Re: New here and new to all of this

[Guest guest]

Hi Rene,

has been wonderful for us. I hope you've found what you've been looking

for. Diet changes can be really hard on a kid (and family); I wish you well

with that. I always recommend that you do the lab tests too. It costs some

money and means one difficult afternoon for the blood draw, but you get a wealth

of knowledge whether the results are positive or not and it causes no harm to

the child.

I too have a son with social delay. He had pronounced language delay in general

though so our case is not exactly the same. I had intended to home school as

well, but decided that the best teachers for this would be his peers. I checked

the local home school groups and none of them get together more than once per

week for the younger kids and this just wouldn't do. If you know other moms

with kids your sons age (I didn't) that intend to homeschool, you could be

really proactive at setting playdates. Since your son doesn't have language

delay the therapists at the school are probably just going to work on

" pragmatics " , explaining in detail what he should say in certain circumstances

which is i'm sure what you already do.

All the Best

April

New here and new to all of this

Hi all

I have a four year old boy Tim who seems to fit the " high funcitoning

autism " or " apergers " . We had him tested in the school system and he

is very delayed socially and basically he does do some of the things

considered autistic. We've been worried about him since he was about

9 months old. However, he talks very well. IN fact he scorred 50

moths on communication (proper use of language)

Anyways, I have been combing the websites and books and came across

and for some reason this seems to make sense to me.

Everything my son eats is on the off list. He hates proteins, He

thrives on carbs and fruit. So it makes sense this could be part of

his problem.

He also has allergies (seasonal). And his dad had a Neurological

disease...Guillan Barre syndrome about 3 years ago.

So anyways, there was just too much similarities at the site for

me to ignore the possibility that this is a neurologicaly based

problem.

Does anyone have a similar story to my son's and Dr. G's program

helped? Do I also go ahead with the Occupational therapy and Speech

language therapy suggested by the school? I was plannning to

homeschool so this is another problem. Oh well.

My heart goes out to all of you who have been struggling with this for

years. We've only just begun and already I feel I'm faltering......

Rene

[Guest guest]

Hi Rene,

I agree with April. I have investigated home schooling (my 5 y.o. son LOVES

*going* to school) and also private schools (but then we would have to pay

for an aide and OT, PT and ST). We found what I feel is the best possible

public school, and scrape by so we can live in the district. I think the

therapies are essential for my son along with Dr. G's protocol. He would not

be able to benefit from the services without the protocol, but he is delayed

so he needs the therapies to help him catch up. All in all, he's doing

fantastic.

He recently started an intensive, targeted social skills/speech program,

" Pathways " through San Diego Children's Hospital, and it is doing wonders

for his language and social skills. There are a few social skills programs

in our area, and if he wasn't in this one, I would make sure he is in

another. This component is, for my son, really 'rounding-out' the other

therapies he gets.

Kristy

Re: New here and new to all of this

Hi Rene,

has been wonderful for us. I hope you've found what you've been

looking for. Diet changes can be really hard on a kid (and family); I wish

you well with that. I always recommend that you do the lab tests too. It

costs some money and means one difficult afternoon for the blood draw, but

you get a wealth of knowledge whether the results are positive or not and it

causes no harm to the child.

I too have a son with social delay. He had pronounced language delay in

general though so our case is not exactly the same. I had intended to home

school as well, but decided that the best teachers for this would be his

peers. I checked the local home school groups and none of them get together

more than once per week for the younger kids and this just wouldn't do. If

you know other moms with kids your sons age (I didn't) that intend to

homeschool, you could be really proactive at setting playdates. Since your

son doesn't have language delay the therapists at the school are probably

just going to work on " pragmatics " , explaining in detail what he should say

in certain circumstances which is i'm sure what you already do.

All the Best

April

New here and new to all of this

Hi all

I have a four year old boy Tim who seems to fit the " high funcitoning

autism " or " apergers " . We had him tested in the school system and he

is very delayed socially and basically he does do some of the things

considered autistic. We've been worried about him since he was about

9 months old. However, he talks very well. IN fact he scorred 50

moths on communication (proper use of language)

Anyways, I have been combing the websites and books and came across

and for some reason this seems to make sense to me.

