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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 100890" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>How old is the little guy and why are you homeschooling? I homeschooled my now fourteen year old son when he was in kindergarten and first grade and it really turned out that with all the interventions he needed he did much better in public school (and I had always been against public school...lol). My son is doing great now, but he needed to get the constant interventions at school. THAT was what really changed his ability to function both at home and in the world. I could not have done it alone, and, no, I don't believe diets or vitamins cure autism and didn't use them. My son, now fourteen, is about the sweetest child on earth. Quite a difference from the raging toddler who, yes, BIT me...lol...kicked me and threw his time out chair. We had to take different approaches with him--the more he could communicate, the better he behaved. He'd been a very frustrated little guy. (We got him at age two and a bit). Lucas does better off medications and has not taken any for four years. But he has improved in every way. I know you won't want to hear this, and it's not at all about medications, but I think he should go to school and you should push for all the supports you can get. That's pretty much what we did, and it really worked out well. However, he needed Special Education and an aide at first. Now he is basically mainstreamed and holding his own on every level. But it didn't come easy--for him or us. PS--The school can't force you to put your child on medications. I never allow the educators to play doctor. They know their role with my child--teaching him. I take him to those who can help him with the rest and they know I'm not going to bend on that.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 100890, member: 1550"] How old is the little guy and why are you homeschooling? I homeschooled my now fourteen year old son when he was in kindergarten and first grade and it really turned out that with all the interventions he needed he did much better in public school (and I had always been against public school...lol). My son is doing great now, but he needed to get the constant interventions at school. THAT was what really changed his ability to function both at home and in the world. I could not have done it alone, and, no, I don't believe diets or vitamins cure autism and didn't use them. My son, now fourteen, is about the sweetest child on earth. Quite a difference from the raging toddler who, yes, BIT me...lol...kicked me and threw his time out chair. We had to take different approaches with him--the more he could communicate, the better he behaved. He'd been a very frustrated little guy. (We got him at age two and a bit). Lucas does better off medications and has not taken any for four years. But he has improved in every way. I know you won't want to hear this, and it's not at all about medications, but I think he should go to school and you should push for all the supports you can get. That's pretty much what we did, and it really worked out well. However, he needed Special Education and an aide at first. Now he is basically mainstreamed and holding his own on every level. But it didn't come easy--for him or us. PS--The school can't force you to put your child on medications. I never allow the educators to play doctor. They know their role with my child--teaching him. I take him to those who can help him with the rest and they know I'm not going to bend on that. [/QUOTE]
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