Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

[Guest guest]

Wow...that is so very different...I wonder what the forehead thing is? I

should look into this.

I do stay home alot...but I just feel so bad for my other children...but theres

nothing I can do right now. I wonder often if my children resent her to some

point...they wont voice exactly how they feel. I know when we are out and

Destiney has a fit and throws herself to the floor and screams and kicks...I

know her siblings are embarrassed and my youngest is confused on why she does

this! lol But I just do the best I can and I try to bring along things that

Dessy loves...such as chocolate and Blues Clues toys.

Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

>

>

>....how did your daughter come to be able to speak? Was she making any

>vocalizations before? And how did she become potty trained? Sorry so many

>questions!

>

>All Ally used to say was, " dkka, dkka, dkka, " and once in a while she would

>echo words, but even that was not very often. She was in special ed

>preschool half days, five days a week, speech and OT at one of our local

>hospitals each twice a week and speech with a speech therapist/autism

>specialist twice a week. I did not feel like any of the therapy was doing

>ANYTHING to help her except cause her more stress...having to go into so

>many environments.

>

>I was looking through the phone book one day and found a guy who did

>kinetic

>energy therapy. I really had no idea what that was, but I called him and

>the first consultation and treatment was free so I took her. He did some,

> " energy tests? " on her and said that she did not have a dominant side of

>her

>brain....like most of us do..that is what makes you right handed or left

>handed, coordinated and such. Then, he did some other energy things to her

>and said she would be better. He also told me to feed her turkey for her

>anxiety, and said it would help calm her down. I pretty much thought he

>was

>a little bit crazy, but shortly after that her balance started to improve

>and she seemed more focused to be able to learn. She used to run into

>things a lot too and she almost immediately stopped doing that.

>

>I also bought the Baby Einstein Videos and she loved to watch them over and

>over. I also played classical music for her - - Mozart. There have been

>many studies proving that for some reason Mozart's music helps to connect

>the neurotransmitters in the brain. With the music therapy she started

>talking.

>

>I took her out of her extra speech and OT programs, and did the music

>therapy with her at home, which mainly just consisted of playing it. It

>always calmed her down very dramatically, so we did learning games while

>listening to Mozart and she was able to learn. She also was a lot less

>stressed from not being brought place to place for so many therapy

>sessions.

>

>After doing these things, I took her to her followup neurology appointment

>and the neurologist said he had never seen a kid make such dramatic

>progress. He asked what we were doing, but I didn’t tell him, because I

>thought he would think I was crazy to do energy healing and music therapy!

>

>So, basically, I did things that would help her be calm and then used the,

> " calm time, " to do things with her. I bought a big poster with kids making

>different facial expressions cut them out and told her what they meant ..

>this kid is sad…this kid is confused…this kids is mad, etc.

>

>With the potty training I just took all the pull-ups and diapers and threw

>them out! I put her on the potty and sang a potty song and let her put

>stickers on a board every time she went. After a few wet days, she went on

>the potty and that was that. Also, her little brother was potty training

>too, so I think him going on the potty and having no more diapers helped

>her

>along.

>

>So, I feel that doing the energy healing and music therapy helped to calm

>her and somehow broke down the, " wall, " she had, so she was able to learn.

>Since that time, she has made more and more and more progress. She is in

>first grade now and spends half days in the typical classroom. She does

>not

>even have an aide with her now and sits nicely in the typical classroom and

>does her work. She plays with the other girls and makes friends with them.

>

>Yes, she still has times when she gets anxiety and repeats the same

>sentence

>25 times. She still has auditory sensitivities and sometimes she just

>screams out. When she gets like this I let her go to her room and play

>with

>her little pet shop toys for as long as she needs to and she calms down and

>comes out when she is ready. If we are out somewhere and something

>triggers

>her anxiety, we go home!

>

>I think the most important thing is to get the anxiety under control. If

>you think about it…when you are feeling very stressed out it is hard to

>focus on anything except the anxiety. Well, for us this worked. Yeah,

>people thought I was doing the wrong thing by pulling her out of therapy

>and

>doing my own stuff with her, but it worked for her. So, if I have any

>advice to give it would be -- find something that calms your child and

>listen to your instincts with them. Don't push them to learn -- that just

>causes more anxiety and less learning.

>

>

>

>_________________________________________________________________

>The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by Experian.

