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    steven needs help

    You must be emotionally exhausted Hev <'> <'> . I hope that the hospital is helpful and will support you. We have a private psyche and we can claim nearly all the amount back now on Medicare (govt rebate) which is good, (it costs an arm and a leg). Have some more of these <'> <'> Eva
  2. These things are so draining aren't they <'> . I hope things go well on your holiday and J doesn't get too anxious. All the best, Eva
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    Are they 4real????

    We knew a doctor called Dr Dick Ball. True!
  4. I love that film! You can buy 'Vote for Pedro' t-shirts too. I thought ND was a great dancer, very cool moves. You've got good taste in movies ! cheers, Eva
  5. Hi V1971, have you tried using a toilet-training video? I used one with my son and it was quite effective, (except at that time he learnt all the lines by heart and went around quoting from it). I hated toilet training too - it can take over your life! I'm sure your son will get there soon, cheers, Eva
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    MOOD DISORDERS

    Hi Caroline, my son doesn't have a mood disorder however I'm pretty familiar with the symptoms of bipolar as both my dad and one of my brothers have it. With bipolar, (and this is just my experience from observation) the mood takes awhile to establish. There seems to be a gradual build up to being 'high' and then a gradual come down to the 'low' (depression). However, the mood can be quite volatile when they are 'high' and it's not very nice for anyone. Sorry, no help at all really but have lots of these <'> <'> <'> <'> . Hope things get sorted quickly for you and R. Eva
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    my positive thread

    <'> <'> Smiley. You're not a bad mum! We've got to try these things or we never know. Okay, both my kids ate what I made for dinner tonight without complaint and actually liked it! Blooming amazing.
  8. Hi Llisa32, that's great your son has made friends with the neighbours! Your son sounds a bit like mine, especially the bit about ignoring questions, odd comments and being blunt. My son has two best friends at school, one boy who doesn't speak much English and the other who organises the other two - it's a very good working relationship all round. Well done again! Cheers, Eva
  9. Thanks so much for your replies everyone - it's good to know that this is nothing out of the ordinary Thanks for insight Mumble, it really helps me to understand my son. I'm pretty sure he's not using lines from tv - I generally can place most of his tv references - but he's probably processing something from awhile ago. Or as you said, a word may trigger a thought and he may focus on that. It gets a bit frustrating when I may need a response to a question, (such as 'what do you want on your sandwich?'), and he's answering a different question. Any suggestions for getting him to redirect his thoughts and focus on the question? Yes Pearl, you are spot on! I love the Two Ronnies! I couldn't get any audio from the link though. The volume was up on my computer, the mute button wasn't on, what else could it be? (Without looking at all those cables behind the comp ) What I find funny is that my son often doesn't 'hear' me when I'm droning on about something and we're sitting next to each other, but he hears everything when I'm chatting to my other son in the living room and he's in the bathroom having a bath, (and happily contributes to the discussion). Cheerio, Eva
  10. Hi everyone, I was just wondering if other children do this... My son (6.5 and has AS) answers questions really oddly sometimes. For example, the other day I asked if he would like to go somewhere with me and he replied, 'we have to watch out for the cat who is cleaning its face". Hmm. I tried to make links to what he could possibly be referring to, but am still none the wiser! That's just one example. He does this quite a lot and it sometimes feel like I'm in the middle of a Monty Python sketch. Does anyone have any idea why the answer to a question is totally unreleated to the actual question? Is it because he doesn't listen to the question and just says what he's actually thinking about? Eva
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    I'm on Zanzibar!

    Hi Tally, welcome to the Southern Hemisphere! You mean the water goes clockwise down plugholes where you come from?! How bizarre the Northern Hemisphere is! Have a great time! Cheers, Eva
  12. That's great Frangi!!! Wonderful news!! Evaxxx
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    sports day

