One of my kids' cousins (actually second cousin, but they're very close) was severly autisic. His dad worked with him night and day and he managed to break through. He still has social issues, but he's a wonderful kid, currently in collage in Colorado. He grew up in California but loves being with my kids because a) he a bright kid and b) my kids have never seen him as weird or forced him to do anything he didn't want to do. He would send a week or so here in the summer and if he felt like just being alone for the day, no biggie in my kids' eyes.
It's a big part of the behavioral school of teaching for autistic kids. I mean, as a phrase with non-autistic children, I think it's fine. But in the context of kids who cannot verbally communicate it makes me sick.
For the runners, we hold one hand gently while we are walking around. And if a kid (non-autistic) is violent, we use Mandt training positions. But not just randomly "quiet hands". That's brutal stuff.
The school district has pretty good guidelines from what I can tell, so that is city wide for the public schools.
Well, it means ready to learn by sitting at a desk. Which is I suppose what all public schools aspire to. It is also the reason I sent my kid to Montessori for as long as I could possibly afford to. But yeah, in this context, it's chilling as hell, isn't it?
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One of my kids' cousins (actually second cousin, but they're very close) was severly autisic. His dad worked with him night and day and he managed to break through. He still has social issues, but he's a wonderful kid, currently in collage in Colorado.
He grew up in California but loves being with my kids because a) he a bright kid and b) my kids have never seen him as weird or forced him to do anything he didn't want to do. He would send a week or so here in the summer and if he felt like just being alone for the day, no biggie in my kids' eyes.
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Aaand this would be why I love my Flist.
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One of our kids, very non-verbal autistic, is moving himself constantly. I've never heard anyone tell him to stop.
What a sad thing. The movement is comfort, so wth.
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The school district has pretty good guidelines from what I can tell, so that is city wide for the public schools.
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