Double E:

Hi mummies, I just came back from a vacation in Goldcoast with my family and friends. It was a tiring but enjoyable experience. And I am thankful that my boy behaved much better than I expected! He was totally cooperative during the 7 hours flight journey and most importantly, he was open to try the different rides at Movieword and Dreamworld. I was initially very worried that he will reject the rides but he didn't and was game for more. Not only that, he loved taking photos with the mascot and was willing to touch the koalas and feed the kangaroos.


The only setback during the trip was his visual stimming, he did a lot of it and at every opportunity he could find. Sigh! He stopped his stimming for two mths and it came back recently. I really need to find a way to deal with it.

Mummies, how do u deal with your kids' stimming activities? My boy likes to look at lines with the corner of his eyes and walk along it.

My boy used to do exactly what your boy did- this is what his therapist described as \"side gaze\". It doesn't really affect his normal function, it just doesn't look nice and it often invite curious stares from people who doesn't understand. I also didn't know what to do about it except for constantly \"nagging\" at him not to do that..Anyway, I also don't know what happen, he somehow decided to stop doing that sometime earlier this year

Gifts from Heaven:

specialboymum:

[quote=\"Gifts from Heaven\"]Thanks Blokus and Double E.


Double E:
Do you hv any experience with Weecare - Tanglin?
Do you kn what they do in their lessons?
If not convenient to share here, plse PM me.
Thanks

My boy attended social skill class at weecare, which he stopped end of last year because of busier schedule with him entering primary 1. They have 2 types of social class (if there isn't changes), 1) social skill class at Tanglin 2) kidz club held at everton park.
The difference is, for kidz club, you are suppose to bring a typical developing kid to be your special kid's buddy. My boy attended both (progress from social skill to kidz club).

Thanks for the info, specialboymum.
How long were you with them?
How do you find their classes? Effective? For the topics covered, are they something which we can do at home on your own ?
Really appreciate if you could share your experiences with me.
If it is not convenient to share here, pls PM me.

thanks a lot![/quote]My boy was with them for social classes for a year.. The improvement he made was that he was no longer resistant in participating in group activity but they didn't manage to make him build the awareness or make him feel that he wants to join the group activity. It is only this year, when he is older, and I make him expose to 'real life' group setting like the mainstream school and afterschool care, then he starts to open up.

I felt that the group play, particularly the social skill classes are little bit too 'orchestrated' - I remembered I feed back to Weecare before, so not sure if they did anything to address on that already. My boy and other kids were held like 'rag dolly' when doing the tasks like turn taking ball fetching game. Once the game is over, you can see my boy and rest of the kids, repel off like like-pole magnet, ran off to different corners and back to their own world.
Not sure if this is good or bad, maybe it is a 'must go through' phase, as he eventually learn not to reject group activity.

Gifts from Heaven:

Thanks Blokus and Double E.


Double E:
Do you hv any experience with Weecare - Tanglin?
Do you kn what they do in their lessons?
If not convenient to share here, plse PM me.
Thanks

My boy attended social skill class at weecare, which he stopped end of last year because of busier schedule with him entering primary 1. They have 2 types of social class (if there isn't changes), 1) social skill class at Tanglin 2) kidz club held at everton park.
The difference is, for kidz club, you are suppose to bring a typical developing kid to be your special kid's buddy. My boy attended both (progress from social skill to kidz club).

Blokus,


ASD is a spectrum and it is too complex that it is impossible to tell whether the person is autistic or not based on a checklist. I think you have already did the very first important step i.e to list down his behaviors and issues of concerns, it certainly help to identify the help he might need. I wish I was calm and organized like you when we first suspect my boy to be autistic.

I suggest you consider sending him for OT and SLT while waiting for diagnosis. What you have in the list is pretty good enough for the therapists to plan a suitable program for him

ImMeeMee:

thanks schweppes and specialboymum for the encouragement ... so shy :oops: :oops:


Actually there are still information gaps in my story board if you look closely, and will work on them as I go along. But given that this is a first try and it is working, just want to share the joy of achievement where dd3 and myself are concerned, where I feel like celebrating ... :celebrate:

Life shouldnt be a downward spiral into depression and gloom because of our children's condition, even though sometimes it does feel like it. while it is not an occasion for a durian ice cream for me schweppes I do value this moment ...

:please:

Actually you did very well already. I remember I did one for my boy to prepare him for the trip to HK disneyland. He still ended up having major meltdown inside the park. After the super tiring trip, I discussed with his therapist on why it didn't work, then we realized I touch on everything from taking bus to the park, buying ticket and entering the park, but I failed to describe in details what to expect inside the park, I only generalize as take the rides, so he was nervous for not knowing what to expect. :wrongmove:

ImMeeMee:

helplessmum3:

Pls load pic of yr material here so I roughly hav idea how its works imeemee

I created it on white board and took a photo of it in my hp, so that I can refer back and blow up the specific sections where required.

It was meant to address the issue when her Ah Ma is watching TV and couldnt hear what was on TV, but I have started to extend it to other family members about how they feel when they cant hear whats on TV.

Its quite a humble story board ... :oops: but hope it helps.

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Great Job!!! :rahrah:

Congratulation Nugget :congrats:

mummyJune:

helplessmum-no he wont ve imaginary play. he will play whatsever toys are given to him


specialboymum-just wonder, is this part & parcel of growing up? how old is yr boy now? is he attending OT? does it helps in his behaviour?

Hi Mummyjune, my boy is 7 now. Yes, they do improve as they grow up, but it is still important to have therapy to help them.

OT does help him though he started late. During the start of the new school year, he was having trouble coping with the change of environment and therefore was quite disruptive. The sensory diet and therapeutic program he went through with the OT helped to calm him down. He is also better in self regulations, eye contact and more observant to things around him. This indirectly helps in his speech and language development.

Mummyjane, my boy used to scream a lot when he was around 3 years old. It happened when we bring him into an enclosed area or crowded area, be it a shop or clinic. He would roll on the floor, screamed and cried loudly- of course, we invited a lot of disapproving stares from members of the public. It was only until recently (last year) then I learnt that all these behavior issues are related to sensory integration problems, which can be resolved by OT. If I have known earlier, I would send him to OT- last time I thought OT is just to address general gross and fine motor skills.


Anyway, he managed to out grown that behavior issue, through difficult way- we just continued to bring him out to crowded and enclosed area, be more thick skinned and ignored all the stares that he invited when he did his public meltdown again. As the time goes by, he has lesser public meltdown, probably because he got used to the environment

Thanks schweppes…

think going to have a little notebook otherwise difficult to keep track, especially the little changes.

I tried listening to the music myself, got headache after 15 minutes because of on and off changes in frequency (muffling sounds etc), but my kid seem to enjoy it.