Re: Teaching how to ride a bike

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Hi Stacey

My 9 year old autistic boy has just learnt to ride his bike (with stabilisers) after years of trying!! He just seemed unable to push the pedals forward until I took his bike to school and his teachers and OT spent some time with him simply sitting him on the bike, giving him a push forward so he was freewheeling on his own and prompting him to push the pedals with his feet. He got it in a day and has never looked back - he loves riding his bike now and it's given him alot of self-confidence.

Hope this helps.

Caroline

Has anyone had any luck/experience in teaching their kids to ride a bike? My son is 12, high functioning autistic but can't ride a bike yet. I want to teach him this summer and don't know where to start.

Any tips??Thanks in advance for any direction you can poitn me in.Stacey

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When my son was learning, we got some heavy duty training wheels. He used both for about 3 weeks, then we took one off and he used it for awhile, then we took the last one off and he was able to ride. I hope it works for your child. Subject: Teaching how to ride a bikeTo: sList Date: Wednesday, June 25, 2008, 1:04 PM

Has anyone had any luck/experience in teaching their kids to ride a

bike? My son is 12, high functioning autistic but can't ride a bike

yet. I want to teach him this summer and don't know where to start.

Any tips??

Thanks in advance for any direction you can poitn me in.

Stacey

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Hi Stacey

My son had a hard time pedalling, so we broke down bike riding into

seperate skills. You could use a stationary excercise bike or a kid

bike w training wheels that were blocked up like an excercise bike and

have him master pedalling first.

If you can find a gentle hill (yeah, in Florida) that helps a lot too.

Parents just can't keep up with the running along side thing for too

long but a hill works great, doesn't have to be much of a hill.

Good luck

Steve

> Has anyone had any luck/experience in teaching their kids to ride a

> bike? My son is 12, high functioning autistic but can't ride a bike

> yet. I want to teach him this summer and don't know where to start.

> Any tips??

>

> Thanks in advance for any direction you can poitn me in.

>

>

>

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I am trying to teach my 4 year to ride a bike and were trying with a trike

What are stabilizers? She can't seem to push the pedals or keep her feet on the

pedals? I hear there are special bikes. Is that the case. Any any advice?

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Re: Teaching how to ride a bike

Hi Stacey

 

My 9 year old autistic boy has just learnt to ride his bike (with stabilisers)

after years of trying!!  He just seemed unable to push the pedals forward until

I took his bike to school and his teachers and OT spent some time with him

simply sitting him on the bike, giving him a push forward so he was freewheeling

on his own and prompting him to push the pedals with his feet.  He got it in a

day and has never looked back - he loves riding his bike now and it's given him

alot of self-confidence.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Caroline 

 

On 6/25/08, rpbsager <rpbsageryahoo (DOT) com> wrote:

Has anyone had any luck/experience in teaching their kids to ride a

bike? My son is 12, high functioning autistic but can't ride a bike

yet. I want to teach him this summer and don't know where to start.

Any tips??

Thanks in advance for any direction you can poitn me in.

Stacey

[Guest guest]

My 4 year old is still working on it but his OT told me she velcros his shoes to the pedals so his feet don't slide off. Maybe that will help. Has anyone had any luck/experience in teaching their kids to ride a bike? My son is 12, high functioning autistic but can't ride a bike yet. I want to teach him this summer and don't know where to start. Any tips??

Thanks in advance for any direction you can poitn me in.

Stacey

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[Guest guest]

Stabilizers are extra little wheels you attach to the frame either side of the bike to support the back wheel. This means the bike freestands and can't fall to the side.

Hope this helps.

Caroline

My 4 year old is still working on it but his OT told me she velcros his shoes to the pedals so his feet don't slide off. Maybe that will help.

Has anyone had any luck/experience in teaching their kids to ride a

bike? My son is 12, high functioning autistic but can't ride a bike

yet. I want to teach him this summer and don't know where to start.

Any tips??

Thanks in advance for any direction you can poitn me in.

Stacey

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[Guest guest]

I believe gobike is based out of california, a teen that i work with learned

with them last year at nova...he is 16 and had never ridden a bike before, he

was on 2 wheels in 3 days and hasnt stopped since...they are amazing!

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> Last year the List had a post about a group/company that traveled >

around the country holding classes that teach special needs kids. They were >

here (at Nova Southeastern) December 06. I used them and they taught my son >

(7 at the time) to ride a 2 wheeler in 3 days! I think they were called >

" GOBIKE " but you can scroll the list for more information. > > > > >

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Yes, Gobike came down here back in Dec. 06. I had enrolled my daughter but she was denied because they thought she was too young. She was 6 at the time so I was disappointed. I got the impression that the class got really booked up fast though. I was hoping that they would come down again but to my knowledge they didn't. Does anyone know if there any plans for them to come down again? Lindsey Arcularius wrote: I believe gobike is based out of california, a teen that i work with learned with them last year at nova...he is 16 and had never ridden a bike before, he was on 2 wheels in 3 days and hasnt stopped since...they are amazing!> Re: Teaching how to ride a bike> > Last year the List had a post about a group/company that traveled> around the country holding classes that teach special needs kids. They were> here (at Nova Southeastern) December 06. I used them and they taught my son> (7 at the time) to ride a 2 wheeler in 3 days! I think they were

called> "GOBIKE" but you can scroll the list for more information. > > > > >