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Hev i know you from another board and i send you all the love and best wishes in the world hun ,you are a fantastic mum don't you ever forget that <'>

well this is the point that worries me they are using us a guinea pigs really aren't they , they haven't got any actual drugs for Autism as such so they go around picking ones they think might help and tbh it scares me a lot

I have terrible problems getting my dd to brush her teeth the community dentist had an Idea for us we use an Electric toothbrush with no tooth paste at all (because it is the taste of the tooth paste she hates ) to give them a really good brushing ,and then we go over them with a toothbrush with a little paste also i give hers a thorough brushing in the bath when she is lying down relaxing i have a small crevice brush i don't put any paste on it just get her teeth in between while she is lying down then i repeat the above also found she would tolerate a kids mouth wash and use this also of the evening i just showed her how to do it first

My 16 yr old ds starts college this week he is really looking forward to it my dd 14 is starting a specialist school but isn't starting till the 11th i am so nervous about this ,and how she will cope new school ,new transport etc and i just know i am going to cry the first day even though i am looking forward to a break x

my daughter has terrible chapped lips i put lip balm on them every night and through the day but i cant get her to leave them alone at all she just keeps picking at them an splitting them again and again ,also she got a flea bite of a cat and she wouldnt leave it alone she got in a terrible mess with her leg because i just couldn't stop her picking it

My dd was also prescribed it sometime ago it did not suit her at all the weight increase was very dramatic and the violence increased to an hourly basis ,i was being attacked terribly by her constantly though out the day , it did have a sedative effect when given but that meant she was dropping to sleep when she went to school also ,but then started the night terrors they were awful my dd has always settled well to sleep just wakes in the night but this was horrendous screaming, crying ,rocking she had never rocked before she would be in such a blind panic i couldn't leave her i had enough i slowly decreased the Respiridol with my Paeds advice and took her off it and things came back to what in our house is Normal lol ,i would never put her on it again i can honestly say it was the only time i have ever talked with any one about putting her into residential schooling things just got that bad when she was on it ,but it seems to work for a lot of people x

I am in almost the same boat as you but we are waiting for our final statement now, when we got out draft the school part was blank they sent us lists of schools what we did as we already knew the school we wanted my daughter to go to which is a specialised school we made appointments to go see the local school which is what would have been provided as standard and the specialised school we wanted her to go to ,then we wrote to the LEA all the reasons why the local SLD school couldn't provide for our daughter and what the specialised school could do for our daughter then we asked for the specialised school to be named in her statement they didn't have to make appointments as we had already been to see the schools then there is a meeting with the LEA to discuss this at our meeting we were told they would only pay for a specialised school till 2008 then when the local SLD senior move to a bigger building she has to go back there how well and truly stupid is that my daughter has severe autism,severe learning difficulties and challenging behavior she has been in part time education since last December and here we are well and truly into the summer hols and we still have no final statement ,IPSEA have advised me that in any part of the statement does it mention my daughter returning to her local SLD school in 2008 i am to take it to tribunal ,she has had enough of a stop start education as it is and she will only have just settled in before its time to move again it is such a mess i cant sleep at night worrying keep your chin up and dont let them get to you xx

i have just noticed it says 15 and under now for applications so this will be our last year ,don't know what were going to do now

Hello I'm a Newbie, so don't remember you and you don't know me lol i hope we get to know each other xx <'> welcome <'>

little bit of background here daughter 14 severe autism,severe learning difficulties ,challenging behavior ,non verbal, epilepsy local SLD school she was expelled last December and has been part time since due to go up to local secondary school this September ,we asked for a re assessment early this year we thought the local SLD secondary school would have a many problems as the now school eg space and not enough specialised staff ,plus they are moving to a new school so that would be another change for my daughter to cope with , so we asked for her to go to a specialised school out of area ,okay here is now my problem they LEA have stated that the local schools cannot cope at the moment and they will pay for her to go to the out of area specialised school but with a view to possibly bringing her back to the local SLD senior school when they have the new building next September 2008,i am happy she can go but i stated i didn't want her moved again my daughter deserves a settled education we have all been messed around so much by the LEA and school ,now they say they will look at all the expert advice before even thinking of bringing her back to the local school and they cannot force us to move her again ,but i am very worried they have kindly offered to pay for some respite at the specialised school too as my local area cannot provide respite for a child like my daughter that is all great but i would rather have my daughter settled in one school for the remainder of her education than any respite and plus if they do bring her back to our local school then all that will be taken away any way ,my belly and heart is in knots i don't know what to do or where to turn the pp woman thought it was great but i am not so sure and will want her to take a very close look at the new draft statement ,what do i do ? do i fight now for a permanent place or do take what they offer and fight them in September 2008 over it ,will the specialised school back my daughter or back the bill payer ,what should have made me happy is now making me sick with worry and i now rather than be able to enjoy the next year wait in fear for the dreaded decision

well when i filled the form, in the sent it ,it just said there was no one for me to contact !! what the hell does that mean or is it exactly as i thought its that bad in my area no really gives a damn

My son is 16 and he still has the same problem we tried all the its god moving the furniture i have also explained it as it would be in a geography class ,played games done various things ,but as soon as he sees a cloud in the sky he takes to his room ,belive it or not he is worse when he is in the house ,but thunder and lightning hysteria just takes over and there is nothing i can do to help him , it controls his life as he refuses to go out he is obsessed with weather sites that is what he has on the favorites and he checks them at least five times or more a day ,i have no solution for this at all just wanted you to know your not the only one with this problem x

actually i have a 13 year old daughter who is doing the same thing except its on my computer chair ,i have tried everything from Pec's to signs everywhere to taking her to the toilet on a regular basis ,and like you i really don't know what to do any more she is non verbal but has been excellent with going to the toilet till a few months ago ,i have had her checked for a water infection but she is fine I'm sorry i cannot offer advice but i am there with you ,its got really bad she just sits there and does it ,it is so bloomin frustrating

My Husband had an MRI recently ,there are different types of scanners ,the one my husband was in was very loud i could hear it down the corridor he had to wear ear defenders and he was given a button to push if things got to much for him he was in the scanner for 15 mins , he did find it very close in the machine, i was not aloud to go in the room with him and i noticed this happening to all the patients ,we get the results the end of this month my husband also had an EEG after the MRI (not the same day ) he found the EEG harder as the lights they shone at him gave him a terrible head ache after ,he was poorly for the day after his EEG

Bevvy don't know if this is any use to you ,but it also gives tips on there too http://www.thechildrenschoppingbus.co.uk/