Posts by Emmeline II

Quote: Originally Posted by expat-mama    Also- using some suggestions from the other thread I started I've really been working on teaching DS things that he never picked up naturally-...

Our last day was Friday. It's the first year I didn't feel like I was dragging myself across the finish-line. With all the issues ds has had in the past in school (and out), this year felt the most "normal"--like this is what it feels...

Here is an article from the AAP in Pediatrics, Identification and Evaluation of Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders, that I came across this week; I think it was linked from something one of the author's wrote about Pediatricians...

I've been there. Though by 5yo the whirlwind of destruction was happening mostly at school--I still had the attitude and marathon tantrums at home. Kindergarten was horrible, horrible, horrible .   Is Asperger's the only...

Quote: Originally Posted by Shelly202  My kids' teachers tell me that charter school students who don't make the grade suddenly appear in their classrooms just before the NYS tests. Charter schools can offload kids who they...

I had ds on a harness for a long time; he did not like the stroller and would not hold my hand. I also bought a couple of these beeper/locator things (Mommy I'm Here) we still use them when we go to museums. We also had to put magnetic...

I would not pay for the very expensive all-day clinic unless you can get some reliable "intel" on how they evaluate and how they handle children who don't evaluate well. I would do the same for your other options; reserve a spot then...

Quote: Originally Posted by Wolfcat  My problem is that I can find another reason for all the stuff they listed. But I don't want to get caught up in "excusing" behaviors. I'm pretty darned sure that DS has SPD, which...

Those are great quotes.   One we use for ds (for when he starts feeling overwhelmed/anxious/"crazy"), is "Keep Calm, and Carry On"; he wears a dog tag with the phrase on it. The back story is that the phrase was used on WWII...