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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 287934" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>Please PROMISE me that if you find an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for kids on the autistic spectrum you will PM the name and address of it to me!!!! SOOOO many people come here frustrated with kids on the spectrum who are not getting the help they need - having that info to pass on would mean the WORLD to me!</p><p></p><p>I am fairly passionate about the autistic spectrum issues, as are MWM and Marg, because I have a child on the spectrum. I see how truly special and gifted so many of them are, and how regular education leaves them behind and unchallenged and frustrated. Mostly because I have LIVED through it and I KNOW there is a bright future ahead if you get the right interventions. Wiz is AMAZING - he is BRILLIANT (Last IQ test put him in the 140's) and he has learned to cope with the world!!</p><p></p><p>I KNOW how frustrated you are. I learned about brushing therapy when thank you was 5. Wiz was almost 14!! The Occupational Therapist (OT) said that brushing might help him, but not to make an appointment because he was so much older than anyone she or her coworkers had evaluated. So I just took the technique she taught me and used it on all 3 of my kids. They ALL became so much better adapted. I finally broke down and bought a 6 pack of the brushes online because with shipping all 6 were the price the Occupational Therapist (OT) was charging for 1. We went through so many brushes because they got worn down (brushing over clothing is fine, but can be tough on the brushes) or lost. I also gave a couple to friends who couldn't get to the Occupational Therapist (OT) and lost/wore out their brushes. Around here to get a private Occupational Therapist (OT) you have to drive 90 miles to one of the big cities (OKC or Tulsa).</p><p></p><p>I did the therapy on thank you, and also on Jess and Wiz when they were home from school. It was incredible. It didn't "fix" them but it DID make it easier for them to be in the world. Esp the world outside our home. thank you showed teh most drastic change, in about a year he was able to handle church services even in the front of church where the organ was really loud, able to sit through a program on the cultures of other countries performed at the university here (we have one of the largest foreign student populations of any university in the US, due to our agriculture and veterinary colleges at the University). So many things, he could even go to the grocery after school as long as I had a snack with protein for him. He could even wait until we got to the deli at the store and got popcorn chicken to eat while we shopped!! It seems small, but it was HUGE! He still has Occupational Therapist (OT) at school and it helps quite a bit. I only had 2 days I kept him home from school because he was so overwhelmed. I had about 9 PER QUARTER last year. School totally understood, they even called me last year when he just couldn't function a couple of times. It makes THAT big a difference!!</p><p></p><p>THe older kids just became more easy going. Wiz got to the point we didn't have to schedule everything to give him advance notice if we were going somewhere. We used to have to let him know a day or two ahead if we had to go run errands or visit my parents or whatever. Which was annoying and often Raise whatever Cain you have to to have the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) get an Occupational Therapist (OT) there or take him to one. Make them do it, however you need to. It is too important to not do it.</p><p></p><p>Anyway, I am glad we could give you some ideas. I pray you find that Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for spectrum kids and that he can grow and flourish there. Our kids on teh spectrum have so much to offer the world, they just need more involved maps and skills to navigate it!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 287934, member: 1233"] Please PROMISE me that if you find an Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for kids on the autistic spectrum you will PM the name and address of it to me!!!! SOOOO many people come here frustrated with kids on the spectrum who are not getting the help they need - having that info to pass on would mean the WORLD to me! I am fairly passionate about the autistic spectrum issues, as are MWM and Marg, because I have a child on the spectrum. I see how truly special and gifted so many of them are, and how regular education leaves them behind and unchallenged and frustrated. Mostly because I have LIVED through it and I KNOW there is a bright future ahead if you get the right interventions. Wiz is AMAZING - he is BRILLIANT (Last IQ test put him in the 140's) and he has learned to cope with the world!! I KNOW how frustrated you are. I learned about brushing therapy when thank you was 5. Wiz was almost 14!! The Occupational Therapist (OT) said that brushing might help him, but not to make an appointment because he was so much older than anyone she or her coworkers had evaluated. So I just took the technique she taught me and used it on all 3 of my kids. They ALL became so much better adapted. I finally broke down and bought a 6 pack of the brushes online because with shipping all 6 were the price the Occupational Therapist (OT) was charging for 1. We went through so many brushes because they got worn down (brushing over clothing is fine, but can be tough on the brushes) or lost. I also gave a couple to friends who couldn't get to the Occupational Therapist (OT) and lost/wore out their brushes. Around here to get a private Occupational Therapist (OT) you have to drive 90 miles to one of the big cities (OKC or Tulsa). I did the therapy on thank you, and also on Jess and Wiz when they were home from school. It was incredible. It didn't "fix" them but it DID make it easier for them to be in the world. Esp the world outside our home. thank you showed teh most drastic change, in about a year he was able to handle church services even in the front of church where the organ was really loud, able to sit through a program on the cultures of other countries performed at the university here (we have one of the largest foreign student populations of any university in the US, due to our agriculture and veterinary colleges at the University). So many things, he could even go to the grocery after school as long as I had a snack with protein for him. He could even wait until we got to the deli at the store and got popcorn chicken to eat while we shopped!! It seems small, but it was HUGE! He still has Occupational Therapist (OT) at school and it helps quite a bit. I only had 2 days I kept him home from school because he was so overwhelmed. I had about 9 PER QUARTER last year. School totally understood, they even called me last year when he just couldn't function a couple of times. It makes THAT big a difference!! THe older kids just became more easy going. Wiz got to the point we didn't have to schedule everything to give him advance notice if we were going somewhere. We used to have to let him know a day or two ahead if we had to go run errands or visit my parents or whatever. Which was annoying and often Raise whatever Cain you have to to have the Residential Treatment Center (RTC) get an Occupational Therapist (OT) there or take him to one. Make them do it, however you need to. It is too important to not do it. Anyway, I am glad we could give you some ideas. I pray you find that Residential Treatment Center (RTC) for spectrum kids and that he can grow and flourish there. Our kids on teh spectrum have so much to offer the world, they just need more involved maps and skills to navigate it! [/QUOTE]
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