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<blockquote data-quote="Marguerite" data-source="post: 110754" data-attributes="member: 1991"><p>This could be controversial, but don't think of him as having "mild autistic tendencies but more severe ODD tendencies." Instead, think of it as all autism-related. Although difficult child 3 was never diagnosed with ODD, he probably would meet the criteria. "Explosive Child" helped us a lot, but when we really dig down into it, the ODD-type stuff we see all comes down to the autism and difficult child 3's way of coping with it all.</p><p></p><p>Home-schooling - there are other options. We have a great system here, where the state education system has an enrolment option that works similar to home schooling except they have teachers on call, over the phone, to talk him through the work. They mark the work which I supervise and post in. The school posts the work to us. It's all designed to work in writing, which suits autistic kids well because most of them are visual learners. Often extreme visual learners.</p><p></p><p>But that is Australia. However, I believe there are similar systems available as 'on-line education" or similar. We have difficult child 3 enrolled in "Mathletics" which is an online software system geared to our school curriculum. It costs us A$99 a year, which is far less than certain un-named maths education systems being privately promoted. This could at least take care of the mathematics component of his education.</p><p></p><p>You describe his problems as really beginning when school started - that is a red flag. And the language delay - another red flag. It means that you really need to help him with his written communication, there are some tricks you can use depending on how he presents. But autistic kids are often not very good at composing text, especially fiction. </p><p></p><p>You also describe problem in-laws plus a husband who was similar - chances are, your in-laws saw nothing out of the ordinary because husband was the same. A lot of these things have a hereditary component. It's quite possible husband is also somewhere on the spectrum - we think my husband is too.</p><p></p><p>Hang in there, read the book, find your level and be prepared to give home schooling another go. If you do, there is a lot of support and resources to help you set it up with a minimum of fuss to you.</p><p></p><p>And if you don't - we're still here, all decisions are respected. But I think it will only make the oppositional behaviour worse, for many reasons I won't go into now.</p><p></p><p>Marg</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marguerite, post: 110754, member: 1991"] This could be controversial, but don't think of him as having "mild autistic tendencies but more severe ODD tendencies." Instead, think of it as all autism-related. Although difficult child 3 was never diagnosed with ODD, he probably would meet the criteria. "Explosive Child" helped us a lot, but when we really dig down into it, the ODD-type stuff we see all comes down to the autism and difficult child 3's way of coping with it all. Home-schooling - there are other options. We have a great system here, where the state education system has an enrolment option that works similar to home schooling except they have teachers on call, over the phone, to talk him through the work. They mark the work which I supervise and post in. The school posts the work to us. It's all designed to work in writing, which suits autistic kids well because most of them are visual learners. Often extreme visual learners. But that is Australia. However, I believe there are similar systems available as 'on-line education" or similar. We have difficult child 3 enrolled in "Mathletics" which is an online software system geared to our school curriculum. It costs us A$99 a year, which is far less than certain un-named maths education systems being privately promoted. This could at least take care of the mathematics component of his education. You describe his problems as really beginning when school started - that is a red flag. And the language delay - another red flag. It means that you really need to help him with his written communication, there are some tricks you can use depending on how he presents. But autistic kids are often not very good at composing text, especially fiction. You also describe problem in-laws plus a husband who was similar - chances are, your in-laws saw nothing out of the ordinary because husband was the same. A lot of these things have a hereditary component. It's quite possible husband is also somewhere on the spectrum - we think my husband is too. Hang in there, read the book, find your level and be prepared to give home schooling another go. If you do, there is a lot of support and resources to help you set it up with a minimum of fuss to you. And if you don't - we're still here, all decisions are respected. But I think it will only make the oppositional behaviour worse, for many reasons I won't go into now. Marg [/QUOTE]
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