>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAG\

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>

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[Guest guest]

I had other people take my other two kids out to do stuff such as go to

movies, go to the zoo, or whatever it was outside of the house, and I stayed

home with Ally for about a year or so. Yeah, I felt very isolated and alone

during that time, but that was what I was willing to do for Ally to help her

keep calm as much as possible, and it was during that time when I was doing

a lot of the home therapy with the music and such. That approach worked for

Ally and that is when she made the breakthroughs, so I would do it again for

her.

>From: Tib3sis@...

>Reply-To: Autism_in_Girls

>To: Autism_in_Girls

>Subject: Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:01:19 -0400

>

> Wow...that is so very different...I wonder what the forehead thing is? I

>should look into this.

>

>I do stay home alot...but I just feel so bad for my other children...but

>theres nothing I can do right now. I wonder often if my children resent

>her to some point...they wont voice exactly how they feel. I know when we

>are out and Destiney has a fit and throws herself to the floor and screams

>and kicks...I know her siblings are embarrassed and my youngest is confused

>on why she does this! lol But I just do the best I can and I try to bring

>along things that Dessy loves...such as chocolate and Blues Clues toys.

>

>

>

> Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

> >

> >

> >....how did your daughter come to be able to speak? Was she making any

> >vocalizations before? And how did she become potty trained? Sorry so many

> >questions!

> >

> >All Ally used to say was, " dkka, dkka, dkka, " and once in a while she

>would

> >echo words, but even that was not very often. She was in special ed

> >preschool half days, five days a week, speech and OT at one of our local

> >hospitals each twice a week and speech with a speech therapist/autism

> >specialist twice a week. I did not feel like any of the therapy was

>doing

> >ANYTHING to help her except cause her more stress...having to go into so

> >many environments.

> >

> >I was looking through the phone book one day and found a guy who did

> >kinetic

> >energy therapy. I really had no idea what that was, but I called him and

> >the first consultation and treatment was free so I took her. He did

>some,

> > " energy tests? " on her and said that she did not have a dominant side of

> >her

> >brain....like most of us do..that is what makes you right handed or left

> >handed, coordinated and such. Then, he did some other energy things to

>her

> >and said she would be better. He also told me to feed her turkey for her

> >anxiety, and said it would help calm her down. I pretty much thought he

> >was

> >a little bit crazy, but shortly after that her balance started to improve

> >and she seemed more focused to be able to learn. She used to run into

> >things a lot too and she almost immediately stopped doing that.

> >

> >I also bought the Baby Einstein Videos and she loved to watch them over

>and

> >over. I also played classical music for her - - Mozart. There have been

> >many studies proving that for some reason Mozart's music helps to connect

> >the neurotransmitters in the brain. With the music therapy she started

> >talking.

> >

> >I took her out of her extra speech and OT programs, and did the music

> >therapy with her at home, which mainly just consisted of playing it. It

> >always calmed her down very dramatically, so we did learning games while

> >listening to Mozart and she was able to learn. She also was a lot less

> >stressed from not being brought place to place for so many therapy

> >sessions.

> >

> >After doing these things, I took her to her followup neurology

>appointment

> >and the neurologist said he had never seen a kid make such dramatic

> >progress. He asked what we were doing, but I didn’t tell him,

>because I

> >thought he would think I was crazy to do energy healing and music

>therapy!

> >

> >So, basically, I did things that would help her be calm and then used

>the,

> > " calm time, " to do things with her. I bought a big poster with kids

>making

> >different facial expressions cut them out and told her what they meant ..

> >this kid is sad…this kid is confused…this kids is mad, etc.

> >

> >With the potty training I just took all the pull-ups and diapers and

>threw

> >them out! I put her on the potty and sang a potty song and let her put

> >stickers on a board every time she went. After a few wet days, she went

>on

> >the potty and that was that. Also, her little brother was potty training

> >too, so I think him going on the potty and having no more diapers helped

> >her

> >along.

> >

> >So, I feel that doing the energy healing and music therapy helped to calm

> >her and somehow broke down the, " wall, " she had, so she was able to

>learn.

> >Since that time, she has made more and more and more progress. She is in

> >first grade now and spends half days in the typical classroom. She does

> >not

> >even have an aide with her now and sits nicely in the typical classroom

>and

> >does her work. She plays with the other girls and makes friends with

>them.

> >

> >Yes, she still has times when she gets anxiety and repeats the same

> >sentence

> >25 times. She still has auditory sensitivities and sometimes she just

> >screams out. When she gets like this I let her go to her room and play

> >with

> >her little pet shop toys for as long as she needs to and she calms down

>and

> >comes out when she is ready. If we are out somewhere and something

> >triggers

> >her anxiety, we go home!

