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<blockquote data-quote="--Eleanor--" data-source="post: 33281" data-attributes="member: 3620"><p>Hi--thanks for the quick responses! The school is (at this point--his previous school was awful) being very good about accomodating the hyperlexia. His aide uses a whiteboard, and the autism specialist has prepared a number of social stories. The settlement of our IDEA due process claim included what I would consider a "dream team" for his IEP team, including a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) who actually knows what hyperlexia is, and a behavioral psychologist (who is on contract, not on district staff) who has set up what looks like a good behavioral plan.</p><p></p><p>Re: "The Explosive Child"--yes, we've got it, and it sounded good, but we didn't end up discovering any triggers for problem behaviors other than the obvious one, e.g., him not wanting to do whatever it is he is supposed to do. We did get some useful strageties that we use a lot--we give lots of "choices," for example.</p><p></p><p>Re: Evaluations, we have had two full workups, one when he was 2, and one last November. Nothing unusual turned up (except that the hyperlexia is pretty unusual, it seems).</p><p></p><p>Re: medications. Well, we resisted for quite a while, but have recently started a trial of the lowest dose of ritalin. It does seem to help with concentration. But his behavior is no better (in fact worse when he's coming off the stuff).</p><p></p><p>I think the big problem at this point is that he is really into testing limits. He is constantly asking "what will happen" if he does something I tell him not to, or doesn't do something I tell him to do. And he is obviously carefully weighing his options. It goes something like this:</p><p>"Stop kicking the chair."</p><p>"What will happen?"</p><p>"You'll get a time-out."</p><p>"How long?"</p><p>"5 mintues."</p><p>"How about 4 minutes?"</p><p>And so on...</p><p></p><p>(It would be funny if it wasn't so irritating.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="--Eleanor--, post: 33281, member: 3620"] Hi--thanks for the quick responses! The school is (at this point--his previous school was awful) being very good about accomodating the hyperlexia. His aide uses a whiteboard, and the autism specialist has prepared a number of social stories. The settlement of our IDEA due process claim included what I would consider a "dream team" for his IEP team, including a Speech Language Pathologist (SLP) who actually knows what hyperlexia is, and a behavioral psychologist (who is on contract, not on district staff) who has set up what looks like a good behavioral plan. Re: "The Explosive Child"--yes, we've got it, and it sounded good, but we didn't end up discovering any triggers for problem behaviors other than the obvious one, e.g., him not wanting to do whatever it is he is supposed to do. We did get some useful strageties that we use a lot--we give lots of "choices," for example. Re: Evaluations, we have had two full workups, one when he was 2, and one last November. Nothing unusual turned up (except that the hyperlexia is pretty unusual, it seems). Re: medications. Well, we resisted for quite a while, but have recently started a trial of the lowest dose of ritalin. It does seem to help with concentration. But his behavior is no better (in fact worse when he's coming off the stuff). I think the big problem at this point is that he is really into testing limits. He is constantly asking "what will happen" if he does something I tell him not to, or doesn't do something I tell him to do. And he is obviously carefully weighing his options. It goes something like this: "Stop kicking the chair." "What will happen?" "You'll get a time-out." "How long?" "5 mintues." "How about 4 minutes?" And so on... (It would be funny if it wasn't so irritating.) [/QUOTE]
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