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This is the solution that has worked for my child. He is 10 years old. This has worked for him for about 3 years. Prior to that, he had other medications but they did not work or had side effects… read more
I am living in Malaysia
The definition of homeschool here is a center setup with small number of students. (Homeschool here may have different definition to most other countries, where it means strictly doing studies in own home).
My son is 7 years old, high functioning autism. Currently placed in nursery (preschool daycare)
- Childhood Appraxia of speech (now can say one word or regular word)
- Still doesn't know how to talk or communicate with peers
- not a picky eater.
- doesn't have any… read more
Therefore I ended with Option B, seeing that it has a good ratio mixture of special and normal kids, and teachers are prepared to accept special kids
The teaching style will have more attention to… read more
My grandson keeps flushing objects down the toilet and causing pkumbing problems.
Hi! My son did the same thing. Not sure how old you grandson is but this helped me until his interest was lost. https://www.amazon.com/Baby-Toilet-Lock-Install...(Phone number can only be seen by the… read more
I would like to know what therapys your children have been offered to help them cope, I raised concerns about my son at 22 months he is now 3 and apart from 4 speech lessons has had no other help. thank you
Thanks so much molly I will definitely be looking up the boards and appreciate all your advice! Chow I also agree I will have to be his biggest advocate at home if I want to see a positive change in… read more
My 5 year old son suspected hogh functioning Autism. We are living in a place where no therapist is avaolable can any one help us in getting a preformed plan
One of the important thing i can think of is, continuously work on enhancing his language all the time. Not necessarily during lessons time and so on, whenever there is any opportunity, enhance the… read more
He is going to be 7 end of the year.
Started recognizing A- Z about one year ago - 5 to 6 yrs old
Can recognize and say shape of square, circle, triangle
Can recognize 1 to 10.
Basic vocabs are fine, though limited - cat, car, house, flower, fan, etc etc.....
Had also started basic phonics for him about 4 months ago, results had been rather inconsistent and tend to forget easily, and also has tendency to keep repeating confused sounds -
at , ap, ick, all..
Just started to try spelling… read more
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Thanks Shetha, yes, I had checked out the videos on the youtube. Its very basic, but the idea is there, learn words, and look at the video to see what the thing you learn does… read more
I think the most important person will be the role of the teacher to help them mix around, or whenever there is a need to intervene to teach the mild autistic kid the correct way to communicate with… read more
We have been at the same ABA place for a year. I am thinking of looking into somewhere else. My daughter has had some improvements but not what I would have thought or expected within a years time. She seems really bored and her behavior lately has been at its worst. I have talked with her supervisor about changing things up but never seems to happen. Can anyone offer advice or tips about how you know that you are at the right place and how your child does with ABA. I don't know much since it's… read more
the model they use for treatment is really important as is the therapist and their connection to your child - chemistry. We've had great success with the "Early start denver model" of ABA - theres a… read more
Our eldest son was diagnosed with high functioning autism and sensory processing disorder, whe have recently told him about his sensory issues but only because he wud refuse to do any of his activities and exercises to regulate his system and this would lead to meltdowns, since telling him he does his sensory exercises almost always but has to be told what to do, he has recently got a diagnosis of von willebrands disease which he knows about,and was saying how he doesnt like that he is different… read more
From my experience and from what autistic adults have said, knowing about their diagnosis has been very helpful. It helps to explain why they have certain difficulties, so they don’t think they are… read more
I have mixed feelings about that. Right now I have home ABA for my son and he doesn't seem to be responding to the help. The women that works with my son had worked with him at his school. She sees… read more