Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 HI- ITS THE KAUFMAN AND THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE KAUFMAN TEST- ONE OF THE TESTS IS ALSO FOR SENSOR INTEGRATION DISORDER- MY SON JOSH HAS BOTH- I DONT KNOW YOU BUT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE (to say the least) with anyone in this group who will listen- my son spilled a drink in the car the other day and he tried to get out of the car while it was moving, my husband was driving the car and got out and put my son josh back inthe car and josh was kicking and screaming because he wanted to run across the street to kfc to get a drink- a bystander in a parking lot saw this kid not wanting to get in the car and thought it might be a kidnapping, walked over and asked my husband what was going on and he said he had put my son in the car seat and he was leaving- the guy grabbed him and pulled him out of the car and said youre not going anywhere and hit him, my husband hit the guy back, at that time somone finally called the police and when they arrived the guy said my husband hit him and my husband was handcuffed and put in the squad car- both kids were left unattended in the car until that time- the cops called me and i went out there- the cop said he didnt blame the other guy really because he thought it was a kidnapping and sent his report to polk co attorney, no charges were filed, polk co attorney says they feel bad about what happened but wont press charges on anyone- contacted child care protection unit who interviewed us said my husband didnt do anything wrong. its pretty bizarre. charlotte henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 oh my gosh charlotte. thats crazy, I just my husband and he feels that your husband should have pressed charges. a little overzealous don't you think. chris stehn4@... wrote: HI- ITS THE KAUFMAN AND THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE KAUFMAN TEST- ONE OF THE TESTS IS ALSO FOR SENSOR INTEGRATION DISORDER- MY SON JOSH HAS BOTH- I DONT KNOW YOU BUT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE (to say the least) with anyone in this group who will listen- my son spilled a drink in the car the other day and he tried to get out of the car while it was moving, my husband was driving the car and got out and put my son josh back inthe car and josh was kicking and screaming because he wanted to run across the street to kfc to get a drink- a bystander in a parking lot saw this kid not wanting to get in the car and thought it might be a kidnapping, walked over and asked my husband what was going on and he said he had put my son in the car seat and he was leaving- the guy grabbed him and pulled him out of the car and said youre not going anywhere and hit him, my husband hit the guy back, at that time somone finally called the police and when they arrived the guy said my husband hit him and my husband was handcuffed and put in the squad car- both kids were left unattended in the car until that time- the cops called me and i went out there- the cop said he didnt blame the other guy really because he thought it was a kidnapping and sent his report to polk co attorney, no charges were filed, polk co attorney says they feel bad about what happened but wont press charges on anyone- contacted child care protection unit who interviewed us said my husband didnt do anything wrong. its pretty bizarre. charlotte henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 25, 2005 Report Share Posted October 25, 2005 Wow! What a horrible experience. Nice to know there are people looking out for children though. But on the other hand, I have had many experiences with my 3 yr-old not wanting to get in the car. He pulls my hair and hits me and as calm as I am, I'm always afraid someone is going to come rescue him or call the police on me. That's proof that it can happen... Glad all turned out ok in the end. stehn4@... wrote: HI- ITS THE KAUFMAN AND THERE ARE MORE THAN ONE KAUFMAN TEST- ONE OF THE TESTS IS ALSO FOR SENSOR INTEGRATION DISORDER- MY SON JOSH HAS BOTH- I DONT KNOW YOU BUT WOULD LIKE TO SHARE AN EXPERIENCE (to say the least) with anyone in this group who will listen- my son spilled a drink in the car the other day and he tried to get out of the car while it was moving, my husband was driving the car and got out and put my son josh back inthe car and josh was kicking and screaming because he wanted to run across the street to kfc to get a drink- a bystander in a parking lot saw this kid not wanting to get in the car and thought it might be a kidnapping, walked over and asked my husband what was going on and he said he had put my son in the car seat and he was leaving- the guy grabbed him and pulled him out of the car and said youre not going anywhere and hit him, my husband hit the guy back, at that time somone finally called the police and when they arrived the