Tragedy

Here I sit at work today Monday Dec 17th 2012 2 days after a horrible attack on Innocent Children. I did not know anything had happend until I left work that day at about 3:30 in the afternoon as I am in a very Secure Enviorment all day. I got home and spent the entire evening with the Family and it was an awesome feeling. I really feel that we "Americans really need to have a look at what we are allowing our children with Autism to not only View on TV but also on computers Facebook and any Social Media. Now that I am older and there is more on social Media etc I am thankful that I was rasised in a very protected Enviorment IE no TV. some would argue otherwise, but if you think about it we did not have all these school shootings etc before. say 1990. if we did it was not all over the news. I think the media puts way too much attention on it when it does happen. Some would say that Parents of Children with Special needs are way to overprotective of what thier kids see hear etc but there is a reason for it. The reason is this See no Evil, speak no evil, hear no Evil. if you want your child to have an open mind about things and the world then Expose them to things in a way he or she can understand make sure they do not have access to things that may hurt them or cause them to have thoughts of huring others. here is a website I found very Helpful today while sitting here at work making sure my Credit Recovery Students do not say anything about what happend on Fri.

1st Grade

Well yesterday paul started the first Grade and what day and afternoon adventure he had. it started off as a usual school morning getting dressed,breakfest etc. well then I Decided I would walk him to school well lil miss Elizabeth had her back pack all ready to go as well as she wants to go to school too but has to wait another year. well I walked him to school and all the way to his classroom door. since it was the first day. well I walked home wondering how he was doing etc adjusting and things and I get to our driveway and here comes a school bus. it turns out that the school bus was for paul. Later on that Day I walked over to pick him up expecting him to be at the door with the walkers. Well he was not on the walking list. and I went up to the office and found out that the assist pricipal had arraged for him to have special transportation (I could have hugged her) as she did not have to do this for him. so finding out that he was already on the bus I walked home and waited well it got to be about 2:45 I got a phone call it was the Asst pricipal he had been accidently put on the wrong bus and thankfully the bus driver realized he was not on her route and brought him back to school. so I walked back over with Elizabeth and picked him up. While there I told the Asst pricipal that I was Gratful that she had gone ahead and set up bus transportation for him and that would be fine since with all our scheduales it would work out best. so thus Paul's first day of First Grade.

Paul will be a Gen Ed kiddo this next year. YES

I am so very excited and happy to Report that Paul will be entering the 1st grade this next year with Minimal support from the special Ed teachers and he will be moved out of speech Thearapy in the fall. I cannot express how happy and excited I am be writing this. THis has been a dream come true for me ever since we found out about his Autsim. Paul is the MOse awesome lil guy is the whole wide world most of all I will be able to be at his school this next year and no problems. Paul still has his social and Emotional issues that we battle each and every day but I would not ever trade him for the world. accademicly he is off the charts smart which I am very happy for. His teacher this past year sent home a summer work packet for him to work on and We could tell that she had done this not just for Paul but for each student in her class,which we thought was awesome. MOre to come about our summer adventures Stay Tuned

Meet Mensa’s youngest US member: She joined at age 2

Meet Mensa’s youngest US member: She joined at age 2


love this more coming about Paul and his Autism now that I have some time due to no car. 

getting a child with Autsim to help around the house

it is hard to get a child with Autism to do what they are asked. this after noon My sons room was a Mess and My husband went in and told him to clean his room well now he cleaned his room but he put all of his trains into a pile instead of stacking the track nice and neat. So as I sit here and write I am attempting to figure out a way to get him to put his track away nice and neat without having a melt down or a fight about it or him trying to explain why. but then there are times you will ask him to pick up and clean up and he just jumps right in and starts to clean up. Most of the time the Behaviour that he has been Exhibiting has been due to carbs or sugar or the Combination thereof. Those two things seem to be his biggest Triggers one thing that does help us with our son is Vitamins. when he gets Extra Vitamins we both notice a lot less Autistic Behaviour and a lot less rough houseing but a lot of the being rough is your Typical 6 year old boy coming out as it will. A lot of times when I am having a difficut time getting my son to do what I want him to I usually try and talk though it with him and try to explain to him in words he can understand why he can or cannot do something. as sometimes if you talk to him you can better understand why he does not want to comply with what you want him to do or think he should be doing.

The Challanges of Autism

being a parent of any child with special needs is never easy. When you throw Autism into the mix it can get even harder. THese past few weeks I have found that out First hand as I have recently started back to work in the last month and we all have noticed paul's behaviour go from good and doing what he is supposed to do to being Beligerant and defiant and even getting physical. Which is not normal for him at all. well it turns out he was just having a bad week for what ever reason, and did not know or understand how to communicate this to the rest of us in a positive way. I am hoping that once we settle into a Routine if what he can expect each and every day that things will get better.