> >

> >I think the most important thing is to get the anxiety under control. If

> >you think about it…when you are feeling very stressed out it is

>hard to

> >focus on anything except the anxiety. Well, for us this worked. Yeah,

> >people thought I was doing the wrong thing by pulling her out of therapy

> >and

> >doing my own stuff with her, but it worked for her. So, if I have any

> >advice to give it would be -- find something that calms your child and

> >listen to your instincts with them. Don't push them to learn -- that

>just

> >causes more anxiety and less learning.

> >

> >

> >

> >_________________________________________________________________

> >The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by

>Experian.

>

>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAG\

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> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

I had other people take my other two kids out to do stuff such as go to

movies, go to the zoo, or whatever it was outside of the house, and I stayed

home with Ally for about a year or so. Yeah, I felt very isolated and alone

during that time, but that was what I was willing to do for Ally to help her

keep calm as much as possible, and it was during that time when I was doing

a lot of the home therapy with the music and such. That approach worked for

Ally and that is when she made the breakthroughs, so I would do it again for

her.

>From: Tib3sis@...

>Reply-To: Autism_in_Girls

>To: Autism_in_Girls

>Subject: Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 13:01:19 -0400

>

> Wow...that is so very different...I wonder what the forehead thing is? I

>should look into this.

>

>I do stay home alot...but I just feel so bad for my other children...but

>theres nothing I can do right now. I wonder often if my children resent

>her to some point...they wont voice exactly how they feel. I know when we

>are out and Destiney has a fit and throws herself to the floor and screams

>and kicks...I know her siblings are embarrassed and my youngest is confused

>on why she does this! lol But I just do the best I can and I try to bring

>along things that Dessy loves...such as chocolate and Blues Clues toys.

>

>

>

> Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

> >

> >

> >....how did your daughter come to be able to speak? Was she making any

> >vocalizations before? And how did she become potty trained? Sorry so many

> >questions!

> >

> >All Ally used to say was, " dkka, dkka, dkka, " and once in a while she

>would

> >echo words, but even that was not very often. She was in special ed

> >preschool half days, five days a week, speech and OT at one of our local

> >hospitals each twice a week and speech with a speech therapist/autism

> >specialist twice a week. I did not feel like any of the therapy was

>doing

> >ANYTHING to help her except cause her more stress...having to go into so

> >many environments.

> >

> >I was looking through the phone book one day and found a guy who did

> >kinetic

> >energy therapy. I really had no idea what that was, but I called him and

> >the first consultation and treatment was free so I took her. He did

>some,

> > " energy tests? " on her and said that she did not have a dominant side of

> >her

> >brain....like most of us do..that is what makes you right handed or left

> >handed, coordinated and such. Then, he did some other energy things to

>her

> >and said she would be better. He also told me to feed her turkey for her

> >anxiety, and said it would help calm her down. I pretty much thought he

> >was

> >a little bit crazy, but shortly after that her balance started to improve

> >and she seemed more focused to be able to learn. She used to run into

> >things a lot too and she almost immediately stopped doing that.

> >

> >I also bought the Baby Einstein Videos and she loved to watch them over

>and

> >over. I also played classical music for her - - Mozart. There have been

> >many studies proving that for some reason Mozart's music helps to connect

> >the neurotransmitters in the brain. With the music therapy she started

> >talking.

> >

> >I took her out of her extra speech and OT programs, and did the music

> >therapy with her at home, which mainly just consisted of playing it. It

> >always calmed her down very dramatically, so we did learning games while

> >listening to Mozart and she was able to learn. She also was a lot less

> >stressed from not being brought place to place for so many therapy

> >sessions.

> >

> >After doing these things, I took her to her followup neurology

>appointment

> >and the neurologist said he had never seen a kid make such dramatic

> >progress. He asked what we were doing, but I didn’t tell him,

>because I

> >thought he would think I was crazy to do energy healing and music

>therapy!

> >

> >So, basically, I did things that would help her be calm and then used

>the,

> > " calm time, " to do things with her. I bought a big poster with kids

>making

> >different facial expressions cut them out and told her what they meant ..

> >this kid is sad…this kid is confused…this kids is mad, etc.

