Guest guest Posted August 7, 2009 Report Share Posted August 7, 2009 Sounds like my house. I also have big cow bells hanging on the outside and bedroom doors. I call it my early warning system. When they open or touch the doors the bell rings. We also have a lock on the fridge and pantry, but no baby gate in the kitchen (the doorways are large) and my dad can't seem to figure them out:)Sent on the Now Network™ from my Sprint® BlackBerryFrom: "tpalvado" Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 18:49:32 -0000< >Subject: ( ) Spending the night Do you let your AS child spend the night at a friend's or family member's house? If so, how old were they when you first let them? n is only 4 so I'm not going to let him anytime soon. he is too hyperactive and curious. If he stays the night anywhere, their house has to be child proof. Like his bedroom has a doorknob cover on the knob on the inside of his door so he doesn't get out in the middle of the night and get into something and hurt himself. We also have a dead bolt lock on our front door with the key locks on both sides of the door and we have a baby gate in front of the kitchen so he can't get in there. Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this. I also have what I call a baby leash that we put on him when we go out in big places. How do you go about getting your child diagnosed with ADHD? he was diagnosed with " possible " adhd. Thank you ladies for all your help and support Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 My daughter around age 5 wanted her cousin to sleep over. I often babysat her cousins but sleepovers have always been difficult because she can't fall asleep when someone is over or if she goes to her cousins. My daughter is 11 now, she has had maybe one sleepover a year at her cousins. She doesn't want to sleep over someone elses house. As far as safety in the house I have many safety things in place to as you. ......I have gates up by the upstairs, I leave lights on in the hallway at night. I usually keep her at my side, if she doesn't see me she starts to panic. This summer we started a game at the grocery store where I have her go down a particular isle to find me something and I wait in the next isle or so. She finally feels confident enough at 11 to go get things for me and then find me without panic. Pam , " tpalvado " <tpalvado@...> wrote: > > Do you let your AS child spend the night at a friend's or family member's house? If so, how old were they when you first let them? n is only 4 so I'm not going to let him anytime soon. he is too hyperactive and curious. If he stays the night anywhere, their house has to be child proof. Like his bedroom has a doorknob cover on the knob on the inside of his door so he doesn't get out in the middle of the night and get into something and hurt himself. We also have a dead bolt lock on our front door with the key locks on both sides of the door and we have a baby gate in front of the kitchen so he can't get in there. Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this. I also have what I call a baby leash that we put on him when we go out in big places. How do you go about getting your child diagnosed with ADHD? he was diagnosed with " possible " adhd. Thank you ladies for all your help and support > > > Tina > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 8, 2009 Report Share Posted August 8, 2009 > > Do you let your AS child spend the night at a friend's or family member's house? I don't know if the age matters as much as the conditions. I always got to know the parents enough to be assured they were up to the task, willing, and would treat my child with respect when things didn't go normally. He was in first grade when he had his first sleepover without me. > How do you go about getting your child diagnosed with ADHD? he was diagnosed with " possible " adhd. I'm not an expert, just a parent, so this is just going on my experience. I think you should be able to get a definitive dx with a comprehensive neuropsych evaluation. That was what we used for our " first " diagnosis. In my area, this is typically done at our children's hospital in the neurobehavioral clinic. There is a very long waiting list, because so many mental health professionals don't take insurance and they do. This is typical. I also met a clinical psychologist who specialized in diagnosing ADHD over several sessions in his office. He also took insurance, was very good, but not many people knew about him so there was not too long of a waiting list. I think we waited 3-6 weeks for an appointment (can't remember, it's been awhile). A lot of it may be phone work. Get a list of the clinical psychologists in your area from your health insurance company and simply call each one up and ask if they do such diagnosing. If you are lucky, someone at your child's school, a local ADHD group, autism group, or somebody can give you a reference and cut down the phone calls. I initially got referrals from the very first diagnostician who we had do a private educational evaluation when we couldn't get our school district to do anything, several years ago. If you have deep pockets, you can forget about insurance and just look in the yellow pages under ADHD. There are private clinics. I imagine that is easier and faster. Such places rarely take insurance, so I haven't gone and can't tell you anything about their quality. I imagine it is buyer beware. I would make sure your school district is okay with them before going ahead with a particular one. The dx won't be any good if your school district won't recognize it because they don't think the place you got it from is quality. Then, if your child is in school, you will have to get the dx recognized by them. Let us know if you need to know how to do that. There are different options, depending on what your school district is like and what your situation is, what you've already done, what they've already done, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 18, 2009 Report Share Posted August 18, 2009 If you are having to put up all these gates, lol, ADHD might fit. lol. Our boys were climbers so gates would not work. But I did put jingle bells on the doors with the second ds who has HFA when he was younger. It gave me enough notice that he was walking out. But by all means, you have to do what is necessary to protect him and your "stuff". Roxanna "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing." E. Burke ( ) Spending the night Do you let your AS child spend the night at a friend's or family member's house? If so, how old were they when you first let them? n is only 4 so I'm not going to let him anytime soon. he is too hyperactive and curious. If he stays the night anywhere, their house has to be child proof. Like his bedroom has a doorknob cover on the knob on the inside of his door so he doesn't get out in the middle of the night and get into something and hurt himself. We also have a dead bolt lock on our front door with the key locks on both sides of the door and we have a baby gate in front of the kitchen so he can't get in there. Please tell me I'm not the only one who does this. I also have what I call a baby leash that we put on him when we go out in big places. How do you go about getting your child diagnosed with ADHD? he was diagnosed with "possible" adhd. Thank you ladies for all your help and support Tina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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