep repeating the step, sorta of like drilling the habit into their brain. When they keep wondering off, the teacher will usually allow him to wonder off. After a while, they will invite him back..this will repeat over sometime and then he will follow suit. The key is you have to \"demo\" an action to que/signal him For a response..(something i learnt from my ST)

On another occasion, when my boy just joined his playgroup, he is not allowed to leave the class until he wear his own shoe. I was like :scratchhead: as i myself still need my grandpa to wear my shoes until i am in kindergarten... Haha...
Anyway, the teacher was very firm on this and my boy cried and throw temper while he sees the rest of his class leaving. In the end, he LL. wore his shoes on his own... I was pretty amazed as i was hiding at one corner peeping at him. I guess u cant let him \"win\". You have to stand firm on the grounds when there is a need to. Once he knows u allow some leeway, he will bargain and try to be funny.

My boy does not like to sit in car seat. Always throw temper and wanna get out of the car seat while i am driving. So there is once when he is having a meltdown in car, i actually stop the car and ask him and my helper to get out of the car. I pretend to be angry and drove my car away. After i drove back, he just guai guai sit in the car seat...some weeks later, he starts his nonsense again... This time round, i never chase him out of car. I actually drove back into my carpark and told him we are not gg out cos he is not sitting in car seat. I did this 3x..driving in and out. And he got the message after that... No car seat = no gg out...

I do not have a cane at home. But once in a while, i go crazy just to set my rules in place. And he will follow through and knows his boundaries. My grandma use a cane on him when he did something wrong. (I dun like and dun encourage though). From the school's Side, they also told me not to reason with him when he did something wrong as they are too young to understand. A cause and effect drilling is better. Fyi, my boy is turning 3 next week. So a simple instruction \"i want you to stop Xxx\" repeatedly is more effective than a long nagging...

So50, yr boy's childcare teacher is good at enforcing rules，which is good. There are a few times when my hb or i went to pick up my boy,he was lying on the floor while the other kids were walking abt playing. Feel so bad when i see that and cant help feeling irritated with the teachers for leaving my boy to be. My boy jus loves to lie on the floor dunno y..hai. Is esp difficult when we have to take public transport to/fro punggol-bishan everyday for his sch. Ot said this cant be corrected until he understand y cannot lie on the floor.

Now trying to teach my boy to point and gesture his wants (homework from ot)..sometimes he jus refused to and will resort to grabbing or tantrums. Speaking of spanking,we cannot do it cos he will copy and hit us or others. So have to be super patient w him!

Hi couragemom,thanks for your advise! So far, we have started ot and physiotherapy session for him… Physio is cos the kk pd said he seems clumsy for his age. He is 2.5 yo is feb. now that we see he is comfortable w ot and physio sessions,we may consider to start the private speech therapy…not sure y,but the kk pd only asked us to enrol for speech class for parents only. How old is your kid and do u have good ST to recommend?


We chose rainbow centre cos the queue is the shortest…do u know if the centre does ST and OT? Wonder if i will need to top up w private therapy. Saw from various forums that private therapies r mostly on weekly basis and one to one. Gg to be so costly if this is true!

Hi snow24, my boy have this problem too. Went to kkh pd yesterday who diagnosed him with asd. She advised us to work with an occupational therapist to help him focus and "stay put" for tasks,before considering speech therapy.


Have signed my boy up for eipic program at rainbow centre yishun as the queue is shortest there. So now have to wait for interview session with parents.

To all, have u guys brought yr child to playgroups to socialise? Pd advised me to do playdates.