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Wednesday, April 8, 2009

QUESTIONS FOR OTHER PARENTS

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  1. Idaho Autism CommunityApril 8, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    Arlene wonders: What do other parents do? My husband and I both currently work outside the home and it is a daily struggle and upset between school and child care. Braxton's daycare is great, but they are not set up or trained to work with children like Braxton. What do other parents do?

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  2. Idaho Autism CommunityApril 8, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    Cori Responded: My husband and I both work as well. Zeke's IBI therapists have gone into the daycare to help show them how to work with him. Education is the best tool here. When you have days off or take a day off to be there with him and teach them how to help. Zeke tends to climb on everything so they made PEC pictures saying don't climb on things he shouldn't be and and okay to climb picture where it's okay. This is what I do and would do.

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  3. UnknownApril 13, 2009 at 8:21 PM

    What do are some good schools for kids with ppd/nos..My son is in the second grade at Harwood elementary in Rigby. His special ed, teacher are aying that he is beginning to"regress" in his academic skills which were already at below kindergarden level.

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  4. Kierstena RolfsonApril 14, 2009 at 4:54 AM

    He should qualify for a one-on-one aid. If he has an IEP the school should accommodate him by providing an aid at least part of the day. Or, for example, I am employed by The Learning Center a DDA that has contracts with the school to send their therapists into the school with a child. Currently, I am working at Discovery Elementary which has an amazing autism program. The child I work with transferred there a week ago because it wasn't working out in the other school. I don't know how much room they have available, or what you have to do to get him qualified or accepted to it, but it's something to look into. Good Luck!

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  5. AnonymousApril 15, 2009 at 2:31 PM

    I have stuggled in finding a place for my daughter to go as well. I highly recommend Cori's suggestion, I have done that also with a lot of success. One other thing I would suggest is to call Idaho Stars, (they can be contacted through Idaho Care line) tell them that you are looking for child care for a child with special needs, they have a list of provides that are willing and able to take them. I will still physically go and check them out however, what a day care says they can do and what they actually can do are sometime a little different. Also, I was blessed to have a wonderful child care provider that had 2 children of her own that are on the spectrum, if you live in idaho falls I would be happy to share that information with you. GOOOD LUCK

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  6. CoriApril 15, 2009 at 3:33 PM

    Potty training!! Does anyone have any suggestions? My son is 5 and doesnt want to "Go" in the toilet. We take him fairly often at home (his therapitst are really good at taking him during the day) but still not alot of progress. Does anyone have any hints or good ideas for kids with severe autism??

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  7. UnknownJanuary 14, 2017 at 10:05 PM

    I see the posts on here are rather old. I'm hoping to get these blogs going again. Anyway, I too have a 5-year old that refuses to go on the toilet. He is terrified of them and won't even try. We won't force the issue as when we tried that it was total meltdown chaos and he regressed into ASD symptoms horribly. So now he is still in diapers and will be 6 in April. Any suggestions? We have tried reading him children's books about it, rewarding him for trying, etc. but nothing seems to work.

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