intro/ questions about social skills curriculum and parent resources

[Guest guest]

I'm interested in learning which resources are best to use as a social skills

curriculum for my almost 12yo dd. She was recently dx with PDD-NOS and

unofficially AS. The more I read about AS in girls, the more I see her fitting

the dx. Anyway, she's struggled all of her life and we've always known there was

something going on (once we figured out we weren't just bad parents). She is

also dx GAD and Impulsivity Disorder, as well as LDs. We have 3 younger children

also. Two are NT and I'm not sure about my 2yo. My 12 yo is aggressive to them

(not terribly, but still it's not acceptable) and she is also very inappropriate

socially. She's not withdrawn. She's way too outgoing and speaks her mind freely

to anyone and everyone. She also has behavior issues at home and in public that

she generally doesn't have at school. She goes to a private school for kids with

LDs, so that has been a tremendous blessing. Previously we homeschooled, but

when she hit puberty, it was too much for all of us.

I'm also looking for books or resources that deal with parenting AS children.

I've tried many things tailored toward NT kids, and some have helped some, but

I'm wondering if there's something great out there for parents of AS kids.

Thanks,

Goodale

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I have a 10 year old girl with AS and LDs. She currently works with 2 SLPs, one

at school and one private. The speech language pathologist (in case you don't

know the abbreviation yet!) works on pragmatics. My daughter has no trouble

speaking- she just doesn't understand the give and take of conversation (she

tends to perserverate) and has trouble reading facial expressions and body

language. She needs help learning to " read " social situations.The school SLP

does 30 min 1:1 and 30 minutes out facilitating at recess,  per week. Our

private SLP does a social skills group with other kids that are a good " fit "

with our daughter 60 minutes per week. Both SLPs use Winner as

the basis of their work (check out her stuff, she's awesome).

Good luck,

Rose

Subject: intro/ questions about social skills curriculum and

parent resources

To: " MAGS " <MomsofAspergerGirls >, " PDD-BPkids "

<PDD-BPkids >, " Autism_in_Girls "

<Autism_in_Girls >

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 2:29 PM

I'm interested in learning which resources are best to use as a social skills

curriculum for my almost 12yo dd. She was recently dx with PDD-NOS and

unofficially AS. The more I read about AS in girls, the more I see her fitting

the dx. Anyway, she's struggled all of her life and we've always known there was

something going on (once we figured out we weren't just bad parents). She is

also dx GAD and Impulsivity Disorder, as well as LDs. We have 3 younger children

also. Two are NT and I'm not sure about my 2yo. My 12 yo is aggressive to them

(not terribly, but still it's not acceptable) and she is also very inappropriate

socially. She's not withdrawn. She's way too outgoing and speaks her mind freely

to anyone and everyone. She also has behavior issues at home and in public that

she generally doesn't have at school. She goes to a private school for kids with

LDs, so that has been a tremendous blessing. Previously we homeschooled, but

when she hit puberty,

it was too much for all of us.

I'm also looking for books or resources that deal with parenting AS children.

I've tried many things tailored toward NT kids, and some have helped some, but

I'm wondering if there's something great out there for parents of AS kids.

Thanks,

Goodale

[Guest guest]

what is GAD? also have you ever checked her for allergies? they are often a

cause of aggressive behaviors

Subject: intro/ questions about social skills curriculum and

parent resources

To: " MAGS " <MomsofAspergerGirls >, " PDD-BPkids "

<PDD-BPkids >, " Autism_in_Girls "

<Autism_in_Girls >

Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2008, 5:29 PM

I'm interested in learning which resources are best to use as a social skills

curriculum for my almost 12yo dd. She was recently dx with PDD-NOS and

unofficially AS. The more I read about AS in girls, the more I see her fitting

the dx. Anyway, she's struggled all of her life and we've always known there was

something going on (once we figured out we weren't just bad parents). She is

also dx GAD and Impulsivity Disorder, as well as LDs. We have 3 younger children

also. Two are NT and I'm not sure about my 2yo. My 12 yo is aggressive to them

(not terribly, but still it's not acceptable) and she is also very inappropriate

socially. She's not withdrawn. She's way too outgoing and speaks her mind freely

to anyone and everyone. She also has behavior issues at home and in public that

she generally doesn't have at school. She goes to a private school for kids with

LDs, so that has been a tremendous blessing. Previously we homeschooled, but

when she hit puberty,

it was too much for all of us.

I'm also looking for books or resources that deal with parenting AS children.

I've tried many things tailored toward NT kids, and some have helped some, but

I'm wondering if there's something great out there for parents of AS kids.

Thanks,

Goodale

[Guest guest]

nuha, GAD means of generalized anxiety disorder.