Just moved to Annandale, VA and am looking for a psychologist for my Aspie. Unfortunately most in the military network have bankers hours. High school lets out at 2:55 pm, but most doctors on the insurance list have their last appointment starting at 3pm.

I guess we were spoiled in Louisiana to have a great doctor who takes TRICARE Prime that saw him every Tuesday from 4 to 5 pm.

Looking for suggestions.

TIA!

My son is 11 and diagnosed with Asperger's spring of 2014. In his 504 plan it states that they school counselor will provide him with 'social training'. Well we are on week 5 of school and I saw the counselor while at the school yesterday and asked her when his training would begin.

1-she didn't realize that my son now has a 504 plan for ASD (she knew about his IEP for gifted....he is high functioning, but misses social cues left and right!)

2-she is open for suggestions for what to do… read more

He strives to be independent and won't let me help him brush his teeth but he just doesn't do a good job. The kid would never brush his teeth if I didn't nag him. This is probably a typical teen boy thing anyway but it's bad. Really bad. He brushes his teeth every morning but at night it's a 50/50 shot. I'm sitting in the dentist office right now where they have told me, yet again, how concerned with his oral health they are. The times he doesn't brush his teeth at night is because it turns into… read more

My son is 21 and attends our local community college. He's there to get his GED because his high school "decided" to give him a local diploma because they felt he "couldn't do it". Turns out..with alot of support...HE CAN do it.. I am pushing hard to get this GED for him, but Math always sets him back. He can't pass it because the kids have behavioral problems, not special needs. Big difference!! They are all HS dropouts!! Why can't there be a way for my son to get a high school diploma without… read more

Did anyone try PEMF (Pulsed Electro-magnetic Field Therapy) for your kid? someone tried BEMER mat for autistic kid and this helped his focus, tantrums and behavior. I heard there are other PEMF mats that will be helpful.
Any experiences or suggestions?

Applying for disability

I homeschool my daughter and was looking at some math curriculm and see if anyone has tried this. And if so what was you opinion about it?

My case it is quantities and maths because son Jas will open/crack all the eggs open or open all the juices to drink. He has to get everything out and won't recognise it is same object - sweets too he has been like this - makes himself sick

I don't know where to get social skills therapy. I moved to a town that has money and was supposed to have a good special ed department and it's awful. They just keep wanting to ship him off to residential. He issues with all of the changes we had during the pandemic and immediately after between schools and being forced to move by the old landlord because she was not a nice person. Lol she bought my apartment house and wanted us out so she could renovate and raise the rent. He had lived there… read more

He is adjusting to being in a larger class and having new subjects and structure. His longtime classmates from the small class aren’t with him anymore.