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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 265120" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>OMG! A MIdwestDad and I'm a Midwest Mom <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>Now to the serious stuff.</p><p>If your twins can hardly talk, he doesn't have Aspergers. Aspergers is not that severe; the kids don't have speech delays. My son is on the spectrum and I'm pretty well acquainted with it. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids need school interventions, in my opinion behaviorists are a wasate of time for spectrum kids. Their brains are wired differently and what works for "typical" kids does not work for our kids, especially if the poor child is struggling with communication issues. My son was horrid and frustrated and sad (and so were we) until he broke into speech at 4 1/2. But he was getting mega-speech therapy in school (five days a week) by the time he was three years old. So he was making steady progress. once he could communicate, most of the behavior problems he had improved.</p><p> I also believe that your twins probably don't have ADHD/ODD--that behavior is probably part of the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). If he can't communicate he is going to be VERY frustrated. Is he getting therapies in school? Is he in a Special Education class to work with him one-on-one? No matter how bright he is, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids NEED extra help. My son is very smart, but he needed it. Only last year in high school he was basically mainstreamed. All the help in Spec. Ed, including the all-important social skills and life skills helped. Mainstream classes would not have addressed those issues which Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids struggle with. </p><p></p><p>Who diagnosed your sons? Have they ever seen a neuropsychologist? If not, I highly recommend it! A neuropsychologist evaluation touches all bases and will be very intensive--ours was ten hours long--we were much better versed in our son's issues/strengths/weaknesses after that and he really swung upward after that because we knew what to do. He is not on medication. Often Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are thrown medication and often too they really don't need it--they need interventions. Sometimes they do need some medications, but not always. Often, stims do nada for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. Often they make them worse.</p><p></p><p>Why not tell us more and we'll try to help you.</p><p>Welcome to the board.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 265120, member: 1550"] OMG! A MIdwestDad and I'm a Midwest Mom :happy: Now to the serious stuff. If your twins can hardly talk, he doesn't have Aspergers. Aspergers is not that severe; the kids don't have speech delays. My son is on the spectrum and I'm pretty well acquainted with it. Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids need school interventions, in my opinion behaviorists are a wasate of time for spectrum kids. Their brains are wired differently and what works for "typical" kids does not work for our kids, especially if the poor child is struggling with communication issues. My son was horrid and frustrated and sad (and so were we) until he broke into speech at 4 1/2. But he was getting mega-speech therapy in school (five days a week) by the time he was three years old. So he was making steady progress. once he could communicate, most of the behavior problems he had improved. I also believe that your twins probably don't have ADHD/ODD--that behavior is probably part of the Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD). If he can't communicate he is going to be VERY frustrated. Is he getting therapies in school? Is he in a Special Education class to work with him one-on-one? No matter how bright he is, Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) kids NEED extra help. My son is very smart, but he needed it. Only last year in high school he was basically mainstreamed. All the help in Spec. Ed, including the all-important social skills and life skills helped. Mainstream classes would not have addressed those issues which Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids struggle with. Who diagnosed your sons? Have they ever seen a neuropsychologist? If not, I highly recommend it! A neuropsychologist evaluation touches all bases and will be very intensive--ours was ten hours long--we were much better versed in our son's issues/strengths/weaknesses after that and he really swung upward after that because we knew what to do. He is not on medication. Often Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids are thrown medication and often too they really don't need it--they need interventions. Sometimes they do need some medications, but not always. Often, stims do nada for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) kids. Often they make them worse. Why not tell us more and we'll try to help you. Welcome to the board. [/QUOTE]
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