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NewMumStress:

Anyone can help to recommand any school or therapy or whatever for my son...

He has a bit autism and still dun wanna talk at the age of 4 now.

Hi NewMumStress:

There are some other upcoming events (like the one organised by NIE - and you have to respond by this Sunday !) that maybe useful to you too:

http://shoulders.freeforums.org/events-f23.html

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ImMeeMee:

There was an article in ST Forum this morning about insurance coverage for ASD kids.


Any views?

See here for discussion, you are welcome to add your views to the following thread focused on this topic.

http://shoulders.freeforums.org/post804.html#p804

ImMeeMee:

SpecialNeeds:

I was at the http://shoulders.freeforums.org/workshop-on-neuroscience-advances-t180.html this week and was very happy to know that there were school teachers showing up. Mainstream school teachers should attend more of such events.

from the weblink, the workshop sounds quite interesting. too bad it is over. is there any way I can be informed of such activities beforehand, such as subscribing to certain websites etc?

thanks

I have put up some http://shoulders.freeforums.org/post537.html#p537 taken at the workshop.

Check out http://shoulders.freeforums.org/events-f23.html for events and activities.

While school selection is important, I would like to add that the parent must actively engage the school (form teacher, subject teacher and even the principal) AFTER your child enters P1 mainstream.

[quote]http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/lshumaker/detail?entry_id=70940[/quote]Parent is the de-facto 'case manager' for your child with special needs. Even if you have sounded out to the form teacher, but the day will come when there is a relief teacher who does not know at all your child's condition...I have my son coming back home upset when there was a new relief teacher who came and did not aware of his condition.

I was at the http://shoulders.freeforums.org/workshop-on-neuroscience-advances-t180.html this week and was very happy to know that there were school teachers showing up. Mainstream school teachers should attend more of such events.

Visual Perception is the ability to interpret, analyze and give meaning to what is seen. The process of taking in one’s environment is referred to as "perception." If this perception is incorrect or altered in any way, a child will present with reading, spelling, handwriting, maths and comprehension problems.


Visual perception may be connected to physical eye issues but even with 20/20 vision, a child can still struggle to organize visual information.

So, eye practioners are not the right people to see.

Blobbi:

SpecialNeeds,


My son was found not to be autistic/aspergers.

He was evaluated privately after having been referred by his occupational therapist for dyslexia and aspergers. He failed the initial screen for aspergers but was found to be alright on the basis of the observation. I don't quite remember the interview, only that it was quite reassuring.

On the other hand, I think they missed a whole lot of other issues. Whatever it is, don't take the official diagnosis as the most accurate one. If you have doubts either way, do seek a second opinion or look for ways to address the situation. Personally, I'm more interested in a way to resolve the issues -that's the only thing the diagnosis is useful for (to me). As parents, we're with our kids 24X7. No professional will know them the way we do after even after several consultations.

Hi,

The parent interview (for diagnosis done at CGC) was lengthy. Both parents are in and the questions refer to the child's behaviour before age of 4 and after age of 4 (current). Some of the facts before age of 4 cannot remember well.

I can imagine there must be more than one approach or method for diagnosis and different clinic may adopt different metthodology.

To me, the diagnosis report is an \"official paper\" for me to ask for some conveniences from the school. My son is in mainstream school. There are small things like - I wanted him to have extra time for his year end examination. The school could only agree to it, if we have a 'report'. And this cost a lot of $ to get.

Another thing is that my son also has a bit of dyslexia. He will read words jumping a bit. And he is left handed. So the standard exam paper that is printed on A4 paper, is not very friendly to him. I would like the paper to be enlarge to a A3 size, if possible, and printed on single side, so that he does not have to flip the pages, otherwise he lost the words. It took him extra effort to over come the turning of pages, and lifting his left hand to read the words otherwise covered by his own hand while writing.

Things like this. Only us parent who help him on day to day basis, know what he needs.

I felt that, on this point, MOE/School should not be too insistance on having a 'report'. Thus, there is a need to educate or create greater awareness of the education sector, on the needs of special needs children.

Other than the above, I have not touched the official report once ever since we had them.

Where did your daughter had her assessment ?


My son had his at Child Guidance Clinic. He did WISC, observation and we had parent interview. What I personally felt is, the result of the parent interview really is what we tell the psychologist. I would be interested to hear a case whereby they come out of the assessment and the result is negative (i.e. the child has no autism).