Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Isn't it a good thing God chose to send these precious souls to us. I used to feel, why me, many times I still do, but when others say things like this you get an idea of maybe why us, instead of them. Esther > > My father who is 85 years old says that > is " retarded " . > My sister was very > > hurtful to me early on. I was complaining about > all the medical > > expenses that weren't covered. I guess I was > looking for a little > > compassion. Silly me. She said to me and I quote > " Why are you > > spending so much money on something that there is > no cure for! " > > > Sounds like my father-in-law. He told me " she > just needs to be > > shown > > > who's boss! " > > > > My sister thinks (her quote), > > > > " beat her a-- and she'll behave " , so I feel > for you > > > > with the family issues. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2005 Report Share Posted June 3, 2005 Isn't it a good thing God chose to send these precious souls to us. I used to feel, why me, many times I still do, but when others say things like this you get an idea of maybe why us, instead of them. Esther > > My father who is 85 years old says that > is " retarded " . > My sister was very > > hurtful to me early on. I was complaining about > all the medical > > expenses that weren't covered. I guess I was > looking for a little > > compassion. Silly me. She said to me and I quote > " Why are you > > spending so much money on something that there is > no cure for! " > > > Sounds like my father-in-law. He told me " she > just needs to be > > shown > > > who's boss! " > > > > My sister thinks (her quote), > > > > " beat her a-- and she'll behave " , so I feel > for you > > > > with the family issues. __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Have fun online with music videos, cool games, IM and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/online.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Today, she speaks very well, langauge wise. She still has profound articulation errors, but much of that is due to the structure of her teeth and we are lloking at orthodontia soon, along wothmajor oral-motor. The past few years, the school speech paths would not work much on artic, due to the teeth missing that were not coming down. The new school speech path. insists in workng in her otngue movements and exercise, and she is getting 30 minutes direct 1:1 for artic and 40 minutes of social skills training on top of that per day. She tells jokes, will talk like most kids (as long as she is around those she is familiar with), will NOT talk to someone she doesn't know and will not talk to a clerk at a store to ask where somehting is...so the social part is still lagging, but she is doing far better than I ever imagined back then. The people that knew her then cannot believe how she is today. Thanks for asking. > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > Thanks > > Jen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Today, she speaks very well, langauge wise. She still has profound articulation errors, but much of that is due to the structure of her teeth and we are lloking at orthodontia soon, along wothmajor oral-motor. The past few years, the school speech paths would not work much on artic, due to the teeth missing that were not coming down. The new school speech path. insists in workng in her otngue movements and exercise, and she is getting 30 minutes direct 1:1 for artic and 40 minutes of social skills training on top of that per day. She tells jokes, will talk like most kids (as long as she is around those she is familiar with), will NOT talk to someone she doesn't know and will not talk to a clerk at a store to ask where somehting is...so the social part is still lagging, but she is doing far better than I ever imagined back then. The people that knew her then cannot believe how she is today. Thanks for asking. > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > Thanks > > Jen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Today, she speaks very well, langauge wise. She still has profound articulation errors, but much of that is due to the structure of her teeth and we are lloking at orthodontia soon, along wothmajor oral-motor. The past few years, the school speech paths would not work much on artic, due to the teeth missing that were not coming down. The new school speech path. insists in workng in her otngue movements and exercise, and she is getting 30 minutes direct 1:1 for artic and 40 minutes of social skills training on top of that per day. She tells jokes, will talk like most kids (as long as she is around those she is familiar with), will NOT talk to someone she doesn't know and will not talk to a clerk at a store to ask where somehting is...so the social part is still lagging, but she is doing far better than I ever imagined back then. The people that knew her then cannot believe how she is today. Thanks for asking. > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > Thanks > > Jen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Thanks for answering... it gives me hope which is much needed! My 4 year old dd does talk in simple sentences and can get her basic wants across to us... " I want scissors. " " I want to eat. " " Can I have apple? " But its all been taught through ABA so its pretty robotic sounding although she does mix and match the words to fit what she wants. She'll point out objects & people too. Her receptive of basic directions is pretty good. But there is no real back and forth conversation. I'm hoping that'll come as time continues... Its good to hear how others are doing, thanks! Jen Re: Today, she speaks very well, langauge wise. She still has profound articulation errors, but much of that is due to the structure of her teeth and we are lloking at orthodontia