> >

> >With the potty training I just took all the pull-ups and diapers and

>threw

> >them out! I put her on the potty and sang a potty song and let her put

> >stickers on a board every time she went. After a few wet days, she went

>on

> >the potty and that was that. Also, her little brother was potty training

> >too, so I think him going on the potty and having no more diapers helped

> >her

> >along.

> >

> >So, I feel that doing the energy healing and music therapy helped to calm

> >her and somehow broke down the, " wall, " she had, so she was able to

>learn.

> >Since that time, she has made more and more and more progress. She is in

> >first grade now and spends half days in the typical classroom. She does

> >not

> >even have an aide with her now and sits nicely in the typical classroom

>and

> >does her work. She plays with the other girls and makes friends with

>them.

> >

> >Yes, she still has times when she gets anxiety and repeats the same

> >sentence

> >25 times. She still has auditory sensitivities and sometimes she just

> >screams out. When she gets like this I let her go to her room and play

> >with

> >her little pet shop toys for as long as she needs to and she calms down

>and

> >comes out when she is ready. If we are out somewhere and something

> >triggers

> >her anxiety, we go home!

> >

> >I think the most important thing is to get the anxiety under control. If

> >you think about it…when you are feeling very stressed out it is

>hard to

> >focus on anything except the anxiety. Well, for us this worked. Yeah,

> >people thought I was doing the wrong thing by pulling her out of therapy

> >and

> >doing my own stuff with her, but it worked for her. So, if I have any

> >advice to give it would be -- find something that calms your child and

> >listen to your instincts with them. Don't push them to learn -- that

>just

> >causes more anxiety and less learning.

> >

> >

> >

> >_________________________________________________________________

> >The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by

>Experian.

>

>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAG\

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> >

> >

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[Guest guest]

Yes thats always a good thing....my older two girls sometimes do that. I am

willing to sacrifice as well. I am going to try the music therapy with her.

Thanks for everything.

Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

> >

> >

> >....how did your daughter come to be able to speak? Was she making any

> >vocalizations before? And how did she become potty trained? Sorry so many

> >questions!

> >

> >All Ally used to say was, " dkka, dkka, dkka, " and once in a while she

>would

> >echo words, but even that was not very often. She was in special ed

> >preschool half days, five days a week, speech and OT at one of our local

> >hospitals each twice a week and speech with a speech therapist/autism

> >specialist twice a week. I did not feel like any of the therapy was

>doing

> >ANYTHING to help her except cause her more stress...having to go into so

> >many environments.

> >

> >I was looking through the phone book one day and found a guy who did

> >kinetic

> >energy therapy. I really had no idea what that was, but I called him and

> >the first consultation and treatment was free so I took her. He did

>some,

> > " energy tests? " on her and said that she did not have a dominant side of

> >her

> >brain....like most of us do..that is what makes you right handed or left

> >handed, coordinated and such. Then, he did some other energy things to

>her

> >and said she would be better. He also told me to feed her turkey for her

> >anxiety, and said it would help calm her down. I pretty much thought he

> >was

> >a little bit crazy, but shortly after that her balance started to improve

> >and she seemed more focused to be able to learn. She used to run into

> >things a lot too and she almost immediately stopped doing that.

> >

> >I also bought the Baby Einstein Videos and she loved to watch them over

>and

> >over. I also played classical music for her - - Mozart. There have been

> >many studies proving that for some reason Mozart's music helps to connect

> >the neurotransmitters in the brain. With the music therapy she started

> >talking.

> >

> >I took her out of her extra speech and OT programs, and did the music

> >therapy with her at home, which mainly just consisted of playing it. It

> >always calmed her down very dramatically, so we did learning games while

> >listening to Mozart and she was able to learn. She also was a lot less

> >stressed from not being brought place to place for so many therapy

> >sessions.

> >

> >After doing these things, I took her to her followup neurology

>appointment

> >and the neurologist said he had never seen a kid make such dramatic

> >progress. He asked what we were doing, but I didn’t tell

him,

>because I

> >thought he would think I was crazy to do energy healing and music

>therapy!

> >

> >So, basically, I did things that would help her be calm and then used

>the,

> > " calm time, " to do things with her. I bought a big poster with kids

>making

> >different facial expressions cut them out and told her what they meant ..

> >this kid is sad…this kid is confused…this kids is

mad, etc.

> >

> >With the potty training I just took all the pull-ups and diapers and

>threw

> >them out! I put her on the potty and sang a potty song and let her put

> >stickers on a board every time she went. After a few wet days, she went

>on

> >the potty and that was that. Also, her little brother was potty training

> >too, so I think him going on the potty and having no more diapers helped

> >her

> >along.

