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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Food issues - mostly behavioral |
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Posted: 22 Apr 2014, 8:52 am
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| My turn for a stupid question: is there a reason why he can't use his top teeth and tongue to remove the food from his fork? No, I have NO PROBLEM with him taking the food off his fork in a safe manner, just not scraping his teeth on the fork. He HAS switched to pulling it off now versus scraping, ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Autism and Standards of Learning type tests |
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Posted: 19 Apr 2014, 7:05 am
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| Oh this is excellent ASDMOMMYASDKid and HisMom. He is EXTREMELY visual, so this might help a ton - and I'll look into the testing above. I want him to feel more successful! He is a smart kid, but there are these barriers everywhere! |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Food issues - mostly behavioral |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 9:19 pm
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| Today at lunch my older son (17) was sitting at the table, reading. I sat down at the table with some water, while the younger son with Autism had his lunch. It was Macaroni and Cheese - whcih is a new food for him (he was afraid to try pasta for the longest time). He got himself a fork and ate semi... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Food issues - mostly behavioral |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 9:15 pm
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| Really stupid question, but did all these feeding issues pop up all of a sudden, or gradually over that six months? If they all popped up all of a sudden, maybe something specific stressed him. A child we know (not ours--and not ASD as far as I know) had a traumatic episode that triggered feeding i... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Food issues - mostly behavioral |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 9:13 pm
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| SOS (Sensory Oral Sequential) Feeding Therapy is done by OT's who specialize in feeding and concentrates on exactly these types of issues. The only trouble might be finding a therapist who treats him like an intelligent 6 yo instead of a pre-schooler. (My son was NOT engaged by, "let's paint pictur... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Autism and Standards of Learning type tests |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 9:10 pm
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| Thank you both. His #1 issue is language processing. on math homework that is straight math - he does fine. But they DON'T do straight math like ever... It's word problems everywhere and he simply guesses as to what operation to do. He even now gets a bit anxious about it as he just can't decipher i... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Autism and Standards of Learning type tests |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 3:42 pm
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| I just got in the mail the results of my son's COGAT exams - the state's exams for Math. I didn't have high expectations, but still. It smarts. He just doesn't process language well enough to do these tests. At some point I have to ask myself... what does his future REALLY look like? Will he EVER do... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Food issues - mostly behavioral |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 10:36 am
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| I don't know... it took us YEARS to get him to eat at the table with us. I would hate to go back to square one, but if that is what we have to do, that's what we have to do. Maybe have him eat by himself and try to work on ONE thing - sitting at the table and facing front, not turned sideways. There... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Reading comprehension - where to find help? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 10:33 am
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| It's truly frustrating as a kid has to fail to get help. I said at the beginning of the year he was having comprehension issues. The school is trying, but their idea is to keep moving him down groups - from top to next to bottom. It doesn't address the issue! His speech therapist is well... maybe I ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Food issues - mostly behavioral |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 10:08 am
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| I definitely agree that there is sensory stuff going on - mostly sight and sound. Sight is probably the biggy, but it's the touch that is new - the not wanting to have foods touch the lips. As you can imagine. That is reallllly difficult to overcome. We have tried having him eat at a separate table,... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Reading comprehension - where to find help? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 9:53 am
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| Thanks so much for the reply. I'm greatly perplexed that NO ONE has picked up on the hyperlexia with my son when it's his #1 symptom. Not at Childfind in Fairfax, VA or at the supposed super specialist at KK even though what I was describing to them was HYPERLEXIA. Here's stuff I've found about it, ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Food issues - mostly behavioral |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 9:20 am
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| We were doing just swimmingly with food. We found ways to introduce new foods and it was going great. Then almost daily we've been going downhill at the table for the last 6 months. We think it is mostly anxiety, but it's only with food. Things we are having issues with: He doesn't want food to touc... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Reading comprehension - where to find help? |
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Posted: 18 Apr 2014, 9:16 am
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| My son is turning 9. He fits the description of Hyperlexia (3) perfectly. He learned to speak early and read early, but we have discovered that his comprehension is very, very little. Right now our speech therapist is working with him, but we are thinking maybe he needs a specialized reading special... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Choosing the right bicycle? |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 12:26 pm
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| I do plan on getting a bike. I wonder if a balance bike is a way to go... something like this: http://www.especialneeds.com/weplay-bike.html One thing to be aware of is that most regular bikes have handle breaks, and that was a problem for my son. He didn't have the hand strength for many years - a... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Choosing the right bicycle? |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 9:04 am
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Choosing the right bicycle? |
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Posted: 18 Mar 2010, 8:38 am
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| Hi, I pop on once in awhile and it seems mostly when I need help. My son is about to turn 5 and is mildly on the scale with having the Kennedy Kreiger folks a bit stumped. They have him placed as PPD-NOS, borderline Asperger's. Basically, he has a lot of traits and they are causing him some developm... |
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