Re: need advice, remodeling room

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Hi. I'm really glad you posted about this - we are about to redo my almost

7-year-old son's room, and I'd love to get more ideas before we get

underway. Here are some of the ideas we are planning for:

1. A new desk (it's going to be built into a dormer, which should help

" contain " him a little when we are working), with drawers for storing work

materials.

2. A large magnet board, where we can display 1 or 2 of his own creations

and also hang up some materials and/or reminders for working on NET stuff

3. A large writing surface. I'm not sure if it will be a chalkboard,

dry-erase board, or a place to clip flip chart paper, but something where he

can color and practice writing.

4. Some favorite objects. My son really enjoyed a particular book he

checked out from the library - so much so that he would tell me about the

pictures on the pages! I color-copied some of the pictures and put them in

frames.

5. I prefer to keep my son's room a little on the spare side. By not having

too many toys and knick-knacks, it makes it easier for my son to take care

of his posessions. Plus, it's less distracting when we need to work and

less visually stimulating when it's time to go to bed.

6. We have a CD player for playing music and listening to books on CD in the

evenings, soft, cuddly sheets and blankets to make getting into bed more

enticing, and we're about to paint his walls a restful neutral color. I

guess those are examples of some ways we've tried to make his room appealing

to all of his senses, but if you wanted to go all out and create a really

sensory rich environment, you might check out Abilitations for some

inspiration:

https://www.abilitations.com/multisensoryenvironments/multisensory.jsp

Geraldine

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> I'm a parent not a profesional, my 3 yr old son has a dx of pdd very

> mild autism (that is what the developmental specialist pediatric

> doctor said) Besides all the overwalming news and the ignorance I

> have about it I came to a peace with the dx and now I'm ready to

> work with my son. You are the experts in the speech area, so far my

> son doesn't have agressive behavioral problems but is behind is

> speech 18month old level.

> I have decided to redecorate his room and try to make it so it works

> in helping him to learn some language. My question to you is What

> are some ideas you have that can make is room work for his needs in

> terms of decoration?

> Hope you can help.

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[Guest guest]

Great ideas! I would recommend that you be careful and try to get

real wood furniture that do not offgas formaldehyde gas as our

little ones are so sensitive to toxins.

Secondly, you can get white board panelling from Home Depot, or the

like, and put it up on your walls. Then, you can take the boards

down and switch them as they age. I would again recommend that you

leave these outside to offgas for a couple of weeks before

installation. If you want, there are also sealants that are

available to seal any harmful toxins in.

Good luck and enjoy your little guy!

Butz, BS,JD

Butz & Associates

Meeting the special needs of special families.

--- In , " Geraldine Bliss " <bbliss1@h...>

wrote:

>

> Hi. I'm really glad you posted about this - we are about to redo

my almost

> 7-year-old son's room, and I'd love to get more ideas before we

get

> underway. Here are some of the ideas we are planning for:

>

> 1. A new desk (it's going to be built into a dormer, which should

help

> " contain " him a little when we are working), with drawers for

storing work

> materials.

> 2. A large magnet board, where we can display 1 or 2 of his own

creations

> and also hang up some materials and/or reminders for working on

NET stuff

> 3. A large writing surface. I'm not sure if it will be a

chalkboard,

> dry-erase board, or a place to clip flip chart paper, but

something where he

> can color and practice writing.

> 4. Some favorite objects. My son really enjoyed a particular book

he

> checked out from the library - so much so that he would tell me

about the

> pictures on the pages! I color-copied some of the pictures and

put them in

> frames.

> 5. I prefer to keep my son's room a little on the spare side. By

not having

> too many toys and knick-knacks, it makes it easier for my son to

take care

> of his posessions. Plus, it's less distracting when we need to

work and

> less visually stimulating when it's time to go to bed.

> 6. We have a CD player for playing music and listening to books on

CD in the

> evenings, soft, cuddly sheets and blankets to make getting into

bed more

> enticing, and we're about to paint his walls a restful neutral

color. I

> guess those are examples of some ways we've tried to make his room

appealing

> to all of his senses, but if you wanted to go all out and create a

really

> sensory rich environment, you might check out Abilitations for

some

> inspiration:

>

https://www.abilitations.com/multisensoryenvironments/multisensory.js

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> Geraldine

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> [ ] need advice, remodeling room

>

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> >

> >

> >

> > I'm a parent not a profesional, my 3 yr old son has a dx of pdd

very

> > mild autism (that is what the developmental specialist pediatric

> > doctor said) Besides all the overwalming news and the ignorance I

> > have about it I came to a peace with the dx and now I'm ready to

> > work with my son. You are the experts in the speech area, so far

my

> > son doesn't have agressive behavioral problems but is behind is

> > speech 18month old level.

> > I have decided to redecorate his room and try to make it so it

works

> > in helping him to learn some language. My question to you is What

> > are some ideas you have that can make is room work for his needs

in

> > terms of decoration?

> > Hope you can help.

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

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> >

> > List moderators: Jenn - ABAqueen1@c...

> > Steph - Stephhulshof@a...

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> > Post message:

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[Guest guest]

There is also this really neat " chalkboard paint " that you can buy fairly

inexpensively. It goes on just like a heavy paint, but when it dries it looks

and works just like a chalkboard and you can draw on it with chalk and erase

just like a regular chalkboard. You can make it as big or as little as you want

it and post it wherever you would like. I prefer it because you don't have

to use those toxic smelling dry-erase board markers. My friend painted one for

her son's whole wall and he loves it---uses it as a graffiti drawing board.

I can also imagine it would be neat for writing notes about goals, etc. Could

also be used to make visuals for concepts your therapist is working on.

Will

Asheville, NC