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Help w/ know it allism

AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
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DS [high anxiety, sensory sensitivities, immature, some social problems, but no diagnosis yet] today told his teachers that they needed to start giving him protein in his snack or he won't have enough energy for playground time. They thought it was hilarious, but the telling people what to do thing is starting to become a bit of a trend that I don't like. It's funny at four, but not so much at ten.

Any suggestions on how to get him to stop acting like he knows more than everyone else?
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Re: Help w/ know it allism

  • AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
    Thanks auntie. I will take a look. Does the book happen to come with discussion points at all? I tend to pick out parts of a book that I think DS will find interesting or will help with a problem, but a specific list would be helpful. I have found that he definitely identifies more with fictional characters than real people.
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  • AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
    Thanks! He currently attends a private preschool, as he was rejected by Child Find in Nov. 2011. We are registering for kindie in April. Is this something that I could find in the district parent resource center? I am not averse to purchasing, but since you brought up the idea of borrowing, I am now intrigued. I will see if our library has it too.
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  • AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
    No he hasn't. It's a work in progress here. ::sigh:: We are FINALLY only 4 weeks away from our first therapy appointment to attempt to help with the anxiety. DH is a major obstacle to getting things done, particularly after the rejection by child find, in which they essentially asked us why we were there. My hope is that the therapist will pick up red flags and then DH will be up for a trip to the developmental pedi. He immediately responded to DS's teacher when she voiced the same concerns I had directly to him, so I am hoping for a similar effect.

    I don't think a trip back to Child Find will work for us. DS is almost freakishly good at physical activities, both fine and gross motor skill versions, and I have zero intellectual development concerns as well. He is driven to learn everything about everything, and is absorbing both math and literacy skills practically through osmosis.

    Our primary concerns are his intense sensory aversions to smells, sounds, and people coughing or gagging. His reactions are completely out of control. He also has some pretty hefty anxiety associated with the sensory aversions as well as with transitions, routine changes, and "rule" changes or breaking by others. Once he gets on a "what happens when" track, it's virtually impossible to get him out. Socially, he essentially needs scripts to play. He can't keep up with the fluidity of play that peers exhibit. One minute they are superheroes, then they are Jedi, but he's still a superhero. Then they are playing hide and seek and he's still hunting for Yoda. He doesn't recognize when they get frustrated. When we are around other kids he doesn't know, he wants to play, but can't figure out what to do to initiate play, so he either just avoids it and needs extensive coaxing to go try, or he comes back many many times to ask for verbal prompts and to ask why that kid said what they said.

    Basically, it's mostly stuff that probably wouldn't show up in a room with an adult he gets to show off for. At least, it didn't last time. They didn't do a classroom observation.
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