Share some of your successes

[Guest guest]

I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism. He is high

functioning and I want to enroll him in a mainstream pre-school this

August. We have a lot to do this summer to get him ready. And we

have no support in terms of therapy other than 1 hr OT and 1 hr

Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you had success

with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to acheive them? I

think I will try to teach him myself, or hire someone myself to

accomplish these goals by August. Someday we will get the services,

but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time, circle time

Follow social cues such as getting and waiting in line

Able to make transitions from activity to activity without a blow-up

Follow a one step direction while in the presence of other children

Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as keeping sand in sand

box, not throwing sand at other people

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with your child.

-christie

[Guest guest]

Christie have you researched Floortime at all? Pam

[Guest guest]

Hi!

I have a high functioning 6-yr-old. What helped him

more than ANYTHING (and we had him in OT, ST,

listening and diet therapy) BY FAR was enrolling him

in a Montessori program. It wasn't " true " or " strict "

Montessori: he attended it 3 afternoons a week. But it

was close. It helped him more with pragmatics,

sharing, self-esteem and social interaction than

anything could. Later, I read that this model is

especially good for kids on the spectrum. We just did

it because we love that model. Montessori kids tend to

be more accepting of " odd " kids than public schooled

kids are.

It also enhanced therapies we did afterwards.

Hope this helps.

- Adrienne from Boston

--- christiesawyer <rian.frantti@...>

wrote:

> I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism. He

> is high

> functioning and I want to enroll him in a mainstream

> pre-school this

> August. We have a lot to do this summer to get him

> ready. And we

> have no support in terms of therapy other than 1 hr

> OT and 1 hr

> Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any of

> you had success

> with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to

> acheive them? I

> think I will try to teach him myself, or hire

> someone myself to

> accomplish these goals by August. Someday we will

> get the services,

> but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

>

> Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time, circle

> time

> Follow social cues such as getting and waiting in

> line

> Able to make transitions from activity to activity

> without a blow-up

> Follow a one step direction while in the presence of

> other children

> Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as

> keeping sand in sand

> box, not throwing sand at other people

>

> Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with

> your child.

> -christie

>

>

>

>

>

>

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Adrienne, Thank you for your advise. There are some montessori's

around here, but they are all full. But I can get on the waiting

list, and by the time I get my son ready, (which may take longer

than a few months) we could get a spot.

>

> > I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism. He

> > is high

> > functioning and I want to enroll him in a mainstream

> > pre-school this

> > August. We have a lot to do this summer to get him

> > ready. And we

> > have no support in terms of therapy other than 1 hr

> > OT and 1 hr

> > Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any of

> > you had success

> > with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to

> > acheive them? I

> > think I will try to teach him myself, or hire

> > someone myself to

> > accomplish these goals by August. Someday we will

> > get the services,

> > but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

> >

> > Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time, circle

> > time

> > Follow social cues such as getting and waiting in

> > line

> > Able to make transitions from activity to activity

> > without a blow-up

> > Follow a one step direction while in the presence of

> > other children

> > Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as

> > keeping sand in sand

> > box, not throwing sand at other people

> >

> > Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with

> > your child.

> > -christie

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, I know a little. We do a lot of pretending that is sort of like

floortime and my son loves it, and has learned a lot of language, and

he sustains a back and forth conversation best this way. I haven't

yet bought the training CD, but it's on my list of things to do. No

one in this area is trained, but that is starting to change. Do you

think some floortime methods could help with these goals?

>

> Christie have you researched Floortime at all? Pam

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 5/20/2006 10:09:51 AM Eastern Daylight Time,

christiefrantti@... writes:

Do you

think some floortime methods could help with these goals?

if you don't mind sending the goals again, I will look them over. Pam

[Guest guest]

Wow I hope he is able to meet the goals that you have set for him.

My son who is seven (Aspergers) and in Kindergarten still can not do

some of the things on the list. My son was placed in early

intervention at 20 months and then at three we placed him in a

preschool setting with both normal developing children and special

needs children. They worked with him in both schools on speech, OT,

physical therapy, and socialization. at age 5 1/2 we looked into

sending him to Kindergarten. The preschools advice was to give him

another year of preschool prior to Kindergarten. We took their

advice and waited. This past year he went to Kindergarten, and

continues to get an hour of OT a week as well as OT at school for

1/2 hour a week and speech therapy for 1/2 hour a week. He also gets

special education classes 1 hour a day to do small group work with

the teacher. He is now doing better although at circle times he is

inattentive and during regular class he is often distracted and off

task. One of his goals this year was to be able to sit at circle

time and pay attention for ten minutes without getting up or being

disruptive. The only advice that I have to offer is take all the

help you are offered. One teacher said to me don't you think you are

overworking him by taking him to OT after school two days a week and

taking him to speech once a week after school, my answer to her was

no I do not think so. He is getting better and really he has never

complained or had a problem with going so why not. Do what you feel

as a parent is right for your child. There are a lot of opinions

floating around out there and basically every child is different so

not all things will work for all kids. Again good luck. I hope he

does great in preschool.

