Re: Austin/Round Rock Area Recs

[Guest guest]

Hi :

I live in Round Rock (southeastern corner) and have a 6-year-old son

with autism that attends the " STM " classroom at Gattis Elementary. I

also happen to work in the PPCD classroom at Teravista Elementary.

From what I know, all the PPCD programs within RRISD use the " STAR "

program, so it shouldn't matter which school your daughter goes to.

Here is the info on the STAR program:

http://www.starautismprogram.com/

Unfortunately, our family just moved to Round Rock ourselves, so I

don't know either a pediatric allergist nor a pediatric dentist.

However, there are two Austin-only autism groups I'm a member of.

You might want to join them because they are likely to have more

Austin-specific information than this group might. They are:

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AustinAutismSupport/

and

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/AutismSocietyAustin/

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> Hi. I'm , mom to (3 and a bit) and /

> (10 months). has a slight gross motor delay, but is

expected

> to catch up. , so far, is developing normally.

>

> has a receptive/expressive language delay and her

> pediatrician suspects her of having PPD-NOS. We've been attending

> twice a week speech therapy for two years and while her vocabulary

is

> actually quite large, until recently it was all one or two words.

> She still mostly uses language to request or identify something,

but

> just in the last couple of weeks has started to respond yes or no

to

> things. This is a big breakthough as it allows a bit of two way

> communication. She also is behind emotionally, but no longer bites

> when she's mad. Her main 'autistic like' behaviors are walking on

> her toes, ignoring other kids (when in big groups) and overally

> structured play activities (both when by herself and with others).

> On the plus side, she's advanced numerically (can verbally identify

1-

> 20) and is good identifying groups of objects up to 8.

>

> I'm looking for a good pediatric allegerist that is familiar with

> kids on the spectrum. We live in the Wells Branch (N. Austin/S.

> Round Rock. I'm also looking for a children's dentist who is OK

with

> kids that take a while to warm up to you.

>

> has been approved for RRISD sevices. Her ARD meeting is

in

> a couple of weeks. Any suggestions? They want to send her to the

> PPCD program at Jollyville. I'm not sure that is the best place

for

> her, but the evaluators thought she was to emotionally immature for

> the pure speech program. And the fact that she's not fully potty

> trained yet, works against her.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks!

> >

> > Hi. I'm , mom to (3 and a bit) and

/

> > (10 months). has a slight gross motor delay, but is

> expected

> > to catch up. , so far, is developing normally.

> >

> > has a receptive/expressive language delay and her

> > pediatrician suspects her of having PPD-NOS. We've been

attending

> > twice a week speech therapy for two years and while her

vocabulary

> is

> > actually quite large, until recently it was all one or two

words.

> > She still mostly uses language to request or identify something,

> but

> > just in the last couple of weeks has started to respond yes or no

> to

> > things. This is a big breakthough as it allows a bit of two way

> > communication. She also is behind emotionally, but no longer

bites

> > when she's mad. Her main 'autistic like' behaviors are walking

on

> > her toes, ignoring other kids (when in big groups) and overally

> > structured play activities (both when by herself and with

others).

> > On the plus side, she's advanced numerically (can verbally

identify

> 1-

> > 20) and is good identifying groups of objects up to 8.

> >

> > I'm looking for a good pediatric allegerist that is familiar with

> > kids on the spectrum. We live in the Wells Branch (N. Austin/S.

> > Round Rock. I'm also looking for a children's dentist who is OK

> with

> > kids that take a while to warm up to you.

> >

> > has been approved for RRISD sevices. Her ARD meeting is

> in

> > a couple of weeks. Any suggestions? They want to send her to

the

> > PPCD program at Jollyville. I'm not sure that is the best place

> for

> > her, but the evaluators thought she was to emotionally immature

for

> > the pure speech program. And the fact that she's not fully potty

> > trained yet, works against her.

> >

> > Thanks!

> >

> >

> >

>

[Guest guest]

Hi there,

Can't help you with the RRISD thing, but we have a fabulous dentist

in Cedar Partk who is amazing with special needs kids Dr. Bert Vasut

@ 258-8888. Also, I have an allergist who is great, but she is not

a " pediatric " allergist. She and her partner who is also great have

offices in Cedar Park and Westlake. You could possibly call and get

a referral though Dr. Stierman @ 328-7722.

Good Luck,

Yianna Ray

>

> Hi. I'm , mom to (3 and a bit) and /

> (10 months). has a slight gross motor delay, but is

expected

> to catch up. , so far, is developing normally.

>

> has a receptive/expressive language delay and her

> pediatrician suspects her of having PPD-NOS. We've been attending

> twice a week speech therapy for two years and while her vocabulary

is

> actually quite large, until recently it was all one or two words.

> She still mostly uses language to request or identify something,

but

> just in the last couple of weeks has started to respond yes or no

to

> things. This is a big breakthough as it allows a bit of two way

> communication. She also is behind emotionally, but no longer bites

> when she's mad. Her main 'autistic like' behaviors are walking on

> her toes, ignoring other kids (when in big groups) and overally

> structured play activities (both when by herself and with others).

> On the plus side, she's advanced numerically (can verbally identify

1-

> 20) and is good identifying groups of objects up to 8.

>

> I'm looking for a good pediatric allegerist that is familiar with

> kids on the spectrum. We live in the Wells Branch (N. Austin/S.

> Round Rock. I'm also looking for a children's dentist who is OK

with

> kids that take a while to warm up to you.

>

> has been approved for RRISD sevices. Her ARD meeting is

in

> a couple of weeks. Any suggestions? They want to send her to the

> PPCD program at Jollyville. I'm not sure that is the best place

for

> her, but the evaluators thought she was to emotionally immature for

> the pure speech program. And the fact that she's not fully potty

> trained yet, works against her.

>

> Thanks!

>

>

>