Feona
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Glad to see you posting. Our sons are about the same age and had some very similar developmental issues. How is your son doing? What is his school like? My son officially was dxed as having aspergers. He is all day in reg, public school. He gets pulled for speech once a week and the has a daily 5 minute chat with a special ed teacher over what needs to come home and to check that he filled his planner out right and packed well.
Kaye, my son was very recently dxed with Aspergers as well. We've suspected it for awhile, but he just got in right before Thanksgiving to the developmental center to be diagnosed.
We have his IEP meeting after the holidays. He's gone to speech therapy twice a week since kindy, though.
Ds was tested but he didn't have anything. The doctor did a written test and I think put some electrodes on his head. He said aspergers has a certain brain pattern. and ds didn't have that brain pattern. I don' t even remember. I didn't really like that doctor.
He is in regular third grade now. He is doing alright. He has one friend whose mom I am dear friends with. He gets 100s on all the tests and it takes him 1.5 hours to 3 hours to get through his homework.
He came home with a 98 on his spelling test. The teacher wrote "good effort" on the test. Hard school... 98 isn't good enough.
He is doing art class and piano lessons and tennis lessons. Maybe he will do basketball. We have to see if he goes. Keep them busy if you can.
My girlfriend says piano lessons balances the brain. I don't know about that or not.
I don't think he has any friends at school. I think he repeats himself and I guess is socially not a star. But he is a nice boy.
We almost put him im private school due to bullying but it improved this year. He is in a very good public school, I think... The kids were really mean last year and we didn't realize it until the year was over.
I wish he had more friends like I had when I was little but he is very busy and I think doing good.
He likes to play with his brother who is almost three. He is nice to him.
We have two kids. A almost 9 year old and a almost 3 year old. I wrecked my left hand and tore the thumb when ds was one so it actually has been hard, but my husband has been helping alot so we have managed. No fun to a bad hand and a baby. But what are you going to do. My thumb is fine now. Just hurts alittle bit. But it is 80% better. I just try not to use the thumb when picking up the almost three year old.
I think he is seeing the school therapist once a week. But they way they handled the bullying last year is like they never met my son.
My son does well in school as well, but absolutely HATES it, always has, he doesn't have "friends" there. Although when kids go by, they'll say "hi G" to him, I'll ask him if that's his friend, he'll say no, he's just in his class. I think my son has strict criteria to be considered his friend. His best friend has been his best friend since he was born (us moms have been best friends for 20+ years) and even when they lived 4 hours away, G still considered him his best friend.
He finally started playing at recess.For years, all he would do was to walk around by himself. Now (5th) grade he plays tag with some other boys. Always the same group of boys. Last year, if other boys wanted to join in or if they wanted to play something else, he would just drop out. He must have a strict criteria for what should be played at recess and what shouldn't.
When he was younger, a medical professional thought he had autism. He doesn't, but if you don't see him at home or within his comfort zone, you might think that (he doesn't speak much, doesn't interact socially, etc .... ).
This year they offered a science enrichment program after school (public school) I got G to agree to "try it". We "tried it" for a few weeks, now he goes to school just to be able to go to science club after school. I'm THRILLED we discovered this, it really helps improves his desire to go to school.
As for bullying, thankfully I have no experience with it. I know that some people have though. G told me recently they didn't have special area because guidance came in to talk with them about bullying again. The again part makes me realize they've been there before. I asked him if anyone has every bullyed him ("no") or if he knows anyone who has had to deal with it (again "no") but he's not one to know how other kids are doing.
It's SO hard to let someone else be in charge of your child for so many hours a day.
They have a math/technology program after school that my third grader son does. He likes that. They were building a picture frame. Precision way. Then they were making a toy car. Sound nice.
We have a science center that does camps over the winter break and spring break and summer camp. They have like 11 acres and a pond. They learned to fish in the little tiny lake. They have a retired police horse and about 12 cats.
I sort of like that it is the cheapest camp around for the summer and very very good. The kids enjoy it. Just they get bug bitten like insanely. Just no swimming. No spoiled kids there.
It is here:
http://www.cstl.org/
Ds's school is good too, but I learned a good public school means tons of homework. I think the better the school means more pressure and more homework. Insane Crazy. It seems I went to really lousey schools....
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