> >

> >So, I feel that doing the energy healing and music therapy helped to calm

> >her and somehow broke down the, " wall, " she had, so she was able to

>learn.

> >Since that time, she has made more and more and more progress. She is in

> >first grade now and spends half days in the typical classroom. She does

> >not

> >even have an aide with her now and sits nicely in the typical classroom

>and

> >does her work. She plays with the other girls and makes friends with

>them.

> >

> >Yes, she still has times when she gets anxiety and repeats the same

> >sentence

> >25 times. She still has auditory sensitivities and sometimes she just

> >screams out. When she gets like this I let her go to her room and play

> >with

> >her little pet shop toys for as long as she needs to and she calms down

>and

> >comes out when she is ready. If we are out somewhere and something

> >triggers

> >her anxiety, we go home!

> >

> >I think the most important thing is to get the anxiety under control. If

> >you think about it…when you are feeling very stressed out it is

>hard to

> >focus on anything except the anxiety. Well, for us this worked. Yeah,

> >people thought I was doing the wrong thing by pulling her out of therapy

> >and

> >doing my own stuff with her, but it worked for her. So, if I have any

> >advice to give it would be -- find something that calms your child and

> >listen to your instincts with them. Don't push them to learn -- that

>just

> >causes more anxiety and less learning.

> >

> >

> >

> >_________________________________________________________________

> >The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by

>Experian.

>

>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAG\

E

> >

> >

> >

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> >

[Guest guest]

Yes thats always a good thing....my older two girls sometimes do that. I am

willing to sacrifice as well. I am going to try the music therapy with her.

Thanks for everything.

Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

> >

> >

> >....how did your daughter come to be able to speak? Was she making any

> >vocalizations before? And how did she become potty trained? Sorry so many

> >questions!

> >

> >All Ally used to say was, " dkka, dkka, dkka, " and once in a while she

>would

> >echo words, but even that was not very often. She was in special ed

> >preschool half days, five days a week, speech and OT at one of our local

> >hospitals each twice a week and speech with a speech therapist/autism

> >specialist twice a week. I did not feel like any of the therapy was

>doing

> >ANYTHING to help her except cause her more stress...having to go into so

> >many environments.

> >

> >I was looking through the phone book one day and found a guy who did

> >kinetic

> >energy therapy. I really had no idea what that was, but I called him and

> >the first consultation and treatment was free so I took her. He did

>some,

> > " energy tests? " on her and said that she did not have a dominant side of

> >her

> >brain....like most of us do..that is what makes you right handed or left

> >handed, coordinated and such. Then, he did some other energy things to

>her

> >and said she would be better. He also told me to feed her turkey for her

> >anxiety, and said it would help calm her down. I pretty much thought he

> >was

> >a little bit crazy, but shortly after that her balance started to improve

> >and she seemed more focused to be able to learn. She used to run into

> >things a lot too and she almost immediately stopped doing that.

> >

> >I also bought the Baby Einstein Videos and she loved to watch them over

>and

> >over. I also played classical music for her - - Mozart. There have been

> >many studies proving that for some reason Mozart's music helps to connect

> >the neurotransmitters in the brain. With the music therapy she started

> >talking.

> >

> >I took her out of her extra speech and OT programs, and did the music

> >therapy with her at home, which mainly just consisted of playing it. It

> >always calmed her down very dramatically, so we did learning games while

> >listening to Mozart and she was able to learn. She also was a lot less

> >stressed from not being brought place to place for so many therapy

> >sessions.

> >

> >After doing these things, I took her to her followup neurology

>appointment

> >and the neurologist said he had never seen a kid make such dramatic

> >progress. He asked what we were doing, but I didn’t tell

him,

>because I

> >thought he would think I was crazy to do energy healing and music

>therapy!

> >

> >So, basically, I did things that would help her be calm and then used

>the,

> > " calm time, " to do things with her. I bought a big poster with kids

>making

> >different facial expressions cut them out and told her what they meant ..

> >this kid is sad…this kid is confused…this kids is

mad, etc.

> >

> >With the potty training I just took all the pull-ups and diapers and

>threw

> >them out! I put her on the potty and sang a potty song and let her put

> >stickers on a board every time she went. After a few wet days, she went

>on

> >the potty and that was that. Also, her little brother was potty training

> >too, so I think him going on the potty and having no more diapers helped

> >her

> >along.

