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We're had good success with RDI (Relationship Development Integration). And this is after 15 years of ABA. I find RDI addresses core deficients of Autism. It's easier and cheaper to implement.
I'm… read more
My son has recently increased his Stimming to the point that he’s almost constantly talking. He’s always Stimmed but not on this scale. Has anyone else experienced a significant increase and have you been able to determine a root cause? Was it dietary, environmental, and/or anxiety?
I have not been able to determine a trend because it is almost a daily occurrence. He is usually happily singing or scripting lines from his favorite Disney shows. It’s not anything harmful but I feel he needs to… read more
Interesting let me know how it goes. Does your little one sprinkle atall I find it helps with stimming. My son has a table full of lentils and pasta etc and he sprinkles away when he's craving… read more
Has ABA or floor time therapy helped anyone? What about a social skills group? I'm in Utah and am wondering if there are any services here that anyone has found helpful. Especially if it's free or cheap :) My daughter is 4 so she's still in preschool.
ABA therapy is not cheap, you will be lucky if your school provides it. If they do they would do it in a group setting, but make sure to request that when you have your next IEP .
PDD-NOS doesn't exist officially as a diagnosis since 2013. https://www.verywell.com/what-is-pddnos-260587
My daughter had that label along with ADHD and was initially DX'd with MERLD. The only thing… read more
@A MyAutismTeam Member every child is different, that’s true. In any of these therapies, it will depend on the parents to carefully manage it, make sure the child is not getting pushed too hard, and… read more
My 7-year-old still struggles with his language skills. He knows what he wants to say, but can't find the words or mixes up the words. What's a successful form of therapy to help him with this? I've heard OT, or neuro type therapies tend to help "wake up" that part of the brain. He gets a little private OT, but I'm thinking it's not enough. Any advice would be helpful.
I would try to get an IEP in his school and work on the speech with a language pathologist. All schools have them. This would be free for you and a great place to start. His IEP would have him… read more
Any opinions on which is better to take your child to and to guide parents over the long term, developmental pediatrician or pediatric neurologist?
A developmental Pediatrician is just like an average pediatrician except they specialize in children with developmental disabilities. You can kind of think of it this way, when you are in college… read more
Hi MAT team, can anyone say the difference between the preschool severe delay category and developmental delay category under IEP education. In my child IEP ,they just asked me in which category do we want our child to enroll. When asked what’s the difference they said nothing more. So we just took the option of preschool severe delay. But what’s the difference exactly ?? Can anyone from MAT help me out in dis!!
Developmental delay is a way of saying we think its autism but still need more testing. My son is almost 9 and got diagnosed a year ago. So I have had developmental delay over my head since he was 2… read more
Does anyone else have a children that "wags" his or her head? ear to shoulder...other ear to should .... over and over.
my son was just diagnosed oct 9th. my son has 2 different head rollings. one is the torticolis head tilt and the other more concerning head roll which is a figure 8 that he does over and over again… read more
With my son finally have a diagnosis of Autism what therapy can we request from the school distict? He gets 15 minutes of speech a week (not enough at all). We are going to request that he gets more speech therapy each week. We are worried about his ticks that he has as well. What therapy could we get him in to help with the ticks that he has? (home or school based)
My son was 9 when diagnosed- the best setting was public school with inclusion setting and a Paraprofessional- we had him evaluated by the Einstein/ Rose Kennedy Center- their recommendations were… read more