Hello, new to this group.

[Guest guest]

Hello!

My name is Jana and I have a 6 year old daughter with high functioning

autism and developmental delay. I also have a 2 year old nephew with

autism and a 25 year old female cousin who is a high functioning

autistic person.

I am hoping to find some ways to help my daughter with her stress and

anxiety. She stresses about school each morning and evening to the

point she makes her self sick. She currently isn't taking any medicine

to curb the anxiety. I wanted to try behavior modifacation and look

for other options. But, we live in a very rural area and its been hard

to seek local help. I usually take her out of town for appts, etc. We

live in Calif and the regional center has been a huge help to us.

Jana

[Guest guest]

Welcome, Jana!

Have you tried epsom salts baths for a couple of weeks, daily, to

see if they reduce anxiety at all?

I have a 8 year old daughter and 6 year old girl/boy twins. My

younger daughter has ASD. My 4 year old nephew has developmental

delays and some autistic characteristics.

And I'm Penny with a " Y " from Michigan.

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> Hello!

>

> My name is Jana and I have a 6 year old daughter with high

functioning

> autism and developmental delay. I also have a 2 year old nephew

with

> autism and a 25 year old female cousin who is a high functioning

> autistic person.

>

> I am hoping to find some ways to help my daughter with her stress

and

> anxiety. She stresses about school each morning and evening to

the

> point she makes her self sick. She currently isn't taking any

medicine

> to curb the anxiety. I wanted to try behavior modifacation and

look

> for other options. But, we live in a very rural area and its been

hard

> to seek local help. I usually take her out of town for appts,

etc. We

> live in Calif and the regional center has been a huge help to us.

>

>

>

> Jana

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[Guest guest]

Where in CA? I'm an ABA consultant in Sacramento. Have you tried a

picture schedule to let her know what is coming up next? You can

actually take photos of her doing normal morning routine stuff,

getting dressed, brushing her teeth, getting on the bus, etc, and

post it where she can check it between each activity, or even make

it portable. If you make it velcro, and give her an " all done "

envelope, and use photos of her, it makes it interesting and

interactive. Most of my clients use visual schedules and LOVE them.

Amnesty

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> Hello!

>

> My name is Jana and I have a 6 year old daughter with high

functioning

> autism and developmental delay. I also have a 2 year old nephew

with

> autism and a 25 year old female cousin who is a high functioning

> autistic person.

>

> I am hoping to find some ways to help my daughter with her stress

and

> anxiety. She stresses about school each morning and evening to

the

> point she makes her self sick. She currently isn't taking any

medicine

> to curb the anxiety. I wanted to try behavior modifacation and

look

> for other options. But, we live in a very rural area and its been

hard

> to seek local help. I usually take her out of town for appts,

etc. We

> live in Calif and the regional center has been a huge help to us.

>

>

>

> Jana

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[Guest guest]

Hi Penny!

Thanks for the bathing idea. She loves taking baths. I will try

that. Jana

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[Guest guest]

We are in ville, Lassen County. We go to Sacramento to visit the

MIND Institute for evals, etc. Last school year we tried a picture

schedule in a binder type book. My daughter had a really hard time

with it. It had pictures of what the schedule of activities would be

each day. The teachers made 2 books, one for home and one for school.

My daughter refused to look at it with me, it made her really upset.

But, if I let her sit on the floor by herself, she would look at it for

close to an hour. I will talk to her teachers about a different

schedule like you suggested. Thank you for the idea. Jana

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