> >

> >So, I feel that doing the energy healing and music therapy helped to calm

> >her and somehow broke down the, " wall, " she had, so she was able to

>learn.

> >Since that time, she has made more and more and more progress. She is in

> >first grade now and spends half days in the typical classroom. She does

> >not

> >even have an aide with her now and sits nicely in the typical classroom

>and

> >does her work. She plays with the other girls and makes friends with

>them.

> >

> >Yes, she still has times when she gets anxiety and repeats the same

> >sentence

> >25 times. She still has auditory sensitivities and sometimes she just

> >screams out. When she gets like this I let her go to her room and play

> >with

> >her little pet shop toys for as long as she needs to and she calms down

>and

> >comes out when she is ready. If we are out somewhere and something

> >triggers

> >her anxiety, we go home!

> >

> >I think the most important thing is to get the anxiety under control. If

> >you think about it…when you are feeling very stressed out it is

>hard to

> >focus on anything except the anxiety. Well, for us this worked. Yeah,

> >people thought I was doing the wrong thing by pulling her out of therapy

> >and

> >doing my own stuff with her, but it worked for her. So, if I have any

> >advice to give it would be -- find something that calms your child and

> >listen to your instincts with them. Don't push them to learn -- that

>just

> >causes more anxiety and less learning.

> >

> >

> >

> >_________________________________________________________________

> >The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by

>Experian.

>

>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAG\

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> >

> >

> >

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

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> >

[Guest guest]

Yes, I have no doubt that we all work out butts off for our kids and

sacrifice what we have to for them! Remember to play Mozart...(the Mozart

effect)...is what helps connect the neurotransmitters.

..

>From: Tib3sis@...

>Reply-To: Autism_in_Girls

>To: Autism_in_Girls

>Subject: Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:11:17 -0400

>

>Yes thats always a good thing....my older two girls sometimes do that. I

>am willing to sacrifice as well. I am going to try the music therapy with

>her. Thanks for everything.

>

>

>

> Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE

>THEM!

> > >

> > >

> > >....how did your daughter come to be able to speak? Was she making any

> > >vocalizations before? And how did she become potty trained? Sorry so

>many

> > >questions!

> > >

> > >All Ally used to say was, " dkka, dkka, dkka, " and once in a while she

> >would

> > >echo words, but even that was not very often. She was in special ed

> > >preschool half days, five days a week, speech and OT at one of our

>local

> > >hospitals each twice a week and speech with a speech therapist/autism

> > >specialist twice a week. I did not feel like any of the therapy was

> >doing

> > >ANYTHING to help her except cause her more stress...having to go into

>so

> > >many environments.

> > >

> > >I was looking through the phone book one day and found a guy who did

> > >kinetic

> > >energy therapy. I really had no idea what that was, but I called him

>and

> > >the first consultation and treatment was free so I took her. He did

> >some,

> > > " energy tests? " on her and said that she did not have a dominant side

>of

> > >her

> > >brain....like most of us do..that is what makes you right handed or

>left

> > >handed, coordinated and such. Then, he did some other energy things to

> >her

> > >and said she would be better. He also told me to feed her turkey for

>her

> > >anxiety, and said it would help calm her down. I pretty much thought

>he

> > >was

> > >a little bit crazy, but shortly after that her balance started to

>improve

> > >and she seemed more focused to be able to learn. She used to run into

> > >things a lot too and she almost immediately stopped doing that.

> > >

> > >I also bought the Baby Einstein Videos and she loved to watch them over

> >and

> > >over. I also played classical music for her - - Mozart. There have

>been

> > >many studies proving that for some reason Mozart's music helps to

>connect

> > >the neurotransmitters in the brain. With the music therapy she started

> > >talking.

> > >

> > >I took her out of her extra speech and OT programs, and did the music

> > >therapy with her at home, which mainly just consisted of playing it.

>It

> > >always calmed her down very dramatically, so we did learning games

>while

> > >listening to Mozart and she was able to learn. She also was a lot less

> > >stressed from not being brought place to place for so many therapy

> > >sessions.

> > >

> > >After doing these things, I took her to her followup neurology

> >appointment

> > >and the neurologist said he had never seen a kid make such dramatic

> > >progress. He asked what we were doing, but I didn’t

>tell him,

> >because I

> > >thought he would think I was crazy to do energy healing and music

> >therapy!

