Re: OT - recovering child and educational issues

[Guest guest]

I am glad to hear your son is getting better. I'm sorry to say that I

I cannot help you with your question, as my son is 7 and we have just

started chelation, but I did want to ask: what is touch math? I know

my son is young but I get the feeling that math will be challenging

for him.

Thank you and good luck,

Kellie

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> Since we have been chelating my son, he is getting better and better

with every round. My son is 11 years old. I find he is asking more

questions and learning is becoming much easier - except for reading

comprehension. The issue I am having with our son's school system is

they are not making changes to his programming. They notice he is

doing really well. I requested they do an evaluation to see what

areas he is lacking so they could target those. They are dragging

their feet, of course. Is anyone else encountering the same situation

as their child is recovering? Thank god for the inventor of touch

math. My son has blown through addition, subtraction and is now

working on multiplication. Then it will be on to division, after that

I am not sure what they will do. He is like a sponge. I have been

teaching him state capitals and he has picked up on them very quickly.

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> Any experiences or suggestions would be appreciated.

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> Thanks.

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[Guest guest]

Like Kellie, I also can't help much with your questions (my child is

in special ed with a tailored program), but it sure is nice to read

that your child is improving so much with chelation.

Can you tell us if you're following Andy Cutler's protocol or a DAN's

protocol?

Hopefully others can help with your questions about reading

comprehension.

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> > Since we have been chelating my son, he is getting better and better

> with every round. My son is 11 years old. I find he is asking more

> questions and learning is becoming much easier - except for reading

> comprehension. The issue I am having with our son's school system is

> they are not making changes to his programming. They notice he is

> doing really well. I requested they do an evaluation to see what

> areas he is lacking so they could target those. They are dragging

> their feet, of course. Is anyone else encountering the same situation

> as their child is recovering? Thank god for the inventor of touch

> math. My son has blown through addition, subtraction and is now

> working on multiplication. Then it will be on to division, after that

> I am not sure what they will do. He is like a sponge. I have been

> teaching him state capitals and he has picked up on them very quickly.

> >

> > Any experiences or suggestions would be appreciated.

> >

> > Thanks.

> > -

[Guest guest]

I LOVE reading these kinds of posts. Glad your son is doing so well.

Congratulations! You

could take him outside of the school for a separate evaluation. Otherwise, maybe

they just

do re-evaluations every 6 months or so. In the mean time, hit it at home with

new

challenging material. I'm a mom of a two year old so I'm not the best one to

give advice

on this. I would really like to know how many rounds have you done?

Thanks,

Dani

>

> Since we have been chelating my son, he is getting better and better with

every round.

My son is 11 years old. I find he is asking more questions and learning is

becoming much

easier - except for reading comprehension. The issue I am having with our son's

school

system is they are not making changes to his programming. They notice he is

doing really

well. I requested they do an evaluation to see what areas he is lacking so they

could target

those. They are dragging their feet, of course. Is anyone else encountering

the same

situation as their child is recovering? Thank god for the inventor of touch

math. My son

has blown through addition, subtraction and is now working on multiplication.

Then it will

be on to division, after that I am not sure what they will do. He is like a

sponge. I have

been teaching him state capitals and he has picked up on them very quickly.

>

> Any experiences or suggestions would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

> -

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

I am following Andy's protocol. We had chelated for a year with TD-DMSA using a

DAN doctor then I decided to try oral DMSA. Saw some changes. Then I added in

oral ALA and never went back to DMSA or a DAN doctor. We aren't using a doctor

and things are great.

[ ] Re: OT - recovering child and educational issues

Like Kellie, I also can't help much with your questions (my child is

in special ed with a tailored program), but it sure is nice to read

that your child is improving so much with chelation.

Can you tell us if you're following Andy Cutler's protocol or a DAN's

protocol?

Hopefully others can help with your questions about reading

comprehension.

