hello everyone, this is the first time i have posted a message. I am new here and i have read lots of the other threads and i think this site is fab..
I will apoligise in advace aout the length of this message but on the basis of the bredth of experience here i wanted to ask a coiuple of questions. I'll give a little background 1st.. here goes
he is 9, no/little speech until 2.5yrs, assessed by ed. psy at 2.5 and given home teaching 1 pm per week - to work on cooperation skills, was very difficult baby, hated noise, fussy about food presentation, colour of plate etc, mad mad rages, still hits head when stressed which happens less now that he is on a stimulant med., still blanks out total aeas of the day, is full on with other kids, very literal in his underdtanding, refers to his dad as 'yourhusband' (does this with everyone ie. 'your mum' for gran, your daughter for his sister etc) short term memory is appaling - beyond belief, can rote learn well , learns spellings for friday test but can't actually use them beyond that, very easly 'wound up' - my 2yr old can wind him up with no real effort, seems to be very immature, is beautiful, funny, loveable, cuddly, genorous (has no real concept of value of money) loves(x100000) computers, computer games - he is my son So, now you know something about him.. i took him to a private doc in may - i thought he may have an attention disorder - he said possibly be more likely to be aspergers - i laughed and said no way - then i read a book and freaked (sorry but i did) - doc gave me stim. med to see if it would help - it has brought calm but not improved attention - now we are scheduled for a more in depth assessment with a asperger specialist - i did talk to jer on the phone and she said based on the report she got from the doc i has seen in may and what i said on the phne to see the school and advise them that it was the 'likely diagnois' Saw the pricpal last week and she said - yeah, i thought you might say that!!! Said she would speek to sed and and class teacher and set up appointment for me this week to talk to them - but i donnt realyy know what to say can anyone help? Here are some q
1. is it typical that asd kids simply zone out - my guy is almost 9 and the major prob at school is that he is only there physically!!
2. what can i ask the teacher to do to help with this
3. his social skills are out of sync but more in that he is full on with people and very (read that ultra) direct
4. what can i do to make sure he gets the help needed
I would really appreciate any help/advise as to the way forward
