Re: Stop, drop and flop (was: Memories.....)

[Guest guest]

>

> Stop, drop, and flop or dead roaching!!! My how I had forgotten....

And

> the many extra sets of clothes - at one point I had six sets at

school!!!

>

> It does get better.

" Dead roaching " !!!!! LOL

Seriously I'd love to hear how others cope with the Stop-Drop-Flop.

When nothing else works at home and we HAVE to move, I end up carrying

Sophie but she's already too heavy to do that.

I'm more concerned with school. Her assistant has been getting

flustered when visuals/singing/incentives and all the other stuff I

suggest don't work. Then it turns into a battle of wills and we all

know who is going to win that battle!! My feeling is to let her sit

there but sometimes she has to move.

What works for your kids?

Lisette

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 4/9/2006 3:57:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

lmfarmjs@... writes:

My feeling is to let her sit

there but sometimes she has to move.

What works for your kids?

Lisette

Lisette, it continues to be a problem for us. We have a picture schedule,

but frankly sometimes she just doesn't want to move. Usually, I just wait

it out and her teacher does the same....eventually she gets up. But if

we're in a medical environment, we have to keep her in her stroller....there's

no stop drop and flop there...ONLY RUNNING AWAY!!!!! LOL

Donna

[Guest guest]

i pretty much blocked those days out, ofen we would both pick him up and leave

the store, then i figured out to let him pick out something and that always

worked and has since, he will even request the store on occasion because he

wants a game or dvd he sees on tv. also, another thing that helped was the wheel

chair, some of his drop and flops was due to him not wanting to walk anymore,

that has been a godsend too for outings. shawna

---------------------------------

Blab-away for as little as 1¢/min. Make PC-to-Phone Calls using Yahoo!

Messenger with Voice.

[Guest guest]

Tori is a BIG TIME stop, drop & flopper. Thank god we got the big stroller.

When she drops-it's over.

Liz

Re: Re: Stop, drop and flop (was: Memories.....)

>

> In a message dated 4/9/2006 3:57:41 A.M. Eastern Standard Time,

> lmfarmjs@... writes:

>

> My feeling is to let her sit

> there but sometimes she has to move.

>

> What works for your kids?

>

> Lisette

>

>

>

> Lisette, it continues to be a problem for us. We have a picture

> schedule,

> but frankly sometimes she just doesn't want to move. Usually, I just

> wait

> it out and her teacher does the same....eventually she gets up. But

> if

> we're in a medical environment, we have to keep her in her

> stroller....there's

> no stop drop and flop there...ONLY RUNNING AWAY!!!!! LOL

> Donna

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

<< But if

we're in a medical environment, we have to keep her in her stroller....>>

Oh yes, us too. This has made all the difference for Dr. appointments. Mostly

the staff will think she can't walk but then we tell them it is for " their "

benefit that she is in the big stroller. Otherwise she used to rearrange all the

furniture in all the offices to make a long passageway she could pacewalk back

and forth thru (while every fourth step banging herself on the head with her

favorite book " What To Do about your Brain Injured Child " . Everyone would be

secretly trying to read the title of the book.

The stroller has made blood draws alot better too. She feels alot safer when she

is in it. I spent too many years ruining my back dragging her down hallways.

Sherry

[Guest guest]

Lisette,

was a world class flopper. We are talking Olympic Caliber. Sometimes

she added a full tantrum. One time, a store employee called 911 because she

thought Kate was having a seizure. Another time, after I got a hernia from

hauling her off the floor of Sears when she was ten, we ended up at the

behavioral specialist. They showed us how to get her off the floor without

hurting ourselves or her. First always try to talk the child up, but that

never worked for us. Next we place one hand behind her neck, cupping the

base of her skull to keep them from throwing their head back or forward and

the other under the closest elbow. Applying very slight gentle vertical

pressure under the elbow, slowly guide the person to their feet. I

practiced this on 's older sisters until I could do it correctly. This

is really important because if you wrong you can hurt your child. If it

causes any pain, you are doing it wrong. Don't yank or pull them up, your

touch is to guide them so you have to give the person time to get their feet

under themselves, etc.

It worked for us. Now all I have to do is put a finger under her elbow and

she gets up, but I can't remember the last time she did this, it does get

better as they get older.