guy said my husband hit him and my husband was handcuffed and put in the squad car- both kids were left unattended in the car until that time- the cops called me and i went out there- the cop said he didnt blame the other guy really because he thought it was a kidnapping and sent his report to polk co attorney, no charges were filed, polk co attorney says they feel bad about what happened but wont press charges on anyone- contacted child care protection unit who interviewed us said my husband didnt do anything wrong. its pretty bizarre. charlotte henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 HI AGAIN MICHELLE- WE GOT A DOOR ALARM FOR OUR HOUSE AND A WINDOW STICKER FOR OUR CAR WITH INSTRUCTIONS TO TALK SLOWLY AND THAT THIS CHILD MAY RUN, ETC, IT CAME FROM THE AUTISM SOCIETY OF IOWA AND THAT IS HOW JOSH NEEDS TO BE TREATED IN AN EMERGENCY, HE GETS EXCITED EASILY SOMETIMES AND HE WILL RUN BECAUSE THATS HOW HE GETS ATTENTION, HE ISNT AUTISTIC, WE ARE WORKING ON 4-5 WORD SENTENCES WITH HIM SO HIS SPEECH WILL SOUND MORE NORMAL AND WE BELONG TO A COUPLE SUPPORT GROUPS FOR SPECIAL NEEDS KIDS, OUR MEETING 3 MONTHS FROM NOW WILL HAVE AN SLP THERE. NANCY KAUFMAN IS ON THE WEB AND I THINK SHE IS BASED IN OHIO- CANT AFFORD TO GO SEE HER BUT WOULD LOVE TO BECAUSE THE KAUFMAN WAS THE ONLY DEFINITE TEST RESULTS WE RECIEVED. THANKS-CHARLOTTE AND JOSH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 26, 2005 Report Share Posted October 26, 2005 HI CHRIS- WE CANT FIND OUT THE GUYS NAME CAUSE THE COPS WONT RELEASE THEIR NAMES AND WE DONT WANT TO HIRE A LAWYER- CANT AFFORD IT- BUT WE DID GET A STICKER FOR OUR CAR TO IDENTIFY THAT WE HAVE A SPECIAL NEEDS CHILD AND WE ARE SCARED TO GO ANYWHERE- WE ARE GETTING A SPECIAL VEST THAT BOLTS TO THE CAR SO HE CANT GET OUT OF THE CAR SEAT ANYMORE AND A DOOR CHIME AND ALARM KIT IN CASE HE GETS EXCITED AND RUNS OUT OF THE HOUSE- HE DID THAT A COUPLE TIMES- CHARLOTTE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I know what you are talking about. All 3 of my kids were climbing out of there car seats when I was driving down the freeway or city streets. We had the car doors on child protection lock. But I couldn't take them in public by myself. They would scatter in all directions. They all had sensory integration dysfunction. 2 of them went to therapy for 4 years. The 3rd child didn't qualify for special education so I would have had to pay for it out of pocket. OUCH. I couldn't afford it. Where did you get your sticker from? Hope things go smoother now. Lorraine Mom to gifted, adhd Language disorder, Ocd, SID. dyspraxia Language and vision disorder, dyspraxia, SID, CAPD, PDDNOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 28, 2005 Report Share Posted October 28, 2005 I know what you are talking about. All 3 of my kids were climbing out of there car seats when I was driving down the freeway or city streets. We had the car doors on child protection lock. But I couldn't take them in public by myself. They would scatter in all directions. They all had sensory integration dysfunction. 2 of them went to therapy for 4 years. The 3rd child didn't qualify for special education so I would have had to pay for it out of pocket. OUCH. I couldn't afford it. Where did you get your sticker from? Hope things go smoother now. Lorraine Mom to gifted, adhd Language disorder, Ocd, SID. dyspraxia Language and vision disorder, dyspraxia, SID, CAPD, PDDNOS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 hi lorraine- i got my sticker from the autism society of iowa- my son doesnt have autism but he needs to be treated similiarly and the sticker says- warning- in case of emergency occupant may run away -not respond-resist help. I also got a security system for the house that i pay 30 dollars a month for , self installed, you pay for the monitoring system and it has a door alarm so it will tell me if somone opens the door by saying door 1 or door2 is open, i also have a card i can hand to people (you know, the people who make faces or rude remarks or they stare or just give me a look because their kid never had restricted interests like mine does, josh doesnt like to leave or get in the car sometimes and this way i dont even have to talk to those people because i can just show them the card. I dont know if you were following my e mail i made a few days ago but I am the one whos son jumped out of car when my husband was driving and a stranger in a parking lot thought it could be a kidnapping because he saw josh kicking and screaming and not wanting to get in the car and he pulled my husband out of the car, there was a fight and then the cops were called, it was terrible, as soon as the cops got there they put my husband in handcuffs and i had to come out there to get the whole thing straightened out.charlotte henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2005 Report Share Posted October 29, 2005 