Guest guest Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 My cousin is a teacher for 4 year old Pre-K. There are two classes but they work side by side. She thinks a little boy in the other class has autism. The signs that she has described to me sound like he may be autistic. She was asking me how to go about talking to the parents about this. The boy's teacher doesn't think he is autistic. She said that he is too "smart". She obviously isn't very educated in autism. Anyway, if any one has any suggestions that I can offer her on how to go about talking to the parents I would greatly appreciate it. I know that I refused to listen to the first couple of people that dropped hints about my son. I was convinced that it was only a speech delay. I have sent her some sites that list the signs and symptoms that she is going to print off and show to the boys teacher. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Truth has three stages:First it is ridiculed,then it is violently opposed,finally it is accepted as self-evident.www.evidenceofharm.comwww.generationrescue.orgwww.safeminds.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2006 Report Share Posted February 18, 2006 tell Kathleen to see nitf.org. Sincerely H.H. Fudenberg, M.D., D.D.G., I.O.M. 864-592-8076 From: " H. " <tylerhaley01@...>Reply-EOHarm To: <EOHarm >,"autismbiomedGA" <autismbiomedGA >,"autismgeorgia" <autism >Subject: parentsDate: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 15:54:40 -0500 My cousin is a teacher for 4 year old Pre-K. There are two classes but they work side by side. She thinks a little boy in the other class has autism. The signs that she has described to me sound like he may be autistic. She was asking me how to go about talking to the parents about this. The boy's teacher doesn't think he is autistic. She said that he is too "smart". She obviously isn't very educated in autism. Anyway, if any one has any suggestions that I can offer her on how to go about talking to the parents I would greatly appreciate it. I know that I refused to listen to the first couple of people that dropped hints about my son. I was convinced that it was only a speech delay. I have sent her some sites that list the signs and symptoms that she is going to print off and show to the boys teacher. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Truth has three stages:First it is ridiculed,then it is violently opposed,finally it is accepted as self-evident.www.evidenceofharm.comwww.generationrescue.orgwww.safeminds.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Dear , First meet the parents then ask how they see their child. Parents are the first to notice any deviation and are always on the look out for ways to make their child's life better. There is a very good chance they will share their worries with you. In case they bring it up you may be able to share treatments you have found helpful.. Of course we all know " smart " autistic kids who can't make it in the social domain. Autism is just a name of a group of highly variable behaviors that interfere with development. Some of the behaviors are clearly bizarre. These behaviors art traceable to brain development problems and are best treated directly by brain exercise. This type of exercise encourages brain growth and development. Neuroscience, my field, is rapidly finding those brain areas responsible for aberrant behaviors. Exercising those areas has been so very rewarding for the Royal Family of Thailand that they started a hospital devoted to autism in 1970. They have been doing active rigorous research ever since. This has resulted in development of an innovative school devoted to finding the best way to improve education for these children. You can find an interesting description of the cooperation between the hospital, parents, and school personnel. Check by looking for Innovation Program when Googling " Penkhae Limsila " . Further information on autism can be found under " Articles " in the site www.biocompresearch.org Hershel Toomim Sc.D. . H. wrote: >My cousin is a teacher for 4 year old Pre-K. There are two classes but they work side by side. She thinks a little boy in the other class has autism. The signs that she has described to me sound like he may be autistic. She was asking me how to go about talking to the parents about this. The boy's teacher doesn't think he is autistic. She said that he is too " smart " . She obviously isn't very educated in autism. >Anyway, if any one has any suggestions that I can offer her on how to go about talking to the parents I would greatly appreciate it. I know that I refused to listen to the first couple of people that dropped hints about my son. I was convinced that it was only a speech delay. >I have sent her some sites that list the signs and symptoms that she is going to print off and show to the boys teacher. >Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. >Thanks in advance. > >Truth has three stages:First it is ridiculed,then it is violently opposed,finally it is accepted as self-evident. >www.evidenceofharm.com >www.generationrescue.org >www.safeminds.org > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 First off tell the boys teacher smart dont have a damn thing to do with it My sons IQ tests at above averager and he has multipul learning disablities He has Autism as well as severe Global Apraxia and he is very smart as for talking to the parents do it gently maybe start about by saying he may need a little help with some of the things she is seeing and ease into talking about evaluations but keep reminding them its not the end of the world definatly dont do it the way My sons doctor told me the woman looked at me and said my son was rainman and i fainted sorry i wish i could think of more but by the time my son was diagnosed i knew something was way wrong i just didnt know what > > My cousin is a teacher for 4 year old Pre-K. There are two classes but they work side by side. She thinks a little boy in the other class has autism. The signs that she has described to me sound like he may be autistic. She was asking me how to go about talking to the parents about this. The boy's teacher doesn't think he is