soon, along wothmajor oral-motor. The past few years, the school speech paths would not work much on artic, due to the teeth missing that were not coming down. The new school speech path. insists in workng in her otngue movements and exercise, and she is getting 30 minutes direct 1:1 for artic and 40 minutes of social skills training on top of that per day. She tells jokes, will talk like most kids (as long as she is around those she is familiar with), will NOT talk to someone she doesn't know and will not talk to a clerk at a store to ask where somehting is...so the social part is still lagging, but she is doing far better than I ever imagined back then. The people that knew her then cannot believe how she is today. Thanks for asking. > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > Thanks > > Jen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Thanks for answering... it gives me hope which is much needed! My 4 year old dd does talk in simple sentences and can get her basic wants across to us... " I want scissors. " " I want to eat. " " Can I have apple? " But its all been taught through ABA so its pretty robotic sounding although she does mix and match the words to fit what she wants. She'll point out objects & people too. Her receptive of basic directions is pretty good. But there is no real back and forth conversation. I'm hoping that'll come as time continues... Its good to hear how others are doing, thanks! Jen Re: Today, she speaks very well, langauge wise. She still has profound articulation errors, but much of that is due to the structure of her teeth and we are lloking at orthodontia soon, along wothmajor oral-motor. The past few years, the school speech paths would not work much on artic, due to the teeth missing that were not coming down. The new school speech path. insists in workng in her otngue movements and exercise, and she is getting 30 minutes direct 1:1 for artic and 40 minutes of social skills training on top of that per day. She tells jokes, will talk like most kids (as long as she is around those she is familiar with), will NOT talk to someone she doesn't know and will not talk to a clerk at a store to ask where somehting is...so the social part is still lagging, but she is doing far better than I ever imagined back then. The people that knew her then cannot believe how she is today. Thanks for asking. > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > Thanks > > Jen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Thanks for answering... it gives me hope which is much needed! My 4 year old dd does talk in simple sentences and can get her basic wants across to us... " I want scissors. " " I want to eat. " " Can I have apple? " But its all been taught through ABA so its pretty robotic sounding although she does mix and match the words to fit what she wants. She'll point out objects & people too. Her receptive of basic directions is pretty good. But there is no real back and forth conversation. I'm hoping that'll come as time continues... Its good to hear how others are doing, thanks! Jen Re: Today, she speaks very well, langauge wise. She still has profound articulation errors, but much of that is due to the structure of her teeth and we are lloking at orthodontia soon, along wothmajor oral-motor. The past few years, the school speech paths would not work much on artic, due to the teeth missing that were not coming down. The new school speech path. insists in workng in her otngue movements and exercise, and she is getting 30 minutes direct 1:1 for artic and 40 minutes of social skills training on top of that per day. She tells jokes, will talk like most kids (as long as she is around those she is familiar with), will NOT talk to someone she doesn't know and will not talk to a clerk at a store to ask where somehting is...so the social part is still lagging, but she is doing far better than I ever imagined back then. The people that knew her then cannot believe how she is today. Thanks for asking. > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > Thanks > > Jen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 You can find hope anywhere you want to with various parents. If at four, she is talking in phrases and short sentences, that's an excellent prognosis. My daughter, at 5, in kindergarten, was saying " DEEDEE' for baby (called her littlest brother), and " DOODOO " for her older younger brother, and her best friend at school, was " DEE Da " for . She spoke that way until was 6. > > > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > > Thanks > > > Jen > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 You can find hope anywhere you want to with various parents. If at four, she is talking in phrases and short sentences, that's an excellent prognosis. My daughter, at 5, in kindergarten, was saying " DEEDEE' for baby (called her littlest brother), and " DOODOO " for her older younger brother, and her best friend at school, was " DEE Da " for . She spoke that way until was 6. > > > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > > Thanks > > > Jen > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 You can find hope anywhere you want to with various parents. If at four, she is talking in phrases and short sentences, that's an excellent prognosis. My daughter, at 5, in kindergarten, was saying " DEEDEE' for baby (called her littlest brother), and " DOODOO " for her older younger brother, and her best friend at school, was " DEE Da " for . She spoke that way until was 6. > > > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > > Thanks > > > Jen > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 This is wonderful. My daughter is 9 and has recently started telling me what other children say about her in school as well as her likes and dislikes in many areas. She also is telling me about things that are