> > >

> > >So, basically, I did things that would help her be calm and then used

> >the,

> > > " calm time, " to do things with her. I bought a big poster with kids

> >making

> > >different facial expressions cut them out and told her what they meant

>..

> > >this kid is sad…this kid is confused…this

>kids is mad, etc.

> > >

> > >With the potty training I just took all the pull-ups and diapers and

> >threw

> > >them out! I put her on the potty and sang a potty song and let her put

> > >stickers on a board every time she went. After a few wet days, she

>went

> >on

> > >the potty and that was that. Also, her little brother was potty

>training

> > >too, so I think him going on the potty and having no more diapers

>helped

> > >her

> > >along.

> > >

> > >So, I feel that doing the energy healing and music therapy helped to

>calm

> > >her and somehow broke down the, " wall, " she had, so she was able to

> >learn.

> > >Since that time, she has made more and more and more progress. She is

>in

> > >first grade now and spends half days in the typical classroom. She

>does

> > >not

> > >even have an aide with her now and sits nicely in the typical classroom

> >and

> > >does her work. She plays with the other girls and makes friends with

> >them.

> > >

> > >Yes, she still has times when she gets anxiety and repeats the same

> > >sentence

> > >25 times. She still has auditory sensitivities and sometimes she just

> > >screams out. When she gets like this I let her go to her room and play

> > >with

> > >her little pet shop toys for as long as she needs to and she calms down

> >and

> > >comes out when she is ready. If we are out somewhere and something

> > >triggers

> > >her anxiety, we go home!

> > >

> > >I think the most important thing is to get the anxiety under control.

>If

> > >you think about it…when you are feeling very stressed out

>it is

> >hard to

> > >focus on anything except the anxiety. Well, for us this worked. Yeah,

> > >people thought I was doing the wrong thing by pulling her out of

>therapy

> > >and

> > >doing my own stuff with her, but it worked for her. So, if I have any

> > >advice to give it would be -- find something that calms your child and

> > >listen to your instincts with them. Don't push them to learn -- that

> >just

> > >causes more anxiety and less learning.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >_________________________________________________________________

> > >The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by

> >Experian.

> >

>

>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAG\

E

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >Autism_in_Girls-subscribe

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

> > >Autism_in_Girls-unsubscribe

> > >

[Guest guest]

Yes, I have no doubt that we all work out butts off for our kids and

sacrifice what we have to for them! Remember to play Mozart...(the Mozart

effect)...is what helps connect the neurotransmitters.

..

>From: Tib3sis@...

>Reply-To: Autism_in_Girls

>To: Autism_in_Girls

>Subject: Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE THEM!

>Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2007 14:11:17 -0400

>

>Yes thats always a good thing....my older two girls sometimes do that. I

>am willing to sacrifice as well. I am going to try the music therapy with

>her. Thanks for everything.

>

>

>

> Re: Re: Oprah Message Board-PLEASE WRITE

>THEM!

> > >

> > >

> > >....how did your daughter come to be able to speak? Was she making any

> > >vocalizations before? And how did she become potty trained? Sorry so

>many

> > >questions!

> > >

> > >All Ally used to say was, " dkka, dkka, dkka, " and once in a while she

> >would

> > >echo words, but even that was not very often. She was in special ed

> > >preschool half days, five days a week, speech and OT at one of our

>local

> > >hospitals each twice a week and speech with a speech therapist/autism

> > >specialist twice a week. I did not feel like any of the therapy was

> >doing

> > >ANYTHING to help her except cause her more stress...having to go into

>so

> > >many environments.

> > >

> > >I was looking through the phone book one day and found a guy who did

> > >kinetic

> > >energy therapy. I really had no idea what that was, but I called him

>and

> > >the first consultation and treatment was free so I took her. He did

> >some,

> > > " energy tests? " on her and said that she did not have a dominant side

>of

> > >her

> > >brain....like most of us do..that is what makes you right handed or

>left

> > >handed, coordinated and such. Then, he did some other energy things to

> >her

> > >and said she would be better. He also told me to feed her turkey for

>her

> > >anxiety, and said it would help calm her down. I pretty much thought

>he

> > >was

> > >a little bit crazy, but shortly after that her balance started to

>improve

> > >and she seemed more focused to be able to learn. She used to run into

> > >things a lot too and she almost immediately stopped doing that.

