Re: Really bad week- long

[Guest guest]

Phyllis I am so sorry it's been tough. I agree with the others to

take one day at a time.

I find sometimes I make too many changes at once and it takes awhile

for my Sammy or the other NT kids to adjust.

I think it is best that everyone ( school included) take a long

breathe and look over plan that was orginally agreed

upon and follow it. If everyone agrees it is no longer appropriate

than perhaps it is time for a new plan.

It sounds like your son has made some progress and everyone gets

excited when that happens but everything still needs to be done in a

consistent

manner.

I also have one younger child than Sam and I become overwhelmed

looking for signs of ASD.

I'll tell you a funny story about Sammy and ASD signs.

Sam was diagnosed last year PDD-Nos but she doesn't fall into the

label perfectly( like anyone else does?) Anyway, I was still in

denial and would comfort myself on certain symptoms she didn't have.

Of course my wonderful day care person was trying everything to get

Sam to do age appropriate things like -speech and imitation.

One particular day I arrived at day care and found Sam spinning

around and around on the front lawn.

I was horrified. I told Sam to stop and began to cry and have a

major meltdown. tried to comfort me and ask me why I was

crying. In between my sobs I explained how this was another ASD

symptom.

began laughing saying she and other kids had been spinning all

morning and that everyone in the daycare was delighted that Sam had

imitated the other children. They all had been spinning! They

thought it was an achievement, and it was.

I think you always need to look at the behavior in the context it

occurs. I hope it helps and take care

Jeneane, Houston

Nick -NT-5

-PDD nos-3

Beth -NT-2