autistic. She said that he is too " smart " . She obviously isn't very educated in autism. > Anyway, if any one has any suggestions that I can offer her on how to go about talking to the parents I would greatly appreciate it. I know that I refused to listen to the first couple of people that dropped hints about my son. I was convinced that it was only a speech delay. > I have sent her some sites that list the signs and symptoms that she is going to print off and show to the boys teacher. > Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > Truth has three stages:First it is ridiculed,then it is violently opposed,finally it is accepted as self-evident. > www.evidenceofharm.com > www.generationrescue.org > www.safeminds.org > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Hi : All I can do is tell you about my own path about relaying to another parent that her own child may be affected by autism spectrum disorder. Here, I am speaking of one of my previous students. It took me many hours (actually days, if you add all of the hours together), outside of parent-teacher meeting hours to give this parent enough information to help her make up her own mind about her son's possible ASD difficulties. The sad thing was, that at our school, no-one really knew what was going on with her son, and our school admin were all too ready to put this boy into programs which would not have been right for him, had he had a diagnosis of ASD in place at the time. The sadder part was, once this boy was finally diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome, our school board still did not have an appropriate placement for him. They were still "clueless". I spent many, many hours with this boy's mother talking to her about how her son's behavior compared with that of my youngest son, who had already been diagnosed with ASD/PDD. It took some doing and many hours of discussion, but this parent did finally see the light and consider that her son may be afflicted by Autism Spectrum Disorder. I did not spend so much time with this parent to tick her off and give her a difficult time for the hell of it. This parent was still upset because her son continued to have a difficult time in school in the following grade. In the following year, when their son was no longer in my class, this boy's parents asked me to help them get more support for their son at school, or at least with his IEP meeting. It was then, that I became more aware of the machinery at work that would or could minimize anyone's efforts to garner more useful supports for their children. We need to do the opposite....maximize the positives! Aasa " H. " <tylerhaley01@...> wrote: My cousin is a teacher for 4 year old Pre-K. There are two classes but they work side by side. She thinks a little boy in the other class has autism. The signs that she has described to me sound like he may be autistic. She was asking me how to go about talking to the parents about this. The boy's teacher doesn't think he is autistic. She said that he is too "smart". She obviously isn't very educated in autism. Anyway, if any one has any suggestions that I can offer her on how to go about talking to the parents I would greatly appreciate it. I know that I refused to listen to the first couple of people that dropped hints about my son. I was convinced that it was only a speech delay. I have sent her some sites that list the signs and symptoms that she is going to print off and show to the boys teacher. Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Truth has three stages:First it is ridiculed,then it is violently opposed,finally it is accepted as self-evident.www.evidenceofharm.comwww.generationrescue.orgwww.safeminds.org Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 19, 2006 Report Share Posted February 19, 2006 Personally, I typically will not impose help on anyone, unless they are asking for it. It is too much for me to try to take on the opposition of a parent telling me their kid is fine. But, I did recently have to get my own brother on board with getting his son diagnosed (I have a 5yr old son with ASD. He lived far away, so my best mechanism was email sending him links about early signs etc, explaining the benefits of early intervention if that were the case. Encouraged him to at least see a specialist to be safe. Much like what you cousin is starting to do. I was persistent, but not overbearing. It took months before he finally agreed to do so. As much as it is important for the child to get help right away -- you need the parent to get on board - most of us are in denial (I know I was). Last summer when he flew into town, he asked for help finding someone to diagnose his son. We lined up a specalist at UCLA, an OT, a Speech SLP, and he was very lucky to find an independent ABA provider that would help in the few months he was here. He has since set up a program for his son back in Nairobi. There are like no services there... So he brought some people back there to train and setup a program. Best of Luck Steve > > My cousin is a teacher for 4 year old Pre-K. There are two classes but they work side by side. She thinks a little boy in the other class has autism. The signs that she has described to me sound like he may be autistic. She was asking me how to go about talking to the parents about this. The boy's teacher doesn't think he is autistic. She said that he is too " smart " . She obviously isn't very educated in autism. > Anyway, if any one has any suggestions that I can offer her on how to go about talking to the parents I would greatly appreciate it. I know that I refused to listen to the first couple of people that dropped hints about my son. I was convinced that it was only a speech delay. > I have sent her some sites that list the signs and symptoms that she is going to print off and show to the boys teacher. > Any advice on this would be greatly appreciated. > Thanks in advance. > > Truth has three stages:First it is ridiculed,then it is violently opposed,finally it is accepted as self-evident. > www.evidenceofharm.com > www.generationrescue.org > www.safeminds.org > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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