    That's lovely news Brooke, well done to your son! And well done for avoiding the parent bit! Cheers, Eva
  14. Hi Fran, thinking of you today and giving you and your daughter lots of <'> <'> <'> <'> . Stay positive and calm, which I know can be hard with what you're going through at the moment. Evaxxx
  15. My family 'blame' AS when my son is doing something he shouldn't, and they put it down to AS when he's doing well at something, (and they blame my parenting skills too - not 'intellectual' enough). Eva PS: good idea Hev!
  16. I love hearing positive things - that's great!! Cheers, Eva
  17. That's excellent! Well done to your son! Cheers, Eva
  18. Thanks so much for your great reply Bard - it's very helpful! Yes, the teacher does need to be supported more in her understanding - this is despite the literature I've given her, the DVD a local psychologist made called 'Imagine Having Aspergers' I gave her, and the ASD-related PD's she's been on! I think part of the problem is that a speech therapist works in the classroom every few weeks with another ASD boy, and she gives the teacher suggestions for helping my son, yet the teacher doesn't really get it, in ASD terms. (The speechie is a bit of a flake and it's impossible to get much sense out of her). Anyway, thanks once again and let me know if you have any more ideas! (Mumble, I'd love to hear any ideas you have!). Cheers all, Eva
  19. Hi, I wasn't really sure where to post this... My son is 6 and in prep (the first year at school) and yesterday we were given their reports at parent/teacher interviews. The teacher mystified me a bit by commenting on how he speaks - stilted - and she wants him to copy her to help with his fluency. Good luck to her - but isn't how someone speaks part of having AS? Unusual intonation, etc? Then she said that he needs to work on his comprehension, in regards to predicting, sequencing and making inferences. Do many people with an ASD have problems with doing that? Is there anything I can do at home to help? (Part of his anxiety is due to the fact that he can't predict what will happen, and as for making inferences from a text, well, he's not very good at understanding others' motives). I'm worried - this is only prep!! Any advice on how I can help him would be much appreciated! Regards, Eva
  20. I rarely shout these days - my son with AS doesn't understand what it is exactly I'm shouting about. He gets upset because I raise my voice, and demands I apologise for shouting - he doesn't connect whatever he did to me being angry. I have to speak in a normal, calm voice to get my point across - very tricky at times! Cheers, Eva
  21. Hi becci, as others have said, no one is perfect and many of us have said/done things we feel guilty about. Lots of <'> <'> . Eva
  22. Eva

    concentrating in class

    Thanks for that Mum23 - the Uni is a good place to start! Ian, do you have a website? I'd like to learn more about the work you do. Regards, Eva
  23. Eva

    concentrating in class

    Thanks for that advice Ian - much appreciated. If you ever decide to pop down here for a holiday and you happen to bring all your instrumentation along, please contact me! Or I could go to the UK - which would be fun if there wasn't a 24 hour plane flight involved first... Cheers, Eva
  24. Eva

    concentrating in class

    Hi, I'm thinking now of taking my son to a vision specialist - if he works better with coloured lenses then that would be great. Today my son was really good in class and hardly needed any prompting - he's very inconsistent! When he stops work, it's not always to fidget, sometimes he's thinking - he has a faraway look on his face and looks very peaceful. If I ask what he's thinking about he usually answers, "nothing". Summertime, using timers and rewards is a really good idea, not sure about the partition, although I can see how it would be helpful. My son's OT wrote down a whole list of suggestions for the teacher to implement but although she has made a vague effort, (such as getting him to help put the chairs down and fetch things), she hasn't really followed through. She forgets he has auditory processing problems and she relies on his hearing alone for understanding, (I've asked her to write down instructions for him but for some reason she's resistant). What do other teachers do for their students with auditory processing difficulties? My son is made to sit up the front when the class is having mat time, but he often tunes out or sometimes is messing around right under her nose, and because he's so close, she doesn't actually see it! Thanks for replies, cheers, Eva
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    concentrating in class

    Hi everyone and thanks for your replies! Hmm, my son's diet is pretty good although I don't give him fish oil - I can't tolerate it anywhere near me and as my son won't swallow a capsule, I'd have to use the oil, (have done this in the past). I do give him Flaxseed oil though - not quite the same but better than nothing I suppose. My son does have an auditory processing problem so he could possibly have a visual processing problem as well. Ian, don't suppose you know of someone in my part of the world ?? Your idea about using the coloured eggtimers is a good one Caroline! That could help so I'm going to go and find some, (I've never actually seen any around here!). Getting dressed in my house takes forever too, Zaman! My son forgets what he's meant to be doing halfway through taking off his pyjama pants because he's busy doing or thinking of something else. Have you ever thought your son might have ADHD? I'm just curious because it has been raised with mine, but how do you tell the difference between ADHD and AS-type inattention? Lya, my son is very tactile and a squeezy object could help. The thing is, he knows exactly what he's meant to be writing because the teacher gives all the class a copy of the words to have in front of them, so all he has to do is copy them. It's this process which can take ages. (Mind you, he learnt our metropolitan tram route system by heart in one evening - he has already learnt our metro train system, so he is capable of concentrating...). Cheers, Eva
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