Seeking resources/books/orgs

[Guest guest]

Greetings,

I'm the mother to an 11 year old girl that just got a aspie/adhd/generalized

anxiety diagnosis. She's one of the many girls that seem to function well enough

until middle school. This year has been HELL. We had to pull her out of school

and she is currently in a special education assessment center to figure out an

appropriate school placement.

Anyway - we previously had a GAD and executive functioning weakness diagnosis

and I learned all there was on EF. Now we have to learn all over again. She also

had an IEP based on EBD, but the recent evaluation indicates that isn't correct.

No wonder all those charts and stars didn't help!

We are both overeducated and strongly attached to the scientific method and

evidence based practices. There are so many books and Web sites on Aspergers and

ASD. (I haven't even started on the ADHD research!) I just had to toss a book

last night when the author started in on vaccines. I don't care about a

cause/cure.

We want to know what resources are based in science and evidence based

information. There are even two different organizations touting they are the

REAL leaders in science based work.

I'm also looking for resources and effective treatments and interventions for

Aspie kids. ABA isn't going to help my daughter and that seems to be the gold

standard. However we don't want to go the unsupported by evidence route either.

Basically, I'm looking for help separating this information overload into

valuable/helpful and not helpful for " our family " .

Thanks for any advice.

[Guest guest]

I just finished that book, good reading material. I agree

From: susanne hansen <s_hansen34@...> Sent: Wed, January 12, 2011 7:16:46 PMSubject: Re: ( ) Seeking resources/books/orgs

Hi Barbara,

Welcome to the group. For your daughter I would recommend looking in to social thinking teaching tools. Here is the link to the website. http://www.socialthinking.com/home

My son is 13 and the book "Thinking about you thinking about me" has helped shine some light on "theory of mind" thinking for him. He can now better understand that other people have feelings and opinions too.

Middle school has been HELL for us too. What state do you live in?Books I'd recommend are, "Kids in The Syndrome Mix of ADHD, LD, Asperger's, ...." by L Kutschner MD and "1001 Great Ideas for Teaching and Raising Children with Autism or Asperger's"

I'm sure others will recommend more. Good luck in your research. It's a never ending process. Also check out the s Law website. They have a lot of links and information to resources on their site.ne

From: Barbara <barbara55109@...>Subject: ( ) Seeking resources/books/orgs Date: Wednesday, January 12, 2011, 3:19 PM

Greetings,I'm the mother to an 11 year old girl that just got a aspie/adhd/generalized anxiety diagnosis. She's one of the many girls that seem to function well enough until middle school. This year has been HELL. We had to pull her out of school and she is currently in a special education assessment center to figure out an appropriate school placement.Anyway - we previously had a GAD and executive functioning weakness diagnosis and I learned all there was on EF. Now we have to learn all over again. She also had an IEP based on EBD, but the recent evaluation indicates that isn't correct. No wonder all those charts and stars didn't help!We are both overeducated and strongly attached to the scientific method and evidence based practices. There are so many books and Web sites on Aspergers and ASD. (I haven't even started on the ADHD research!) I just had to toss a book last night when the author started in on vaccines. I don't

care about a cause/cure. We want to know what resources are based in science and evidence based information. There are even two different organizations touting they are the REAL leaders in science based work.I'm also looking for resources and effective treatments and interventions for Aspie kids. ABA isn't going to help my daughter and that seems to be the gold standard. However we don't want to go the unsupported by evidence route either. Basically, I'm looking for help separating this information overload into valuable/helpful and not helpful for "our family".Thanks for any advice.