her favorites. I have to " mine " sometimes (it's like digging out a gold nugget) but when all is said and done, I now know much more about my child. Support your daughter's efforts at meaningful communication even when you're not quite sure what she's trying to tell you. Sounds like your doing a great job. I'm happy for you!! Diane ('s Mom) Re: Hi there Just want to share that when my daughter was 4-ish, she did a lot of the same things as your children. Now she is 8 and has had ABA for 4 years. I'll never forget the first time she told me about a dream she had the night before, or when she told me what she wanted to be when she grows up (a music teacher). Now she is telling me things that other people have said to her. It's truly amazing--four years ago, I never would have thought that we could have a real conversation. It's still hard for her, sometimes she'd rather not talk at all, but we do have short conversations. There is always hope! Leanne > > > > > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > > > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jen > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 This is wonderful. My daughter is 9 and has recently started telling me what other children say about her in school as well as her likes and dislikes in many areas. She also is telling me about things that are her favorites. I have to " mine " sometimes (it's like digging out a gold nugget) but when all is said and done, I now know much more about my child. Support your daughter's efforts at meaningful communication even when you're not quite sure what she's trying to tell you. Sounds like your doing a great job. I'm happy for you!! Diane ('s Mom) Re: Hi there Just want to share that when my daughter was 4-ish, she did a lot of the same things as your children. Now she is 8 and has had ABA for 4 years. I'll never forget the first time she told me about a dream she had the night before, or when she told me what she wanted to be when she grows up (a music teacher). Now she is telling me things that other people have said to her. It's truly amazing--four years ago, I never would have thought that we could have a real conversation. It's still hard for her, sometimes she'd rather not talk at all, but we do have short conversations. There is always hope! Leanne > > > > > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > > > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jen > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 This is wonderful. My daughter is 9 and has recently started telling me what other children say about her in school as well as her likes and dislikes in many areas. She also is telling me about things that are her favorites. I have to " mine " sometimes (it's like digging out a gold nugget) but when all is said and done, I now know much more about my child. Support your daughter's efforts at meaningful communication even when you're not quite sure what she's trying to tell you. Sounds like your doing a great job. I'm happy for you!! Diane ('s Mom) Re: Hi there Just want to share that when my daughter was 4-ish, she did a lot of the same things as your children. Now she is 8 and has had ABA for 4 years. I'll never forget the first time she told me about a dream she had the night before, or when she told me what she wanted to be when she grows up (a music teacher). Now she is telling me things that other people have said to her. It's truly amazing--four years ago, I never would have thought that we could have a real conversation. It's still hard for her, sometimes she'd rather not talk at all, but we do have short conversations. There is always hope! Leanne > > > > > > > > Does my child have to be potty trained in order to be able to attend public school > > > kindergarten? Anybody know my rights on that? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jen > > > > > > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 We're beginning to see that with Allie. She usually just says her basic needs, " I want juice... I want Incredibles...etc " but last weekend I was laying on the couch watching the race, got up to go to the bathroom and heard Allie throwing my change. I walked in and said, " Allie Kat, you pick that up! " She laid down, covered herself up and said through the quilt, " Go back in there and lay on the couch and watch the race. " ROFL! I didn't know she could say that many spontaneous words. It comes. Ever so slowly, but it does come, at least with Allie. Debi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 We're beginning to see that with Allie. She usually just says her basic needs, " I want juice... I want Incredibles...etc " but last weekend I was laying on the couch watching the race, got up to go to the bathroom and heard Allie throwing my change. I walked in and said, " Allie Kat, you pick that up! " She laid down, covered herself up and said through the quilt, " Go back in there and lay on the couch and watch the race. " ROFL! I didn't know she could say that many spontaneous words. It comes. Ever so slowly, but it does come, at least with Allie. Debi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2005 Report Share Posted October 14, 2005 We're beginning to see that with Allie. She usually just says her basic needs, " I want juice... I want Incredibles...etc " but last weekend I was laying on the couch watching the race, got up to go to the bathroom and heard Allie throwing my change. I walked in and said, " Allie Kat, you pick that up! " She laid down, covered herself up and said through the quilt, " Go back in there and lay on the couch and watch the race. " ROFL! I didn't know she could say that many spontaneous words. It comes. Ever so slowly, but it does come, at least with Allie. Debi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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