Janie

>

> I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism. He is high

> functioning and I want to enroll him in a mainstream pre-school

this

> August. We have a lot to do this summer to get him ready. And we

> have no support in terms of therapy other than 1 hr OT and 1 hr

> Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you had

success

> with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to acheive them? I

> think I will try to teach him myself, or hire someone myself to

> accomplish these goals by August. Someday we will get the

services,

> but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

>

> Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time, circle time

> Follow social cues such as getting and waiting in line

> Able to make transitions from activity to activity without a blow-

up

> Follow a one step direction while in the presence of other children

> Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as keeping sand in

sand

> box, not throwing sand at other people

>

> Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with your child.

> -christie

>

[Guest guest]

Hi!

You're welcome! It's good that you're on a waiting

list now. They're hard to get into!

- Adrienne

--- christiesawyer <christiefrantti@...>

wrote:

> Adrienne, Thank you for your advise. There are some

> montessori's

> around here, but they are all full. But I can get on

> the waiting

> list, and by the time I get my son ready, (which may

> take longer

> than a few months) we could get a spot.

>

>

>

> >

> > > I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism.

> He

> > > is high

> > > functioning and I want to enroll him in a

> mainstream

> > > pre-school this

> > > August. We have a lot to do this summer to get

> him

> > > ready. And we

> > > have no support in terms of therapy other than 1

> hr

> > > OT and 1 hr

> > > Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any

> of

> > > you had success

> > > with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to

> > > acheive them? I

> > > think I will try to teach him myself, or hire

> > > someone myself to

> > > accomplish these goals by August. Someday we

> will

> > > get the services,

> > > but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

> > >

> > > Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time,

> circle

> > > time

> > > Follow social cues such as getting and waiting

> in

> > > line

> > > Able to make transitions from activity to

> activity

> > > without a blow-up

> > > Follow a one step direction while in the

> presence of

> > > other children

> > > Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as

> > > keeping sand in sand

> > > box, not throwing sand at other people

> > >

> > > Thanks in advance for sharing your experience

> with

> > > your child.

> > > -christie

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

Adrienne,

Hi there,

I was just reading this link, and was very interested

to hear about your positive experience with the

Montessori schools. I have been looking into them

here for my son. He is 8, and could not make it

this year in a reg. public school setting. He is

now under an ISP homestudy program and doing

great. I have him on a list to get into a Motessori

school here in CA. I was very impressed with the

approach to teaching, so different from the reg.

public schools here. Still not one hundred percent

sure that it is the answer, but seems to fit more

the way that he likes to learn.

Thanks for sharing. I love this grp. I get so much

helpful information from all that share.

Kristy

Re: ( ) Share some of your successes

Hi!

You're welcome! It's good that you're on a waiting

list now. They're hard to get into!

- Adrienne

--- christiesawyer <christiefrantti@...>

wrote:

> Adrienne, Thank you for your advise. There are some

> montessori's

> around here, but they are all full. But I can get on

> the waiting

> list, and by the time I get my son ready, (which may

> take longer

> than a few months) we could get a spot.

>

>

>

> >

> > > I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism.

> He

> > > is high

> > > functioning and I want to enroll him in a

> mainstream

> > > pre-school this

> > > August. We have a lot to do this summer to get

> him

> > > ready. And we

> > > have no support in terms of therapy other than 1

> hr

> > > OT and 1 hr

> > > Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any

> of

> > > you had success

> > > with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to

> > > acheive them? I

> > > think I will try to teach him myself, or hire

> > > someone myself to

> > > accomplish these goals by August. Someday we

> will

> > > get the services,

> > > but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

> > >

> > > Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time,

> circle

> > > time

> > > Follow social cues such as getting and waiting

> in

> > > line

> > > Able to make transitions from activity to

> activity

> > > without a blow-up

> > > Follow a one step direction while in the

> presence of

> > > other children

> > > Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as

> > > keeping sand in sand

> > > box, not throwing sand at other people

> > >

> > > Thanks in advance for sharing your experience

> with

> > > your child.

> > > -christie

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> > __________________________________________________

> >

[Guest guest]

Hi!

You're welcome! I can't say enough about his

experience there. But, I also have to add that he is

high functioning. Would this work with a lower

functioning kid? I don't know. What I've read (about

this method working well for kids with ASD's) hasn't

specified. Can I say it again? It was UNBELIEVABLE for

my son!

- Adrienne

--- Kristy Caldwell <kcaldwell@...> wrote:

> Adrienne,

> Hi there,

> I was just reading this link, and was very

> interested

> to hear about your positive experience with the

> Montessori schools. I have been looking into them

> here for my son. He is 8, and could not make it

> this year in a reg. public school setting. He is

> now under an ISP homestudy program and doing

> great. I have him on a list to get into a Motessori

> school here in CA. I was very impressed with the

> approach to teaching, so different from the reg.

