Most ASD kids will just go into complete shut down when they're emotional and loose their words completely, but he's trying, so still trying to deal, which is actually a really good thing. Try giving him cues to help him in these situations that only require a one or two word response i.e. You say, "Samuel feels...", Samuel says, "...angry/scared/etc." You say, "What made you feel angry/scared/etc", Samuel says, "it broke" hands up toy. KWIM? If he still can't find the words, you might need to offer him suggestions "Are you excited?" If this doesn't work it might be worth having picture cards he can point to so he can still get his message across.
Is it just me or does anyone else think that during the P&T meeting where we discussed Evans problems with his two teachers that maybe it was a good time to let us know that his main (4 days of the week) teacher was leaving?! But nope, nothing mentioned other then a note in his bag today informing us that she is taking long service leave. I guess it may have been a sudden thing, but I am suspicious now that this is why she has delayed putting in the referral for Evan to the counsellor. So now I need to chase up if she has actually done that yet AND re establish with the new teacher that Evan is not a naughty kid. It will be a male teacher, which I am hoping will be good for Evan. Thankfully Evan doesn't seem to be too bothered by a change of teacher & he doesn't actually really like his current one so it could all be a good thing. But still you think she could have informed us personally last week when we met with her. Its a pretty big change to his routine.
Also, Poor kid, they are electing class captains. He wants to be one. But told me today he can't because no one likes him & he has no friends so no one will vote for him
poor Evan.. I definately think they should have discussed it with you and set up a plan to cope with the change of teachers.
I'm pretty sure I posted earlier but obviously not..
Anywho... curing ASD? Nah. I know you can do heaps to "lessen" the effects of ASD. Thats why Early Intervention is incredibly important. The Sensory Processing Disorder side of things can be improved so much that over time they are much better able to cope with the outside world. Depending on the issues, you can definately see major improvements.
With us, we went through heavy metal detox (kids with ASD are known for high metal levels), we did elimination diets and allergy testing, we've done early intervention for over 2 years and before that did numerous parenting courses and tried to find ways to make her life easier. I've heard so many things about stuff you can do in order to "cure" ASD, and after all we've done we've seen HUGE improvements in her ability to cope with the world around her. She's not there, but she's so much better than she would have been without all the hard work. I don't think its all for everybody... the food and diet change saw the biggest results.
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