Private schools in South Florida serving autism

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I feel that my son needs more and I am exploring more options than the public school. Would appreciate any information.

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Subject: Re: Response to UM StudyTo: sList Date: Thursday, March 4, 2010, 2:02 PM

there was nothing in this post that took away the slap in the face and kick in the gut of what the study was to me and my sister. i guess being with our kids 24/7 and cosleeping with them reading to them and doing everything possible to engage them everyday and every moment we had.... simply wasn't enough.i guess we should have done it eight days a week as well as 30 hours a day. maybe we didn't neglect our husbands and our lives enough as we dedicated and devoted every waking moment of our lives orbitting around our kids. when i misscarried i felt it was just as well so that there was then NOTHING else getting in the way or giving me a moments distraction of me working and reaching my kid, which if i have reached her there's no way of knowing it, as i don't think she'll notice if i dropped dead tomorrow and is still COMPLETELY nonverbal. my sister after her son was diagnosed with autism she

quit her job and did EVERYHING different with her last child... to no avail, even in a organic home and organic fed and vaccine free her youngest still ended up autistic and with very limited speech.but that's okay, we've fully accepted that no matter what we do, for some folks it's never enough what we did/done for our kids. i got it... already.... no need to keep repeating it or explaining that maybe if i were MORE sensitive to my child maybe she's have more language maybe be even be verbal. and my sister too, maybe if she were more sensitive to her kids not all of them would be autistic, even though she threw everything away to devote her time to her autistic son and the others and did all she could to prevent the same thing from happening to her subsequent child, only to no avail.we got it... it wasn't because of the vaccines, since her youngest was never vaccinated, her autism, and her

lack of speech issues are due to my sister not being sensitive enough. Her life savings, loss of home and husband, turning her back on her career to devote ALL her time to her kids, and the thousands of dollars tossed at her kids...until there was nothing left... it just wasn't enough. she should have been more SENSITIVE to her kids. although if she would have been more sensitive to her kids she'd be competing with Mother in her devotion to her cause. but that's okay... we got it. the results are that mothers sensitivity does affect language aqcuisition in autistic kids so somewhere along the way my sister and i must have done something wrong or not enough to have non verbal kids. we understand. there is no need to continue slapping our faces with this study.Juli Response to UM Study From: BADILLO9aol (DOT) comTo: sList@ yahoogroups. comSent: 3/3/2010 8:21:39 P.M. Eastern Standard TimeSubj: Fwd: Here & apos;s the actual study from UM From: mab2247columbia (DOT) eduTo: BADILLO9aol (DOT) comSent: 3/3/2010 8:07:00 P.M. Eastern Standard TimeSubj: Re: Here & apos;s the actual study from UM In regards to the previous comments made, i want to clarify some of the information from the study. I have brother with autism and I am currently a graduate student at Columbia University with great interest in studying individuals with autism and their families.A direct quote from the study, "As predicted, there was a significant positive association between maternal sensitivity at 18 months and expressivelanguage growth across the

third year for children with emergent ASD. Together, these findings and those of Siller and Sigman (2002, 2008) and Aldred et al. (2004) suggest that parenting is an important contributor to the promotionof language among children with or at-risk for ASD at various developmental stages. (found on page 8)In Other Words: A positive association means a positive correlation. A positive correlation is a direct association between two variables, as one variable becomes large, the other also becomes large. In the context of this study, this means the GREATER THE MATERNAL SENSITIVITY, THE GREATER THE LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT WAS FOUND in the children who were at risk for developing ASD. (aka higher maternal sensitivity scores were correlated with higher language development scores.I also want to stress to you that correlations

to not equal causation! Be very weary of this. Maternal sensitivity does not cause children with autism to have language skills (and the vise versa, parents with low maternal sensitivity does not cause poor language skills). There is a relationship between these two concepts and it is important to explore this relationship With Further Research as these researchers suggested in the article, we can begin to pick apart the other factors that can determine this relationship (the authors also suggest further research as well, see page 11)So in my closing remarks, I don't want the message from this study to be that it is maternal insensitivity that is causing autism because these are not the findings of the study. However, maternal sensitivity does seem to make a positive influence on the language development

for children who are at risk for ASD but this is not a causal factor! Your warm and consistent care giving does seem to influence your child's language development and without your loving care, your child may not be at their greatest potential, so I commend you parents and because you can make a difference in your child's development.If you have any more questions or comments please email meThanks,Marina BadilloMab2247Columbia (DOT) eduB.A. Psychology - University of Western OntarioM.A Social Work - Columbia University