Everything my son eats is on the off list. He hates proteins, He

thrives on carbs and fruit. So it makes sense this could be part of

his problem.

He also has allergies (seasonal). And his dad had a Neurological

disease...Guillan Barre syndrome about 3 years ago.

So anyways, there was just too much similarities at the site for

me to ignore the possibility that this is a neurologicaly based

problem.

Does anyone have a similar story to my son's and Dr. G's program

helped? Do I also go ahead with the Occupational therapy and Speech

language therapy suggested by the school? I was plannning to

homeschool so this is another problem. Oh well.

My heart goes out to all of you who have been struggling with this for

years. We've only just begun and already I feel I'm faltering......

Rene

[Guest guest]

Thanks so much for your thoughtful insights.....we're still wading

through everything!

>

> Hi Rene,

>

> I agree with April. I have investigated home schooling (my 5 y.o.

son LOVES

> *going* to school) and also private schools (but then we would

have to pay

> for an aide and OT, PT and ST). We found what I feel is the best

possible

> public school, and scrape by so we can live in the district. I

think the

> therapies are essential for my son along with Dr. G's protocol. He

would not

> be able to benefit from the services without the protocol, but he

is delayed

> so he needs the therapies to help him catch up. All in all, he's

doing

> fantastic.

>

> He recently started an intensive, targeted social skills/speech

program,

> " Pathways " through San Diego Children's Hospital, and it is doing

wonders

> for his language and social skills. There are a few social skills

programs

> in our area, and if he wasn't in this one, I would make sure he is

in

> another. This component is, for my son, really 'rounding-out' the

other

> therapies he gets.

>

> Kristy

>

> Re: New here and new to all of this

>

>

> Hi Rene,

>

> has been wonderful for us. I hope you've found what you've

been

> looking for. Diet changes can be really hard on a kid (and

family); I wish

> you well with that. I always recommend that you do the lab tests

too. It

> costs some money and means one difficult afternoon for the blood

draw, but

> you get a wealth of knowledge whether the results are positive or

not and it

> causes no harm to the child.

>

> I too have a son with social delay. He had pronounced language

delay in

> general though so our case is not exactly the same. I had intended

to home

> school as well, but decided that the best teachers for this would

be his

> peers. I checked the local home school groups and none of them get

together

> more than once per week for the younger kids and this just

wouldn't do. If

> you know other moms with kids your sons age (I didn't) that intend

to

> homeschool, you could be really proactive at setting playdates.

Since your

> son doesn't have language delay the therapists at the school are

probably

> just going to work on " pragmatics " , explaining in detail what he

should say

> in certain circumstances which is i'm sure what you already do.

>

> All the Best

> April

>

> New here and new to all of this

>

> Hi all

>

> I have a four year old boy Tim who seems to fit the " high

funcitoning

> autism " or " apergers " . We had him tested in the school system

and he

> is very delayed socially and basically he does do some of the

things

> considered autistic. We've been worried about him since he was

about

> 9 months old. However, he talks very well. IN fact he scorred 50

> moths on communication (proper use of language)

>

> Anyways, I have been combing the websites and books and came

across

> and for some reason this seems to make sense to me.

>

> Everything my son eats is on the off list. He hates proteins, He

> thrives on carbs and fruit. So it makes sense this could be part

of

> his problem.

>

> He also has allergies (seasonal). And his dad had a Neurological

> disease...Guillan Barre syndrome about 3 years ago.

>

> So anyways, there was just too much similarities at the

site for

> me to ignore the possibility that this is a neurologicaly based

> problem.

>

> Does anyone have a similar story to my son's and Dr. G's program

> helped? Do I also go ahead with the Occupational therapy and

Speech

> language therapy suggested by the school? I was plannning to

> homeschool so this is another problem. Oh well.

>

> My heart goes out to all of you who have been struggling with

this for

> years. We've only just begun and already I feel I'm

faltering......

>

> Rene

>

>