We still use a wheelchair for medical stuff though.

Therese Mom to 15 yo DS ASD

> Seriously I'd love to hear how others cope with the Stop-Drop-Flop.

> When nothing else works at home and we HAVE to move, I end up carrying

> Sophie but she's already too heavy to do that.

[Guest guest]

There was many a day when we were at the mall that Elie would dead roach. I

finally eyeballed the wet floor signs as I went into the mall. Then when

he flopped and the guards would tell me I was allowing a floor obstruction,

I would tell him to go get the wet floor signs - I wasn't lifting a 60,70,

80 lb kid. And trying to lift him with him throwing himself backwards, was

a disaster.

Then we found a w/c at a yard sale. HEAVEN! No more problems. HE loved

his w/c The fear of big places with lots of people which caused the behavior

was gone!!

Now he sometimes asks for the w/c but for the most part he walks nicely.

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

>

>Reply-To:

>To: < >

>Subject: Re: Re: Stop, drop and flop (was: Memories.....)

>Date: Sun, 09 Apr 2006 17:32:12 -0700

>

>Lisette,

>

> was a world class flopper. We are talking Olympic Caliber. Sometimes

>she added a full tantrum. One time, a store employee called 911 because

>she

>thought Kate was having a seizure. Another time, after I got a hernia from

>hauling her off the floor of Sears when she was ten, we ended up at the

>behavioral specialist. They showed us how to get her off the floor without

>hurting ourselves or her. First always try to talk the child up, but that

>never worked for us. Next we place one hand behind her neck, cupping the

>base of her skull to keep them from throwing their head back or forward and

>the other under the closest elbow. Applying very slight gentle vertical

>pressure under the elbow, slowly guide the person to their feet. I

>practiced this on 's older sisters until I could do it correctly. This

>is really important because if you wrong you can hurt your child. If it

>causes any pain, you are doing it wrong. Don't yank or pull them up, your

>touch is to guide them so you have to give the person time to get their

>feet

>under themselves, etc.

>

>It worked for us. Now all I have to do is put a finger under her elbow and

>she gets up, but I can't remember the last time she did this, it does get

>better as they get older.

>

>We still use a wheelchair for medical stuff though.

>

>Therese Mom to 15 yo DS ASD

>

>

>

> > Seriously I'd love to hear how others cope with the Stop-Drop-Flop.

> > When nothing else works at home and we HAVE to move, I end up carrying

> > Sophie but she's already too heavy to do that.

>

>

>

>--------------------------------------------------

>Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of

>our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by

>including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the

>archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

>--------------------------------------------

>

[Guest guest]

<< Then when

he flopped and the guards would tell me I was allowing a floor obstruction,

I would tell him to go get the wet floor signs - I wasn't lifting a 60,70,>>

Too Funny!! Never heard the dead roach expression before either.

Sherry

[Guest guest]

That's cause he flopped to the floor on his back. Approaching rescurers

were greated with wildly flailing arms and legs - what else but a " dead "

roach???/

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

>

>Reply-To:

>To: < >

>Subject: Re: Re: Stop, drop and flop (was: Memories.....)

>Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 23:39:10 -0400

>

><< Then when

>he flopped and the guards would tell me I was allowing a floor obstruction,

>I would tell him to go get the wet floor signs - I wasn't lifting a

>60,70,>>

>

>Too Funny!! Never heard the dead roach expression before either.

>Sherry

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

<<That's cause he flopped to the floor on his back. Approaching rescurers

were greated with wildly flailing arms and legs - what else but a " dead "

roach???/>>

Thanks sara, now I get it. jamie only did the drop and foldover flop, not nearly

as creative as the flailing arms and legs LOL (easy to picture as the dead roach

is our state animal)

Sherry

[Guest guest]

I must have missed something - what is a w/c?

a (Hannah 9)

[Guest guest]

Wheelchair - w/c

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

>From: kpblackmail@...

>Reply-To:

>To:

>Subject: Re: Re: Stop, drop and flop (was: Memories.....)

>Date: Wed, 12 Apr 2006 19:26:38 EDT

>

>I must have missed something - what is a w/c?

>a (Hannah 9)

>

>

>--------------------------------------------------

>Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of

>our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by

>including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the

>archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/

>--------------------------------------------

>