Guest guest Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 > My son, Thank God, seems to be doing well/better in some areas but his expressive speech is still lagging. What to do? What my son needed for speech was anti-fungals, anti-virals, and B12/folic. Dana Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 Hi ....there is an organization called ICAN that helps kids with sensory type therapy. Kay Ness does evaluations in the state of Florida. She will be visiting at Winter Park Florida...not sure how far from you. See... http://www.cherylbastian.com-a.googlepages.com/books%26beyondliteraturelive My daughter receives help from this organization. I go to Help with Learning out here in CA. We have been doing neurosensory execises with our daughter now for some time. Also, sound therapy. We use Samonas...all exercises are done at home by us. We are under the supervision of the neurodevelopementalist. It has helped her survive the class room without the use of Ritalin...we are also on Feingold diet. We will be chelating next. You can go the Jan Bedell's website...Little Giant Steps...to get an idea of what these people do. Even if you chelate you may still end up needing some type of therapy for your child i.e. vision, speech etc. Neurosensory integration type exercises or therapy...retrains the brain where the pathway is compromised. Since the brain is plastic..it can be helped or retrained ..with sensory training. Think of stroke victims that need therapy and you get the picture. Hope this helps... Marie > > My son, Thank God, seems to be doing well/better in some areas but his expressive speech is still lagging. What to do? He does appear to have some issues with receptive as well- you can tell that he doesn't understand something that I'm telling him and my 3 year old will pipe up and explain it to him- " no she wants you to press this button " and points to it (she's gifted so take it with a grain of salt that way but I would think by 6.5 he would get the same concepts as my daughter if there were not issues.) His speech is clearer but still a jumble of words and fragmented thoughts, etc... Anyone have an idea? I have thought of Tomatis but i can't find a practitioner-there is some one here who does " integrative therapy " but I don't really have much info on that. Supposed to be for kids with delays but never heard of it before i saw the ad. Live near Orlando FL. Thanks for any help! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 22, 2010 Report Share Posted January 22, 2010 You might want to rule-out seizures. Or try to fix the things that commonly cause seizures in our kids - metals, infections/bacteria, neurotransmitter problems, etc. Seizures can cause a block in speech areas. My son has barely noticeable absence spells and once we got it evaluated and treated, he's doing much better. Now we have to deal with how to get rid of the cause of the seizures. You can email me offline if you want more info. ________________________________ From: S <webshopping2009@...> Sent: Wed, January 20, 2010 11:39:14 PM Subject: [ ] expressive speech  My son, Thank God, seems to be doing well/better in some areas but his expressive speech is still lagging. What to do? He does appear to have some issues with receptive as well- you can tell that he doesn't understand something that I'm telling him and my 3 year old will pipe up and explain it to him- " no she wants you to press this button " and points to it (she's gifted so take it with a grain of salt that way but I would think by 6.5 he would get the same concepts as my daughter if there were not issues.) His speech is clearer but still a jumble of words and fragmented thoughts, etc... Anyone have an idea? I have thought of Tomatis but i can't find a practitioner- there is some one here who does " integrative therapy " but I don't really have much info on that. Supposed to be for kids with delays but never heard of it before i saw the ad. Live near Orlando FL. Thanks for any help! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2010 Report Share Posted January 23, 2010 > > You might want to rule-out seizures. Or try to fix the things that commonly cause seizures in our kids - metals, infections/bacteria, neurotransmitter problems, etc. Seizures can cause a block in speech areas. Yes. The thing I hear having the most success in those who don't talk is antiseizure medications or related things, which is pretty suggestive it is often either seizures or something closely related. Seizures and related phenomena are common in autisic children. If in doubt, check for them. If in doubt that they have been completely ruled out, try an antiseizure medication (at a modest dose) to see if it helps. Andy http://www.noamalgam.com/index.html Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment http://www.noamalgam.com/hairtestbook.html Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities http://www.noamalgam.com/nourishinghope.html Nourishing Hope for Autism: Nutrition Intervention for Healing Our Children http://www.noamalgam.com/biologicaltreatments.html Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 24, 2010 Report Share Posted January 24, 2010 " forgetting skills acquired/mastered months ago " This is definitely a symptom and can probably be applied to the other things you mentioned (in other words, lacking continuity of things learned...unable to retrieve info learned). If you haven't tried it yet, I would do a trial of gluten elimination to see if that helps. Getting an EEG done would probably give you some useful info about whether there is seizure activity. I believe even absence seizures can contribute to problems with learning. > > > > You might want to rule-out seizures. Or try to fix the things that commonly cause seizures in our kids - metals, infections/bacteria, neurotransmitter problems, etc. Seizures can cause a block in speech areas. > > Yes. > > The thing I hear having the most success in those who don't talk is antiseizure medications or related things, which is pretty suggestive it is often either seizures or something closely related. > > Seizures and related phenomena are common in autisic children. > > If in doubt, check for them. If in doubt that they have been completely ruled out, try an antiseizure medication (at a modest dose) to see if it helps. > > Andy > > http://www.noamalgam.com/index.html > Amalgam Illness: Diagnosis and Treatment > > http://www.noamalgam.com/hairtestbook.html > Hair Test Interpretation: Finding Hidden Toxicities > > http://www.noamalgam.com/nourishinghope.html > Nourishing Hope for Autism: Nutrition Intervention for Healing Our Children > > http://www.noamalgam.com/biologicaltreatments.html > Biological Treatments for Autism and PDD > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. > http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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