Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 In a message dated 4/26/2003 7:07:43 AM Eastern Standard Time, jbsmom@... writes: > He thinks because NT used to line them up that this is a GREAT > thing....Now did line up cars but it was like they were in a parking > lot and then he would drive them out and make car noises etc. just > lines them up, knocks them over, lines them up...Should I stop him? > My son Sebastian, who is 6 and NT, lines up everything....cars, videos, books and we are not allowed to touch his lines, so I don't know if it's something you should stop or not, but if he lets his dad help with the lines, that's cool, interaction and all. Maybe it's the hubby you should be prompting, if lets him in on this, then have him make the noises and " play " with the cars a little while they are lining them up and see if catches on. My autie does not line up toys, since he would have to touch them to do that and toys are not his thing. His thing is cards, yu-gi-oh at the moment and for the past year or so, and he spreads and catagorizes them non-stop. He does like to sit inside the lines Sebastian makes though. Tommi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 ack!!!!!!! maybe something was in the pacific air last night because we gave Alec his meds and they didn't kick in! There he was in the bed laughing hysterically. I hate that. Better than sobbing and crying though. That is worse for me. Anyway, I feel for you. Greggory goes back to school on Monday. I don't know if that is good or bad to be honest. Jacquie H This Is NOT Good is FIVE hours post meds and WIDE awake. This is bad. This is VERY bad. Aaack. I don't know if I should drop the lexapro, stay with it as is, increase it, or just konk him on the head. Shit. And Mr. is WIDE awake stimming like mad and happy as a clam as long as you leave him alone and don't interfere with his stimming with the vcr and lining up the pokemon and digimon toys. I swear, even as he is starting to speak a wee bit he is more autistic by the week. and are play fighting Pokemons now, lining them up, arranging them, not really playing with each other, but parallel playing off and on. Such lovely autistic fun at nearly midnight. I have four days of this to look forward to. Summer looms. Heaven help me cause I have no idea how we are going to survive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 In a message dated 4/26/03 2:39:16 AM Eastern Daylight Time, reynoldspm@... writes: > And Mr. is WIDE awake stimming like mad and happy as a clam as > long as you leave him alone and don't interfere with his stimming > This may seem weird but humor me. 1) how much do your younger two sons weigh? 2) could or would either or Gail help you if you wanted to try something sensory with them? My trick to a sleeping involves a warm bath a heavy jacket and a ride in the stroller. Both boys I'm sure are too big for a stroller and I doubt you could do that right now without the other kids destroying the house anyway. So what I'm thinking is a heavy blanket with someone on each side so that you could swing . Is that possible? I've found that rythmic motion really helps her and another friend gave me a tip that helps her son before bed. A very fast up and down rubbing on her arms and legs. Hope something here helps I worry about you and your sanity. Hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 In a message dated 4/26/03 7:07:34 AM Eastern Daylight Time, jbsmom@... writes: > just lines them up, knocks them over, lines them up...Should I stop > him? > I would take something else and move it into the lineup. Like a little person or something and put them on top of the car. Then say something like he's driving away and pull the car out of the line. If a tantrum followed then I would just add the person on top of the car. Of course lined stuff up for a few months and then it just went away. Alot of typical kids line stuff up and it doesn't mean anything. Hugs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 In a message dated 4/26/03 1:33:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, jbsmom@... writes: > I got it in my head that I couldn't do floortime while the school was doing > ABA. I don't know why, I guess I am so new to this that I get overwhelmed. We do both. Then I add in stuff that doesn't even have a name LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 26, 2003 Report Share Posted April 26, 2003 I do the same regarding stimming, Libby. Like I bought the rocking chair so he can rock instead of bouncing. So far so good. Maggie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 > Thanks for the great information!! 's DT (that he had before starting school) told me that she basically followed the floortime method so I purchased the book early this year. However once was DX, I stopped reading it. I got it in my head that I couldn't do floortime while the school was doing ABA. I don't know why, I guess I am so new to this that I get overwhelmed. LOL, as others have pointed out, you can do anything you darn well please that works for you. I found ABA and Floortime complementary. Floortime is really better at play skills (and when ABA teaches play skills, it starts to verge into Floortime), in my experience, and ABA is very good at teaching good learning skills, how to attend, imitation, etc. Also, I am not by nature an ABA person. Floortime is much more my natural style and you can only go against your natural style for so long before the strain shows. The excellent ABA practitioners in this area do not say anything bad about Floortime; they told me that the two methods address different things. Salli Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 LOL! This is great! (SAHM in GA) MSN elizabethloht@... n 33, mo, no formal dx Phoebe, 10 wks ----- Original Message ----- > every time I saw a line or another form > of stereotypical arranging, I would swoop in and mess it up. Sometimes I > would yell, " TORNADO!!! " and throw everything in the air. Sometimes I'd > pretend to be a godzilla-type monster and rampage through the line. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 28, 2003 Report Share Posted April 28, 2003 > I have four days of this to look forward to. Summer looms. ah, the carefree days of summer ... OH CRAP!!! SUMMER!?!?!? You HAD to remind me??? Sissi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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