Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 It's less restrictive because it's not as structured as her autism classes. She's more stressed because there are more hiccups in the day and more verbal language expectations. I'm torn on what to do for next year, because she thrives and learns so well in an " autism " setting with lots of structure, yet her communicative skills have exploded this year, at least as receptive skills go. She's still not as verbal as everyone said she would become by putting her in a less restrictive setting, but I'm hoping the expressive will come soon. I'm thinking about trying to go back to work in the fall and work as much as I can for the next few yrs, if Allie really gets to hating school I am gonna homeschool her. BTW, I wasn't seriously considering risperdal, just more making a food issue sigh with you all. A friend with epilepsy in high school became extremely thin after he began anti-convulsant meds, also had problems with impotence, as I was told. Debi > How is it less restrictive if it causes so much > stress? (not snotty asking, genuine asking?) > FWIW Risperdal didnt expand my dietary horizons any, > just increased WHAT I ate. Kept me from being the > little twig thang I am now thanks to freaking Topamax > (aka a supermodel anticonvulsant-makes you skinny and > stupid). Didnt headbang but once the whole time I was > on it though... > > Kassiane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted December 29, 2004 Report Share Posted December 29, 2004 It's less restrictive because it's not as structured as her autism classes. She's more stressed because there are more hiccups in the day and more verbal language expectations. I'm torn on what to do for next year, because she thrives and learns so well in an " autism " setting with lots of structure, yet her communicative skills have exploded this year, at least as receptive skills go. She's still not as verbal as everyone said she would become by putting her in a less restrictive setting, but I'm hoping the expressive will come soon. I'm thinking about trying to go back to work in the fall and work as much as I can for the next few yrs, if Allie really gets to hating school I am gonna homeschool her. BTW, I wasn't seriously considering risperdal, just more making a food issue sigh with you all. A friend with epilepsy in high school became extremely thin after he began anti-convulsant meds, also had problems with impotence, as I was told. Debi > How is it less restrictive if it causes so much > stress? (not snotty asking, genuine asking?) > FWIW Risperdal didnt expand my dietary horizons any, > just increased WHAT I ate. Kept me from being the > little twig thang I am now thanks to freaking Topamax > (aka a supermodel anticonvulsant-makes you skinny and > stupid). Didnt headbang but once the whole time I was > on it though... > > Kassiane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 23, 2005 Report Share Posted May 23, 2005 Jackie would know. ext. 131 She was a chapter of TXFFCMH. Feel free to tell her I sent you. Tonya ------------------------------------ Texas Federation of Families Tonya Hettler Trainer thettler@... Idalou, TX 79329 6152 mobile: http://www.txffcmh.org http://groups.yahoo.com/group/w-i-n ------------------------------------ Risperdal ugh! My email got cut off for some reason - I finished by saying that while it didn't work for us I was by no means saying that it wasn't right for others. I also have heard of success stories - it just wasn't right for us. Maybe we just haven't found the right one yet! Can anyone help my friend who is in the Corpus Christi school district - or one nearby - I forget. She is having a horrible time there. Her son is Down Syndrome - anyone know of a good school district in that area. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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