Guest guest Posted September 18, 2003 Report Share Posted September 18, 2003 Hi, welcome! I won't be much help on this but wanted to comment that my HFA/Aspergers son, , now 14.5 and in 9th grade, tends to go thru this but it's due to his OCD I think. His Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder is his primary problem regarding doing his schoolwork. He'll have months where he's mostly fine, but later in the year it's like he's burnt out, his OCD behaviors are worse. I've always put it down to the stress of the schoolwork and year finally catching up to him. We have a 504 Plan in place for him to accommodate times like that. Does your son have a 504 Plan or an IEP in place at school? With , I can't say he's different at home so far as anything but his ability to do his work and increased OCD compulsions, etc. Do you think your son might go thru periods of depression maybe as teenage years are tough! > I am new to this group and am looking for advice please. I have 2 > children with autism spectrum disorders, my older son is 17, a senior > in high school. since he was young, he has gone through these > periods when he just shuts down, by the end of the day he can barely > manage a conversation, stops attempting eye contact, is unable to > complete homework, participate in the family, gets upset and Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2003 Report Share Posted September 20, 2003 > I am new to this group and am looking for advice please. I have 2 > children with autism spectrum disorders, my older son is 17, a senior > in high school. since he was young, he has gone through these > periods when he just shuts down, by the end of the day he can barely > manage a conversation, stops attempting eye contact, is unable to > complete homework, participate in the family, gets upset and > frustrated. When he is not in this funk, he does very well, grades > are good, participated in school and family activities etc. I can't > find anything that sets this off. The last one was terrible, lasted > almost 4 mo and blew his GPA. Anyone else's kids do this and have you > found anything that helps or what works to help kids stay on track > during these times. The doc put him on wellburtin to see if it helped > at all but... Yes, my ds is like this. I had two thoughts. One, my ds does this when he is just completely stressed out. First, you must change the environment or make it easier for him to cope with his day. Does he need an aide to help him along? Does he need frequent breaks just to get up and move and expel some pent up energy? Does he need help in particular classes? Are kids teasing him? There are a number of things to think of. Think of it as he has only so much to give per day and once he uses it up, he's done and can't do anymore than that. This is what happens. Second is to investigate if he is depressed and having cycles of depression. This might compound the every day stresses that he deals with. With my ds, when he was much younger, he took zoloft (any SSRI, there are a lot of them out there these days)and it really did help him to cope better with the every day stuff. His anxiety level went way down. Roxanna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Hi all! I don't get a chance to post much anymore, but try to at least read everything that's going on. My two children have been on the protocol for quite some time now. My youngest, Skyler, has had horrible diarrhea for quite some time now. Dr. G and I have been working with his diet, etc., but nothing seems to be working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone encountered this? He's taking kyodophilus as a probiotic. My oldest, Chaia, is 8 years old. She is a fluent reader on a 2nd grade level. However, in the past two weeks, she has started eliminating the long vowels from words that she reads and substituting a short vowel in its place. We've been through a time in the past when she refused to say number words, but never this. Then to top it all off, last night when we were going over her spelling words, she started spelling them phonetically. I can't get her to say the letters. I had her to type them on the computer and she got them all right, so I don't understand the reason for this. I've addressed her issues behaviorally and it doesn't seem to be working. Dr. G has reduced her Zoloft to see if that will happen. She's also screaming bye to everything that she doesn't want to do. Thanks for listening guys! I would appreciate any and all advice. I stay in really close contact with Dr. G's office, but sometimes in the past I've gotten great advice and suggestions from Mom's and Dad's who are struggling with some of the same issues. Take care and God bless. Shona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 9, 2007 Report Share Posted January 9, 2007 Shona, Please email me off list krnardini@.... Kristy need advice please Hi all! I don't get a chance to post much anymore, but try to at least read everything that's going on. My two children have been on the protocol for quite some time now. My youngest, Skyler, has had horrible diarrhea for quite some time now. Dr. G and I have been working with his diet, etc., but nothing seems to be working. Does anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone encountered this? He's taking kyodophilus as a probiotic. My oldest, Chaia, is 8 years old. She is a fluent reader on a 2nd grade level. However, in the past two weeks, she has started eliminating the long vowels from words that she reads and substituting a short vowel in its place. We've been through a time in the past when she refused to say number words, but never this. Then to top it all off, last night when we were going over her spelling words, she started spelling them phonetically. I can't get her to say the letters. I had her to type them on the computer and she got them all right, so I don't understand the reason for this. I've addressed her issues behaviorally and it doesn't seem to be