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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Good news. |
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Posted: 03 Jun 2011, 2:41 am
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| Thanks to both of you.. my son has been in a truly awful place for the last 18 months or so. I can't tell you how incredible to see even a smidge of enthusiasm in him. I really want to make contact with the employment agency, but I also want to respect my son as an adult. I'm just itching to know ho... |
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Forum: School and College Life Topic: Does this sound like Dyscalculia? |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2011, 8:58 pm
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Replies: 16
Views: 2,297
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| Out of curiousity, how do you go with money? Do you know if you get the right change? Do you understand the difference between dollars and cents? Do you know which bills to hand over when you are buying something? |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Tooth paste |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2011, 7:37 pm
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Replies: 14
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| Hi aurea.. I don't think the toothpaste is that important, as long as he brushes for long enough morning and night. You might want to try Colgate Blue Minty Gel. Woolworths stock it, but I haven't been able to get it in Coles for ages. I'd ask your dentist about the mouth wash, there's been a lot of... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Good news. |
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Posted: 02 Jun 2011, 7:32 pm
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| A few weeks ago, I wrote about my son and how lost he was in the world. Thanks to a brilliant individual from a supported employment agency, my son is starting back at school next week, doing certificate 3 in IT! This guy has taken a real interest in my son, and developed a great rapport. The agency... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Lying |
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Posted: 17 May 2011, 5:36 pm
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Replies: 49
Views: 4,632
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| I've never known my son to lie, although it may have happened at some point I guess. He's more inclined to misrepresent how well he understands certain things in order to "fit in" with society. I had issues with a teacher back when he was in 2nd grade. She believed that he was lying about needing to... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Sadly, meds are needed-Please share med experiences |
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Posted: 16 May 2011, 11:41 pm
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Replies: 34
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| The worst thing for me about medicating my son is that we agonised about doing it, and finally decided to give meds a go, as a last resort. None of them worked. So our last resort treatment plan was no plan at all. He has trialled the ADHD meds (ritalin and dexamphetamine), several anti depressants ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Phantom storms |
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Posted: 09 May 2011, 5:28 pm
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Replies: 9
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| What does he think is going to happen to him because of the storm? The power the fear has over him is something he needs to conquer. Really talk it out. Will the house get struck by lightning and burn down? Will he get struck by lightning and die? Will mum and dad die? Don't put the ideas in his hea... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Son touching himself |
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Posted: 09 May 2011, 5:03 pm
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Replies: 21
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| Just one other thing.. check out his underpants to see if there are any seams which are in that area? That could be part of it. I remember my son and the terrible trouble we had finding socks for him without the seam in the toe area, and which weren't too tight at the top. Those 2 areas of sock disc... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: scared to death of the toilet |
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Posted: 09 May 2011, 12:29 am
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Replies: 17
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| She went back and forth between our family and her Aunt and Uncle. The first time we had her, we had a family group home, which was a crisis house for children between birth and 17. We worked with the kids and their families with the goal of getting the kids back home within the 6 week period which ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: A happy wee boy - advice, please |
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Posted: 08 May 2011, 8:15 pm
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Replies: 6
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| Hiya, Ilovemysons! You bought back a memory for me! My son would never smile. To get him to smile for photos, we'd say "show me your teeth!" LOL - was the closest thing to smiling for him. I have 100s of photos with him grimacing and the rest are of him frowning. "hug with your arms" is really cool!... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: scared to death of the toilet |
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Posted: 08 May 2011, 8:10 pm
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Replies: 17
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| This may or may not help you! I had a little girl in foster care with me for a while who was petrified of the toilet because her father punished her by putting her head in the toilet and flushing it. She was older than your child, and was on medication because she had constant UTIs and constipation ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: New Here! |
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Posted: 08 May 2011, 7:41 pm
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Replies: 11
Views: 1,362
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| Congratulations on getting through the assessment process.. and entering a new phase in your life, that will be daunting and challenging and hopefully rewarding. As your child's parent, you are his Number 1 advocate. The teasing has to stop. Right now. It has to be tackled by the school head on. It'... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: My adult son. |
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Posted: 08 May 2011, 7:18 pm
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Replies: 7
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| Hi stormystar - My son is 19 and we have the same issue. I think the hardest thing we have to do with our adult children is to let go. We'll never not be "mum", but our role needs to change to a more adult:adult way of communicating. You have some control over what he eats. We stopped buying soft dr... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should there be consequences or discipline? |
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Posted: 07 May 2011, 10:36 am
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Replies: 37
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| AnotherOne - It's people like you and my son who make me ponder how many of our great thinkers throughout history would have been diagnosed somewhere on the spectrum if the tools existed back then. It's people like you who are getting on with life, have a job, and have somehow picked up on the "time... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should there be consequences or discipline? |
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Posted: 06 May 2011, 7:08 pm
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Replies: 37
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| momsparky - this is probably akin to teaching my grandmother to suck eggs, but i found with my son, the trick was to focus on activities that are most interesting to him, and find a way to "teach" things through that activity. My son was completely fascinated with dinosaurs when he was 6 or so, and ... |
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Forum: Parents' Discussion Topic: Should there be consequences or discipline? |
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Posted: 06 May 2011, 6:59 pm
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Replies: 37
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| AnotherOne - that's exactly what we're doing now. Waiting for our grub to turn into a butterfly - literally. I think he's having an extended cocoon period, and hoping that he'll emerge from that phase into someone who's much happier and ready to face the world as it is. It's like he has to find a pl... |
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