Guest guest Posted June 30, 2006 Report Share Posted June 30, 2006 You can find then a bit on the internet. BUT if the dog in calming to your son, just think how he might be if he has problems in public with the calming influence of the dog. Problem, you have to get a prescription for the dog and your son has to be considered disabled under the ADA. My son does well with the dog, our dog is well socialized and has been around my son since he was a pup, and one of his focuses is animals. My son does not do well with human touch as a calming when he starts to get frustrated, I was thinking the dog might have a better response. They can teach the dog to nudge or put his head in the lap at the sign of frustration, also to paw if the child becomes too focused on something. For those that have trouble going out in public areas, the dog gives them a focus. Look up psychiatric service dog on the internet and you can find a couple examples of kids with Autism or Aspergers. With my son having such a rough time last year (he can spend two hours or more in the time out room trying to get enough control to go on) I was thinking this might be something that would help him calm sooner and not be a med. My son was aggressive when he was younger too, I remember having to restrain him for 45 min before he started to calm. He has been a door slamer, desk banger. And once at 10 yrs I had to sit on him in Walmart to get control, I had a cart full and the twins(7 yrs younger than him) and he was going into meltdown. not good. Kathy K toozie@... _____ From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Liz Bohn Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2006 5:28 PM Subject: Re: ( ) New here Kathy, I haven't had experience using a psychiatric service dog, but I am a great believer in using dogs for kids with Asperger's. My son loves our dog. Turns out that he has bipolar disorder, too, and he's had a miserable year. The dog lets him cuddle up and snuggle for hours on end. If I'd known service dogs could be used in these circumstances, I would have given it a go a long time ago. But our old dog has done a good job. Liz On Jun 29, 2006, at 8:19 AM, toozie wrote: > > > I am the mother of a just turned 13 yr old Aspie/Nos. We have been > on this > roller coaster since he was 3-4. Couldn't get a good diagnosis > until he was > 7. > > He does't mainstream well. He was in mainstream school for 2-4th > grade, but > has been in an alternative school since middle of 4th. He almost > came back > to mainstream the beginning of last year, but the school screwed up > his IEP > and didn't follow it so the decided they couldn't handle him (he > tried to > follow procedure) So after only one week of what he had worked sooo > hard for > he was back at the alternative school, which threw him off for the > year. We > are still trying to get to the level he was before. > > Anyway, my question is has anyone here had experience with using a PSD > (psychiatric service dog)? > > Thanks so much for letting me join the group. > > Kathy K > toozie@... <mailto:toozie%40wtp.net> > > _____ > > I am using the free version of SPAMfighter for private users. > It has removed 6399 spam emails to date. > Paying users do not have this message in their emails. > Try SPAMfighter <http://www.spamfigh <http://www.spamfighter.com/go.asp?t=249> ter.com/go.asp?t=249> for free > now! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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