working. Dr. G has reduced her Zoloft to see if that will happen. She's also screaming bye to everything that she doesn't want to do. Thanks for listening guys! I would appreciate any and all advice. I stay in really close contact with Dr. G's office, but sometimes in the past I've gotten great advice and suggestions from Mom's and Dad's who are struggling with some of the same issues. Take care and God bless. Shona Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 10, 2007 Report Share Posted January 10, 2007 Hi Shona, Some bright parent here in the past suggested changing up probiotics now and then. My son used to be on Kyo and I switched him to a straight acidophilus about a year ago. It helped his stools firm up. Here is a link to the one I found with a pretty good price: http://www.webvitamins.com/product.aspx?id=8734 Another bright parent also emailed me about some school problems we were having. She suggested the Paxil and wellbutrin he was on, after building up in his system over time, were having a negative effect. (He was very iritable and defiant.) He was on Paxil for 5 months, and things got worse after 3 months. I do not if this was the case or not, but he seems better now after 2 weeks going back to Prozac. Also he was on an antibiotic for 3 weeks....post nasal drip. While he didn't have a full blown sinus infection, the antibiotic definitely made him feel better, be less defiant too. It always does. Some food for thought. I am glad Dr G is trying to lower the dose of Zoloft. Let us know how it turns out. > > Hi all! I don't get a chance to post much anymore, but try to at > least read everything that's going on. My two children have been on > the protocol for quite some time now. My youngest, Skyler, has had > horrible diarrhea for quite some time now. Dr. G and I have been > working with his diet, etc., but nothing seems to be working. Does > anyone have any suggestions? Has anyone encountered this? He's > taking kyodophilus as a probiotic. > > My oldest, Chaia, is 8 years old. She is a fluent reader on a 2nd > grade level. However, in the past two weeks, she has started > eliminating the long vowels from words that she reads and > substituting a short vowel in its place. We've been through a time > in the past when she refused to say number words, but never this. > Then to top it all off, last night when we were going over her > spelling words, she started spelling them phonetically. I can't get > her to say the letters. I had her to type them on the computer and > she got them all right, so I don't understand the reason for this. > I've addressed her issues behaviorally and it doesn't seem to be > working. Dr. G has reduced her Zoloft to see if that will happen. > She's also screaming bye to everything that she doesn't want to do. > > Thanks for listening guys! I would appreciate any and all advice. > I stay in really close contact with Dr. G's office, but sometimes in > the past I've gotten great advice and suggestions from Mom's and > Dad's who are struggling with some of the same issues. > > Take care and God bless. > > Shona > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted February 10, 2009 Report Share Posted February 10, 2009 I already have the super duper cards, but thanks for the other info:) Patty , " trmckenna1 " <trmckenna1@...> wrote: > > I had no luck finding the answer for what age children should master > regular/irregular past tense verbs. Have you talked with his > teacher? You could also call the private SLP and get more information > from her. > > The links below can give you ideas for working on verbs at home. > There are sample pages you can print. You can make flash cards with > index cards using the cards below as examples. There are a couple of > examples of games you can make. Mad Libs might also be fun for making > a story and practicing. > > HTH, > Tina > > http://www.superduperinc.com/products/view.aspx?pid=FD104 > > Related Products > Active & Passive Verbs > Irregular Verbs Fun Deck > Regular Past Tense Verbs > > http://www.superduperinc.com/search/search.aspx > other products for learning verbs > > http://www.education.com/worksheet/article/the-time-machine/ > this is a cross word puzzle that you could do together. It says that > it came out of a workbook for 3rd grade, but you could simplify it > for his age. > > > > > > At what age should children be pronouncing regular/irregular past > > tense verbs correctly? My son is 6 and he still isn't. Is there a > > website or book anyone can recommend that can tell me where my son > > should be at with his speech/language? He is supposed to be > getting a > > 20 minute consult by his school's SLP once a month. I had told her > > about the past tense verbs that he's still not getting and she said > > that it's developmental and they should get it by 3rd grade. He is > in > > Kindergarten. However, I was taking him to a private SLP for > therapy > > last year, but stopped last spring because he was doing so well. > She > > did tell me though, that if he wasn't getting the regular past tense > > verbs by that summer, I should bring him back for more therapy. I > > never took him back because we just can't afford it (we were paying > > out of pocket). > > > > Also, he had been diagnosed with apraxia and a phonological disorder > > before, so when the school's SLP says it's developmental, I am kind > of > > skeptical. I know they don't want to give him any therapy because > of > > their budget, and last time I talked to her she said he was > > communicating appropriately when she observed him, but me & my > husband > > still have concerns. What is it going to take to get some therapy > > from them? Am I going to have to wait until the 3rd grade for them > to > > give him therapy if he still isn't saying the verbs right because my > > husband is unemployed right now and we cannot afford an advocate or > > lawyer. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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