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 Topic: advice from homeschoolers please |
rachel46
Replies: 5
Views: 255
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 Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 26, 2007 9:10 am Subject: advice from homeschoolers please |
You first need to find out about the legal stuff pertaining to where you live - I just Googled "homeschooling Canada" and then got to this:
http://www.edu.gov.mb.ca/k12/specedu/indsch/home_sch.html ... |
| Topic: ahead in school |
rachel46
Replies: 14
Views: 486
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sat Nov 24, 2007 9:09 am Subject: ahead in school |
| My son was tested in kindergarten for the school district's gifted program and came in at the top 99%. Not bragging it's just a fact - the kid is incredibly smart! He was in the gifted program for 3 y ... |
| Topic: My 10 yr. old jumps from one interest to the next!? |
rachel46
Replies: 14
Views: 512
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 1:32 pm Subject: My 10 yr. old jumps from one interest to the next!? |
| Violet-yoshi- so true! It's funny that your icon is Cheese and your quote is from Cheese - that character cracks my son up like no other - he thinks he is a riot! I've never seen him giggle like when ... |
| Topic: Dear Aspie:WHY ARE ASPIES VULNERABLE TO BULLYING? |
rachel46
Replies: 31
Views: 1388
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Nov 12, 2007 10:43 am Subject: Dear Aspie:WHY ARE ASPIES VULNERABLE TO BULLYING? |
| I believe my 10 yr. old son basically had a target on his back for all the reasons stated in the article and he began to be bullied in 3rd grade. We had a really difficult time getting him to see that ... |
| Topic: My 10 yr. old jumps from one interest to the next!? |
rachel46
Replies: 14
Views: 512
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2007 4:00 pm Subject: My 10 yr. old jumps from one interest to the next!? |
| I just wondered if this is a 10 yr. old boy thing or a spectrum thing? My son is very intelligent, verbal and curious beyond belief. His main source of information is books and I sometimes can't keep ... |
| Topic: Geography fixation in 6yo - foster or redirect? |
rachel46
Replies: 26
Views: 918
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Nov 07, 2007 9:20 am Subject: Geography fixation in 6yo - foster or redirect? |
| I will echo what everyone has already said - Let him be! My son is 10 and I cannot even begin to count the number of interests (obsessions if you like) he has had in his life. My son would do just as ... |
| Topic: Sorry but I need to whine |
rachel46
Replies: 12
Views: 535
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Thu Oct 18, 2007 2:12 pm Subject: Sorry but I need to whine |
Thanks to all for the uplifting words- This board is such a blessing! I wish I could meet you all over coffee or a beer and just chat about our great kids, this is the next best thing.
Deep down I th ... |
| Topic: Sorry but I need to whine |
rachel46
Replies: 12
Views: 535
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 17, 2007 11:13 pm Subject: Sorry but I need to whine |
| I'm sorry but this post won't contain any helpful info. for anyone, it won't be a great insightful question about our kids on the spectrum... it's just that my heart is breaking at the moment and the ... |
| Topic: School time dillemma again |
rachel46
Replies: 21
Views: 841
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Tue Oct 16, 2007 9:03 am Subject: School time dillemma again |
Ditto for everything that whatamess said - we did the same thing and homeschooling is a godsend for our son.
Good Luck in whatever you do! |
| Topic: Aspie has no road sense !! |
rachel46
Replies: 10
Views: 667
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Oct 15, 2007 9:04 am Subject: Aspie has no road sense !! |
| My husband is the same way! Just keep doing what you're doing and maybe it will sink in - sometimes it takes repeated (and I don't mean just 5 times - try 5 x 100) experiences for both of them to get ... |
| Topic: Aspie has no road sense !! |
rachel46
Replies: 10
Views: 667
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Fri Oct 12, 2007 8:42 am Subject: Aspie has no road sense !! |
| How old is your son? My nearly 11 year old is almost to the point where he looks both ways every time. It has taken YEARS of me and my husband yelling at each intersection to remind him to look- oth ... |
| Topic: New to this.... |
rachel46
Replies: 4
Views: 290
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:33 pm Subject: New to this.... |
| Guilt for not doing anything sooner??? Welcome to the club... we did not know about Aspergers until my son was 9 - he will be 11 in January. He was "normal" (but quirky) and no huge flags showed up u ... |
| Topic: SHould we pull son out of group therapy? |
rachel46
Replies: 7
Views: 410
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 3:25 pm Subject: SHould we pull son out of group therapy? |
| Thanks to all- the suggestion about talking to the other parents is a good one and I have considered it and actually tried to build up some rapport with the parents in the waiting room. We've never si ... |
| Topic: SHould we pull son out of group therapy? |
rachel46
Replies: 7
Views: 410
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Wed Oct 10, 2007 8:59 am Subject: SHould we pull son out of group therapy? |
| What would you do? My 10 year old goes to a group once a week - it has 3 other aspie boys (age range 10-13) and they sort of "play" and interact. The therapist (who is on the spectrum) makes them play ... |
| Topic: Hyper sensitive to smells? |
rachel46
Replies: 13
Views: 461
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Posted: Mon Oct 08, 2007 8:38 am Subject: Hyper sensitive to smells? |
| I'll agree with the others in that it's probably an overreaction.My son will sort of do the same thing when he encounters an offensive (to him ) odor. He's 10 and can smell things that I can't, is ver ... |
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