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I'm looking to buy my kids an indoor swing. I'm in the process of renovating to make an OT room. But until everything is done just want a basic swing. Thanks so much.

Truancy is a major problem and I'm at my last straw sort of speak!! He is in 1st grade and is 8yrs old. No matter what we've tried he always tries to hide is close or shoes. He makes up some weird excuse like, "The floor's too cold" or "I don't wanna get my socks dirty!" He's even gone so far as to cut the belt loops on his pants so he can't wear them.

ok here it is . it has been brought to my attention that my three yr.old
severely autistic non verbal child ,prefers to play with adults . no interaction with any children what so ever . at this time we go to prek from : 8-1230 then from :4-6 is in home a.b.a there is very little space. the reason why the a.b.a is so late because the amount of time from school to our previous time slot took a toll on her .she was exhausted .:( mind you she is only three yr. four months

Every once in a while lately, new limited studies show Oxytocin is effective in children with autism. While it's not FDA approved yet, I was wondering if anyone has tried it or participated in a study, and how it worked?

Any working mommies having or had trouble finding daycare for your little one w/ASD? Any suggestions on how to find a daycare? If u live in the San Diego/Chula Vista (CA) area maybe a few names of providers? I don't want to send my son to daycare but I have mo choice. I go back to work at the beginning of the year. Any advice would be appreciated! Thanks

Also, anybody know if my son (2yrs old) should qualify for respite care? Somebody mentioned it to me but I'm completely unaware of a lot of services.… read more

My son is in the middle of testing. We won't find out the results until the end of January. Preschool registration starts soon. We have been told that he is borderline for a diagnosis so it is still up in the air whether he will receive any services. The psychologist believes that we should send him to kindergarten so that he has more social interaction. The teacher is unsure what would be best, but has some hesitation about it. He clearly has weaknesses that will prevent him from succeeding without… read more

My little boy is 5 and nonverbal, I'm looking to start potty training. We've tried where my husband pees and he's in the room, all my son does it stick his hand in the stream of urine. We've placed him on the potty (sideways so he doesn't fall in) and all he wanted to do was splash in the toilet water.

He loves baths would it be wrong to put his training potty in the bath tube, with a little water so he can sit an splash? The idea of him sitting on a potty is overwhelming for me and I want him to be… read more

At first we were going to revise my daughter's IEP since the 8th grade teacher didn't tailor to fit the 9th grade educational plan for our daughter and her current teacher fines it not worth working on, but rather do simple things. We looked over her ideas and had a meeting and it didn't solve or answer many of our questions. So we wrote a letter to the IEP team stating we have change our minds on revising the IEP at this time, but in the meanwhile we would appreciated if the team continue with the… read more