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HI Niki -

Thanks for taking the first step to join the forum and share about your experiences with ABA. We have never gone that route, but I am not against it had it been suggested or offered when my kids were younger.

I am starting in a few weeks an eight week course on parent training for floor time. The rules have changed here with Regional Center (CA) first funding for the parent training before any consumer can get the Floor Time.

We had an assessment a few years ago with another vendor and now want the Floor Time through the company we have social skills and feeding.

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Thanks for the welcome, musicalmom!!!

I am in full agreement with you on the chelation....I am doing what I can to help my son overcome his difficulties, but I would much rather have him go through his life with communication and other problems than risk putting him through some risky and potentially deadly medical procedure with no real scientific proof that it even works!!

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Good luck with the floor time, Bonnie! I have heard some people thrilled with the results they got from that method. In fact, that was the first type of therapy I did any research on when we started suspecting autism, because a random parent I ran into at the mall was telling me what a difference it made in her autistic son. I knew it wouldn't be effective for Austin, simply because of his personality, but sounds like it's been a big success for a lot of people!

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Take any extra training your child qualifies for.It will be a tough road ,and any training for your child and yourself will help.It is up to you as parent to listen and sort out what will work for you and your family.You need to give teachers and trainers feedback if your not happy or your child will miss out.I live in Canada and the government only supports Special needs till the child is 5.Early intervention is critical and consant feedback is essential.I read about the drugs and diets.I just want Matthew to eat.We as parents need to tell these ABA program facilators what our child needs to improve our family life and then keep a open mind to thier reccomendations.Good luck, and have fun and try not to pull your hair out.

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Hi, I too am from Canada, I get funding of $20,000 until he is 6 then I get $6,000. Is it the same in your province? I am from BC. My son is autistic, he is almost 4, and he doesn't eat anything except Nestle baby cereal, and I am desperate to get him to eat. What are you going through? Where are you from?

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My son has been involved with early intervention since about 20 mos. and now is part of a preschooled disabled program. We were fortunate to have a grandparent vocal enough about our sons behavior that pushed us to have him evaluated. Looking back it was pretty obivious - the head banging, not understanding the concept of personal space,trying to squeeze through spaces too small for him, constantly chewing on things, little eye contact, almost no speech, going 60mph from 6am to 7pm w/o naps(how did we survive that?!), not really playing with toys just picking them up to put them right back down to run to the next one, fascination with lights and anything that moved and played music. We were of course takenback at first at their determination of pdd-nos (or autism spectral- however you slice the cake it's still autism)But autism is not a dirty word and unfortunately most people are not informed enough to realize the different ways and degrees autism can present itself(us included). Even now we have family members and friends that cannot believe his diagnosis - "he's too social","he's just a kid-kids are hyper" - you get the picture.And he is very bright and creative and is a complete social creature <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> definitely hypo-sensitive.
Anyway I am convinced it is never too early for treatment, It's been almost 3 yr's since then and I am convinced Early Intervention made a huge difference! It was just an hour visit a week in our home with a speech teacher and an occupational therapist but what they did to help us understand Isaac and help Isaac understand his world was amazing.He has come a long way and at 4 we are preparing to start him on Adderral in the hopes that with the medication and behavior modification we can give him the chance to focus and learn even more academically and socially. Your Developmental Pediatrician should be able to recommend a treatment plan you would feel comfortable with hopefully one that would incorporate more than just medication.

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Hi there and thanks for joining the forum and sharing your experience. Good luck with the medication and behavior modification.

What state are you in? It sounds like you have some good resources.


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Hi! Thanks we live in New Jersey. We are really thankful for the services we have received, we've been very fortunate to have therapists and specialists that are "on the ball". Currently we have a great doctor too - it did take us a few doctors to find her <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> We have learned a lot since Isaac's first doctor and now we make sure our concerns are taken seriously and we get a 2nd opinion if we don't feel comfortable about something - Moms know their kids best <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />
Isaac is currently getting services from our township now that he is over 3 yrs. old and I was anxious about losing Early Intervention and had heard some horror stories about schools special eduction programs but I am really happy with our schools special services unit so far.

Now potty training... that's a whole other story. Any tips for an ADHD hyposensitive little boy?

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Where is everyone? I've been checking pretty regularly and it seems that no one is writing anymore? Is everyone ok? Kids ok? ....Feeling lonely here. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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