Special Education Parent Advice Community

May 17, 2012 at 1:56 PM

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by seandnjsmom at 1:56 PM (49 Views / 0 Likes) 3 Comments

Many of you know I have a 3 year old with health problems and a 6 year old with separation anxiety. My ex husband was not a great guy and as such sometimes my daughter acts out. Overall she is very good but when she acts out it gets pretty bad.

In any case, for some reason my mom is a lot...

May 17, 2012 at 1:01 AM

Thinking of going to an Autism Camp this summer

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by seandnjsmom at 1:01 AM (34 Views / 0 Likes) 3 Comments

There is a camp in our area that is coming up later this summer. It is for families with autism spectrum disorder and other similar disorders. I talked to the directors about the fact that my son is just now going down the road of evaluation to see what the extent of things is and such but they...

May 15, 2012 at 4:00 PM

Never shout at an aspie child

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by Mommyjoyce at 4:00 PM (116 Views / 0 Likes) 4 Comments

We just have to accept it. We will never gain anything from shouting. More so, when we lose patience with our aspie son. Shouting closes his mind to reason and logic all the more. The aspie is a sensitive person who can read feelings in words and tones.

So if circumstances arises and you feel...

May 15, 2012 at 3:24 PM

Aspies can be very gullible to his friends!

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by Mommyjoyce at 3:24 PM (47 Views / 1 Likes) 2 Comments

When my aspie son began having teen friends, there were those bad guys who took advantage of his friendship and made him believe different things. He was made to believe that my jewelries could be sold; that I don't use them anyway, that if he has money they will continue to be friends with him,...

May 15, 2012 at 3:17 PM

Avoid making the mistake of pampering your child with ASD!

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by Mommyjoyce at 3:17 PM (21 Views / 0 Likes) 2 Comments

One of my friends who has a son with autism made the mistake of being over protective towards her son; to the extent that her other children became envious and hated their brother when they were growing up.

Their mom made the mistake of treating her special child so "specially" as in: she gives...

May 13, 2012 at 8:33 AM

My Daughter is Frustrated with her Brother

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by seandnjsmom at 8:33 AM (67 Views / 0 Likes) 5 Comments

My 6 year old daughter is a little frustrated with her brother right now. She is very smart and a sweet girl but, of course, cannot comopletely understand everything going on with her brother. She does not know why somtimes when she tries to hug him he screams (he does not always like to be...