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Hello, we've heard great things about the school districts in Irvine. My 5 year old daughter was diagnosed with moderate ASD. She's been in a special day class in San Leandro, CA and has been in every type of service since she was initially diagnosed (private OT, ABA, Speech and music therapy). The school has offered the basics, and not even OT! After sending letters she will finally have an assessment. She is transitioning to Kinder. At this point we are willing to move wherever services are… read more
I cannot help you with good schools in Irvine. But I can tell you. California has a lot of fantastic laws that protect parents, especially when it comes to getting records And most importantly all the… read more
Hi, I am also in California. My son is not yet school aged, but I was just hoping to offer some resources. Have you been in touch with Regional Centers? https://www.dds.ca.gov/rc/ That is where I… 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
Anyone have a young adult who is echolalic and does self-talk? Any tips on decreasing it?
Echolalia is communication... it can be a conversational placeholder, and meanings are fluid. Palilalia, or self-echoing, is similar... placeholder with fluid meaning. What do YOU do for emphasis of… 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
My grandson was not verbal. Just used single words. He said 5 word sentence yesterday. I know he can hear and understand but have to say smth 5-6 times to get his reaction. Does it mean he develops speech now?
Verbal is a word, but what you want is him to be conversational. Echolalia is verbal but not conversational. It isn’t functional. It’s a good start and use Verbal behavior to get him to stop being… 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
My son is 3 years old and is a few months away from his official diagnosis appointment with his developmental pediatrician but we've been told he is high functioning and is on the spectrum.
Last week he was using a "big boy" cup to drink and he'd take a sip and make a sound like a (that hits the spot) sound and then went into this "routine" of saying "So, let's go find my girl friend." or something similar and he would not stop.... every single time he drinks from a big boy cup now he… read more
This is called echolalia.remembering phrase of tv show & reciting it.