charlotte, Yes, I had read your story. That was pretty upsetting to me. It could have been us years ago. My kids were vary similiar to Josh. We were never arrested, but we have had to call the police too many times for missing children. They would just wonder off. They knew what they wanted and would go for it. Without telling anyone what they were doing. They never thought we would notice or just didn't care. I still don't know. My 15 year old was only missing once, but my severely language delayed children it was many times each. I have lots of experiences from my kids past that were pretty scary when they happened. In fact yesterday, My 12 year old who is severely language delayed gave me a scare. When I wasn't at school to pick him up at 1:50pm, he decided to keep on walking. My daughter who is 24 showed up 7 minutes late and couldn't find him anywhere near the school. We live almost 2 miles from the school. There are lots of streets and ways to walk home from this school. Thank heavens for cell phones. My son 15 and daughter who is 14 were at home already. And when he walked in the door they called and let us know that he was safe at home. But for 30 minutes we were frantically looking all around the school and the surrounding neighborhood. I had told him to stay at the school, but obviously if the ride shows up too late he thinks he should walk home. My 14 year daughter who is also severely language delayed has given me more memories than I like to admit. When she was 2 1/2, I went to the mall with the 3 kids by myself. I let her out of the stroller to go to the potty. Before I could get her back in, she ran out of site. My 4 year old ran for the elevator. When I ran after my daughter she was gone. There was an escalater. But I couldn't take a stroller up an escalator. I was in macy's and I couldn't find anyone to help me find her. I had my two boys and looked all over macy's. I asked employees for help and they said they didn't know where she could be. I went out side of macy's found an information station. They called macy's and I was told that she was in a secure place within macy's. I don't know why the macy's employees couldn't tell me. It made me so mad. I found my daughter and she was coloring and chewing gum. She was rewarded for her escape. I took my kids home and decided that the mall was off limits. But picking up from school was a regular nightmare. I had a hardtime getting the kids to agree on a meeting location. My daughter especially is stubborn. She just wouldn't come. Finally when they were 6th grade, 5th grade, and 3 grade we agreed to the front of the school with the drive through. I hope things go better for you now. It was very difficult going tbrough things like this day after day. The doctors just want an easy fix, by medicating them. My husband and I decided that we wouldn't go along with that. There had to be another way that stimulants. Now that they are older, I realize that my kids weren't really inpulsive, they just wanted to do things there way. They just didn't communicate what they were doing. I could share many other nightmares. I guess we were just lucky that we didn't have an experience like you and your husband. I always worried that someone would say we weren't good parents because we couldn't keep up with our children to keep them doing the right things. Sorry this was so long. Hope things are going better now. Lorraine -------------- Original message -------------- hi lorraine- i got my sticker from the autism society of iowa- my son doesnt have autism but he needs to be treated similiarly and the sticker says- warning- in case of emergency occupant may run away -not respond-resist help. I also got a security system for the house that i pay 30 dollars a month for , self installed, you pay for the monitoring system and it has a door alarm so it will tell me if somone opens the door by saying door 1 or door2 is open, i also have a card i can hand to people (you know, the people who make faces or rude remarks or they stare or just give me a look because their kid never had restricted interests like mine does, josh doesnt like to leave or get in the car sometimes and this way i dont even have to talk to those people because i can just show them the card. I dont know if you were following my e mail i made a few days ago but I am the one whos son jumped out of car when my husband was driving and a stranger in a parking lot thought it could be a kidnapping because he saw josh kicking and screaming and not wanting to get in the car and he pulled my husband out of the car, there was a fight and then the cops were called, it was terrible, as soon as the cops got there they put my husband in handcuffs and i had to come out there to get the whole thing straightened out.charlotte henry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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