> > >

> > >I also bought the Baby Einstein Videos and she loved to watch them over

> >and

> > >over. I also played classical music for her - - Mozart. There have

>been

> > >many studies proving that for some reason Mozart's music helps to

>connect

> > >the neurotransmitters in the brain. With the music therapy she started

> > >talking.

> > >

> > >I took her out of her extra speech and OT programs, and did the music

> > >therapy with her at home, which mainly just consisted of playing it.

>It

> > >always calmed her down very dramatically, so we did learning games

>while

> > >listening to Mozart and she was able to learn. She also was a lot less

> > >stressed from not being brought place to place for so many therapy

> > >sessions.

> > >

> > >After doing these things, I took her to her followup neurology

> >appointment

> > >and the neurologist said he had never seen a kid make such dramatic

> > >progress. He asked what we were doing, but I didn’t

>tell him,

> >because I

> > >thought he would think I was crazy to do energy healing and music

> >therapy!

> > >

> > >So, basically, I did things that would help her be calm and then used

> >the,

> > > " calm time, " to do things with her. I bought a big poster with kids

> >making

> > >different facial expressions cut them out and told her what they meant

>..

> > >this kid is sad…this kid is confused…this

>kids is mad, etc.

> > >

> > >With the potty training I just took all the pull-ups and diapers and

> >threw

> > >them out! I put her on the potty and sang a potty song and let her put

> > >stickers on a board every time she went. After a few wet days, she

>went

> >on

> > >the potty and that was that. Also, her little brother was potty

>training

> > >too, so I think him going on the potty and having no more diapers

>helped

> > >her

> > >along.

> > >

> > >So, I feel that doing the energy healing and music therapy helped to

>calm

> > >her and somehow broke down the, " wall, " she had, so she was able to

> >learn.

> > >Since that time, she has made more and more and more progress. She is

>in

> > >first grade now and spends half days in the typical classroom. She

>does

> > >not

> > >even have an aide with her now and sits nicely in the typical classroom

> >and

> > >does her work. She plays with the other girls and makes friends with

> >them.

> > >

> > >Yes, she still has times when she gets anxiety and repeats the same

> > >sentence

> > >25 times. She still has auditory sensitivities and sometimes she just

> > >screams out. When she gets like this I let her go to her room and play

> > >with

> > >her little pet shop toys for as long as she needs to and she calms down

> >and

> > >comes out when she is ready. If we are out somewhere and something

> > >triggers

> > >her anxiety, we go home!

> > >

> > >I think the most important thing is to get the anxiety under control.

>If

> > >you think about it…when you are feeling very stressed out

>it is

> >hard to

> > >focus on anything except the anxiety. Well, for us this worked. Yeah,

> > >people thought I was doing the wrong thing by pulling her out of

>therapy

> > >and

> > >doing my own stuff with her, but it worked for her. So, if I have any

> > >advice to give it would be -- find something that calms your child and

> > >listen to your instincts with them. Don't push them to learn -- that

> >just

> > >causes more anxiety and less learning.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >_________________________________________________________________

> > >The average US Credit Score is 675. The cost to see yours: $0 by

> >Experian.

> >

>

>http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=660600 & bcd=EMAILFOOTERAVERAG\

E

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >Autism_in_Girls-subscribe

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

> > >Autism_in_Girls-unsubscribe

> > >

[Guest guest]

We do only homeopathy and energy medicine of many sorts. That and

her music are what keep my daughter going. She also has a deep

spiritual connection with a non-verbal boy in her class, and they can

communicate telepathically. It's been hard for her to be away from

him during spring break, but she has spent most of her time at the

piano, and it helps.

> Well, I was just looking through the phone book for Homeopath

> doctors and

> just came across the energy healer. I did not know what he did and

> was

> curious so I called him, and told him a little bit about Ally and

> he said to

> bring her in and that the first consult and treatment was free. I

> felt like

> we had nothing to lose by trying new things and it was free so what

> the

> heck.

[Guest guest]

We do only homeopathy and energy medicine of many sorts. That and

her music are what keep my daughter going. She also has a deep

spiritual connection with a non-verbal boy in her class, and they can

communicate telepathically. It's been hard for her to be away from

him during spring break, but she has spent most of her time at the

piano, and it helps.

> Well, I was just looking through the phone book for Homeopath

> doctors and

> just came across the energy healer. I did not know what he did and

> was

> curious so I called him, and told him a little bit about Ally and

> he said to

> bring her in and that the first consult and treatment was free. I

> felt like

> we had nothing to lose by trying new things and it was free so what

> the

> heck.