> public schools here. Still not one hundred percent

> sure that it is the answer, but seems to fit more

> the way that he likes to learn.

>

> Thanks for sharing. I love this grp. I get so much

> helpful information from all that share.

> Kristy

> Re: ( ) Share some of your

> successes

>

>

> Hi!

>

> You're welcome! It's good that you're on a waiting

> list now. They're hard to get into!

>

> - Adrienne

>

> --- christiesawyer <christiefrantti@...>

> wrote:

>

> > Adrienne, Thank you for your advise. There are

> some

> > montessori's

> > around here, but they are all full. But I can

> get on

> > the waiting

> > list, and by the time I get my son ready, (which

> may

> > take longer

> > than a few months) we could get a spot.

> >

> >

> >

> > >

> > > > I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with

> autism.

> > He

> > > > is high

> > > > functioning and I want to enroll him in a

> > mainstream

> > > > pre-school this

> > > > August. We have a lot to do this summer to

> get

> > him

> > > > ready. And we

> > > > have no support in terms of therapy other

> than 1

> > hr

> > > > OT and 1 hr

> > > > Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if

> any

> > of

> > > > you had success

> > > > with these goals. What did you do (in

> detail) to

> > > > acheive them? I

> > > > think I will try to teach him myself, or

> hire

> > > > someone myself to

> > > > accomplish these goals by August. Someday

> we

> > will

> > > > get the services,

> > > > but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

> > > >

> > > > Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story

> time,

> > circle

> > > > time

> > > > Follow social cues such as getting and

> waiting

> > in

> > > > line

> > > > Able to make transitions from activity to

> > activity

> > > > without a blow-up

> > > > Follow a one step direction while in the

> > presence of

> > > > other children

> > > > Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such

> as

> > > > keeping sand in sand

> > > > box, not throwing sand at other people

> > > >

> > > > Thanks in advance for sharing your

> experience

> > with

> > > > your child.

> > > > -christie

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > > >

> > >

> > >

> > >

> __________________________________________________

> > >

[Guest guest]

Subject: ( ) Share some of your successes

I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism. He is high

functioning and I want to enroll him in a mainstream pre-school this

August. We have a lot to do this summer to get him ready. And we

have no support in terms of therapy other than 1 hr OT and 1 hr

Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you had success

with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to acheive them? I

think I will try to teach him myself, or hire someone myself to

accomplish these goals by August. Someday we will get the services,

but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time, circle time

Follow social cues such as getting and waiting in line

Able to make transitions from activity to activity without a blow-up

Follow a one step direction while in the presence of other children

Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as keeping sand in sand

box, not throwing sand at other people

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with your child.

-christie

****For story time/circle time, we had to work up to it by providing a

sensory tool box. My ds has HFA and would not sit down and participate. So

the idea was to work on having him sit down and then work our way in to

having him sit in the circle, then slowly paying attention/participating. He

had a box of sensory items that he could " play " with during circle time as

long as he was sitting down on the floor.

You can practice waiting in line all the time. You might also try social

stories and cue cards for that one as well.

Transitions for kids that young are usually easiest when they have a picture

schedule. This helps them know what comes next and lessens anxiety.

Rules for playing could be taught w/social stories, picture cards and lots

of prompting. It is a learning curve for that, IMO and will take time and

maturity as well as practice.

Roxanna

[Guest guest]

Christie, we do a lot of role play as well as use social stories to practice

situations with our HFA son. These two strategies work best for him as he has

quite severe language delays and verbal explainations don't get us anywhere.

Beck

( ) Share some of your successes

I have a 3yr old recently diagnosed with autism. He is high

functioning and I want to enroll him in a mainstream pre-school this

August. We have a lot to do this summer to get him ready. And we

have no support in terms of therapy other than 1 hr OT and 1 hr

Speech per week. Anyway, I was wondering if any of you had success

with these goals. What did you do (in detail) to acheive them? I

think I will try to teach him myself, or hire someone myself to

accomplish these goals by August. Someday we will get the services,

but it will be a while. Here are his goals:

Sit still for 10 - 20 minutes for story time, circle time

Follow social cues such as getting and waiting in line

Able to make transitions from activity to activity without a blow-up

Follow a one step direction while in the presence of other children

Able to follow simple rules of etiquite such as keeping sand in sand

box, not throwing sand at other people

Thanks in advance for sharing your experience with your child.

-christie

****For story time/circle time, we had to work up to it by providing a

sensory tool box. My ds has HFA and would not sit down and participate. So

the idea was to work on having him sit down and then work our way in to

having him sit in the circle, then slowly paying attention/participating. He

had a box of sensory items that he could " play " with during circle time as

long as he was sitting down on the floor.

You can practice waiting in line all the time. You might also try social

stories and cue cards for that one as well.

Transitions for kids that young are usually easiest when they have a picture

schedule. This helps them know what comes next and lessens anxiety.

Rules for playing could be taught w/social stories, picture cards and lots

of prompting. It is a learning curve for that, IMO and will take time and

maturity as well as practice.

Roxanna