Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 > This is what we've seen in . Even though he is considered > aspergers, he will shut down completely. > You know, it's a funny thing...people think of shutdown as something that only happens to " low functioning " kids...but people like Donna (who is married now, working with people with autism worldwide, and an established author) goes into great detail about how it feels to completely shut down. It's about what your brain can handle at the time. We don't think about it a lot, but NT people shut down (at different levels) when the stress gets high enough. There is an interesting observation in Garbarino's book, " No Place to Be a Child " (kids in war zones)...he said that when workers went back to the areas of Asia where the " killing fields " atrocities took place, they found that a high number of the people who had witnessed that had eventually gone blind...and his observation was that the brain knows when it has " seen " enough. > At school they have finally figured out that > when he refuses to work, there is a reason. He has gone to the > resource room after refusing to work, refused to work there, then > told them that he was tired, put his head down and went to sleep. > They now let him do this (it doesn't happen often) because they > finally get that when this happens, he's dealing with something the > only way he can. And, lack of sleep is not involved at all. Going to sleep is a major signal of sympathetic overload...it's wonderful that they give him some time away from things before he gets to this point now...do they use the ALERT program at all? [>>] RAENA, WOULD YOU SEND ME THE INFO YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS " ALERT PROGRAM " ? I'D appreciate IT SO MUCH. CECILIA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 2, 2003 Report Share Posted May 2, 2003 > [>>] RAENA, WOULD YOU SEND ME THE INFO YOU HAVE ABOUT THIS " ALERT > PROGRAM " ? > I'D appreciate IT SO MUCH. >> Here's the website, Cecilia: http://www.alertprogram.com/ It's really an excellent program, and you don't have to take the course to use the manual (altho it adds a lot). Teaches people to understand/recognize their own sensory needs, and develop tools to keep their internal " engine " running at " just right " ...keyed to school kids, but adaptable for all ages. BTW... got a nasty cough/cold this week...so it will probably be next week before she contacts you. Raena Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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