>

> >

> > Since we have been chelating my son, he is getting better and better

> with every round. My son is 11 years old. I find he is asking more

> questions and learning is becoming much easier - except for reading

> comprehension. The issue I am having with our son's school system is

> they are not making changes to his programming. They notice he is

> doing really well. I requested they do an evaluation to see what

> areas he is lacking so they could target those. They are dragging

> their feet, of course. Is anyone else encountering the same situation

> as their child is recovering? Thank god for the inventor of touch

> math. My son has blown through addition, subtraction and is now

> working on multiplication. Then it will be on to division, after that

> I am not sure what they will do. He is like a sponge. I have been

> teaching him state capitals and he has picked up on them very quickly.

> >

> > Any experiences or suggestions would be appreciated.

> >

> > Thanks.

> > -

[Guest guest]

I'm bad - I never counted rounds. We intially started with TD-DMSA for a year

then went to oral DMSA for about 6 months. Then added in ALA and removed the

DMSA and haven't looked back. I love ALA. We chelate every weekend - it is

exhausting but so worth it. Every weekend my family looks at each other and

asks " who is that kid " . He is so different during chelation weekends. During

the days off he is not as great, but still great. Lately, if we use a word he

has never heard of he'll repeat the word and ask what's that. Its wonderful!

Just the other day I was riding in the car, my 15 year old was having a

discussion with my husband and I when my son chimed in with " oh yeah " like he

knew what we were talking about and had to give his 2 cents worth. Too funny!!!

[ ] Re: OT - recovering child and educational issues

I LOVE reading these kinds of posts. Glad your son is doing so well.

Congratulations! You

could take him outside of the school for a separate evaluation. Otherwise, maybe

they just

do re-evaluations every 6 months or so. In the mean time, hit it at home with

new

challenging material. I'm a mom of a two year old so I'm not the best one to

give advice

on this. I would really like to know how many rounds have you done?

Thanks,

Dani

>

> Since we have been chelating my son, he is getting better and better with

every round.

My son is 11 years old. I find he is asking more questions and learning is

becoming much

easier - except for reading comprehension. The issue I am having with our son's

school

system is they are not making changes to his programming. They notice he is

doing really

well. I requested they do an evaluation to see what areas he is lacking so they

could target

those. They are dragging their feet, of course. Is anyone else encountering the

same

situation as their child is recovering? Thank god for the inventor of touch

math. My son

has blown through addition, subtraction and is now working on multiplication.

Then it will

be on to division, after that I am not sure what they will do. He is like a

sponge. I have

been teaching him state capitals and he has picked up on them very quickly.

>

> Any experiences or suggestions would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

> -

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Touch math is a program used to teach addition, subtraction and multiplication.

I assume it can also be used for division - haven't reached that point yet. The

website for information is www.touchmath.com. Apparently the kids are taught

the point areas on the numbers and they touch the areas to do the math. This is

something they use at school with my son and he is flying through it. Of

course, I had to ask the school to use touch math, it wasn't something they

offered. When I brought it up at a PPT, they were like sure, we can implement

touch math. They were familiar with it. One of those if you don't know about

it and ask for it, you don't get it.

[ ] Re: OT - recovering child and educational issues

I am glad to hear your son is getting better. I'm sorry to say that I

I cannot help you with your question, as my son is 7 and we have just

started chelation, but I did want to ask: what is touch math? I know

my son is young but I get the feeling that math will be challenging

for him.

Thank you and good luck,

Kellie

>

> Since we have been chelating my son, he is getting better and better

with every round. My son is 11 years old. I find he is asking more

questions and learning is becoming much easier - except for reading

comprehension. The issue I am having with our son's school system is

they are not making changes to his programming. They notice he is

doing really well. I requested they do an evaluation to see what

areas he is lacking so they could target those. They are dragging

their feet, of course. Is anyone else encountering the same situation

as their child is recovering? Thank god for the inventor of touch

math. My son has blown through addition, subtraction and is now

working on multiplication. Then it will be on to division, after that

I am not sure what they will do. He is like a sponge. I have been

teaching him state capitals and he has picked up on them very quickly.

>

> Any experiences or suggestions would be appreciated.

>

> Thanks.

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