Re: the trouble with standing on a principle/Brigid

[Guest guest]

This whole thread has really given me peace of mind.

We ended up putting our older daughter on Prozac because for the past

three years she has been having meltdowns over everything. We tried

every behavioral intervention under the sun and nothing worked. I

agonized over the decision. But the meds have really given everyone

some much needed relief.

There's another girl in our area who is 7 months older than Kayla and

has DS and is VERY high functioning, nearly at age level. Her mom is

going to hold her back another year in Kindy so our girls can go to

the local elementary school together. She has this vision of our

girls walking across the graduation stage together. It's a lovely

vision, but with Kayla's autism, she's nowhere near functioning at

the same level as her daughter! In my heart, I would LOVE the girls

to go to school together. But my head knows that there is absolutely

no way our tiny rural elementary school is going to be able to

provide an appropriate education for Kayla.

Brigid -- wanted to let you know that I buy a tin of stown

Cookie Company cookies every holiday for my baseball loving sister!

Ecki

Mom to Kayla (DS/ASD, 4/5/04) and Laurie (PDD-NOS, 7/12/01)

[Guest guest]

I think those cookies look better than they teste...but they do look good!

Brigid

Re: the trouble with standing on a principle/Brigid

This whole thread has really given me peace of mind.

We ended up putting our older daughter on Prozac because for the past

three years she has been having meltdowns over everything. We tried

every behavioral intervention under the sun and nothing worked. I

agonized over the decision. But the meds have really given everyone

some much needed relief.

There's another girl in our area who is 7 months older than Kayla and

has DS and is VERY high functioning, nearly at age level. Her mom is

going to hold her back another year in Kindy so our girls can go to

the local elementary school together. She has this vision of our

girls walking across the graduation stage together. It's a lovely

vision, but with Kayla's autism, she's nowhere near functioning at

the same level as her daughter! In my heart, I would LOVE the girls

to go to school together. But my head knows that there is absolutely

no way our tiny rural elementary school is going to be able to

provide an appropriate education for Kayla.

Brigid -- wanted to let you know that I buy a tin of stown

Cookie Company cookies every holiday for my baseball loving sister!

Ecki

Mom to Kayla (DS/ASD, 4/5/04) and Laurie (PDD-NOS, 7/12/01)

[Guest guest]

I just finished Elie's scrapbook which he received from his teachers in lieu

of a yearbook (which would have held no meaning for Elie). The picture of

all that stands out in my mind is the ceremony we had for ELie aat an

outdoor retreat center where Elie goes to camp. Here all his classmaates

and we 9his parents) got together and Elie was the only graduate. HE was

dressed in his favorite t-shirt, and walked to the front area where he got

his certificate, everyone sang " Happy graduation to you " , he got choclate

cake and icecream and was so happy. Can you just imagine him sitting thru a

" typical " graduation and having any understanding of it????

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> This whole thread has really given me peace of mind.

>

> We ended up putting our older daughter on Prozac because for the past

> three years she has been having meltdowns over everything. We tried

> every behavioral intervention under the sun and nothing worked. I

> agonized over the decision. But the meds have really given everyone

> some much needed relief.

>

> There's another girl in our area who is 7 months older than Kayla and

> has DS and is VERY high functioning, nearly at age level. Her mom is

> going to hold her back another year in Kindy so our girls can go to

> the local elementary school together. She has this vision of our

> girls walking across the graduation stage together. It's a lovely

> vision, but with Kayla's autism, she's nowhere near functioning at

> the same level as her daughter! In my heart, I would LOVE the girls

> to go to school together. But my head knows that there is absolutely

> no way our tiny rural elementary school is going to be able to

> provide an appropriate education for Kayla.

>

> Brigid -- wanted to let you know that I buy a tin of stown

> Cookie Company cookies every holiday for my baseball loving sister!

>

> Ecki

> Mom to Kayla (DS/ASD, 4/5/04) and Laurie (PDD-NOS, 7/12/01)

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