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<blockquote data-quote="midwestdad" data-source="post: 265131" data-attributes="member: 7251"><p>Thanks for the helpful replies! I've got to get used to the abbreviations. I thought "AS" was Autism Spectrum, not Aspie. They are definitely NOT Aspie kids. They were diagnosed mild-to-moderate Autism at 4. They have been evaluated by a number of NeuroPsychs over the past few years, with varying results. We've been on a number of different medications over the years - the atypical anti-psychs worked really well for a while, although we did have some dyskinesia issues. Stims have worked REALLY well, but it's ugly with a capital UG when they come down each night. We've tried some of the other stims that are supposed to be better with that (like Concerta) and they weren't effective.</p><p> </p><p>They have also been getting PT/Occupational Therapist (OT)/ST in school for the past several years. The school district we're in has been very good about that, with well-qualified therapists, and we have been supplementing that with private therapy as well.</p><p> </p><p>Marguerite made an excellent point about not worrying too much about which alphabet soup is applied to any difficult child, just treat it all as symptomology of their disorder and move on from there. Generally, I am very much in that camp. The reason that I think it might be important is that their behavior issues have trumped any other learning. You had asked what they are like when we're out in the community. I can't answer that, because we can't take them out in the community, ever. Even at school, interactions with their peers are only with very close and careful supervision. Even with that, one of my difficult children got out of reach of his aide for a second and bit a classmate last year. If we can't get that behavior under control somehow, communication won't matter.</p><p> </p><p>Also, I don't think the outbursts are communication-related. I've been doing more observation and it seems to me that their outbursts aren't that they can't communicate what they want. It's more that they've communicated it and don't like the response. I got a door slammed at me this morning after asking my difficult child to come with me to get his shower. He understood fine what the message was and communicated very clearly his opinion on the subject. And it's not that he doesn't like showers, or it's a sensory thing - generally, he loves his showers. He just didn't like the expectation. It's gotten to be that with everything in his day, just one knock-down fight after another.</p><p> </p><p>We're off to another meeting with the docs tomorrow, but if anyone out there has any ideas on the stimulant bounce-back, that'd be welcome as well. Thanks also for the book ideas - I've been looking for reading material, and haven't found anything yet that's been very helpful.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="midwestdad, post: 265131, member: 7251"] Thanks for the helpful replies! I've got to get used to the abbreviations. I thought "AS" was Autism Spectrum, not Aspie. They are definitely NOT Aspie kids. They were diagnosed mild-to-moderate Autism at 4. They have been evaluated by a number of NeuroPsychs over the past few years, with varying results. We've been on a number of different medications over the years - the atypical anti-psychs worked really well for a while, although we did have some dyskinesia issues. Stims have worked REALLY well, but it's ugly with a capital UG when they come down each night. We've tried some of the other stims that are supposed to be better with that (like Concerta) and they weren't effective. They have also been getting PT/Occupational Therapist (OT)/ST in school for the past several years. The school district we're in has been very good about that, with well-qualified therapists, and we have been supplementing that with private therapy as well. Marguerite made an excellent point about not worrying too much about which alphabet soup is applied to any difficult child, just treat it all as symptomology of their disorder and move on from there. Generally, I am very much in that camp. The reason that I think it might be important is that their behavior issues have trumped any other learning. You had asked what they are like when we're out in the community. I can't answer that, because we can't take them out in the community, ever. Even at school, interactions with their peers are only with very close and careful supervision. Even with that, one of my difficult children got out of reach of his aide for a second and bit a classmate last year. If we can't get that behavior under control somehow, communication won't matter. Also, I don't think the outbursts are communication-related. I've been doing more observation and it seems to me that their outbursts aren't that they can't communicate what they want. It's more that they've communicated it and don't like the response. I got a door slammed at me this morning after asking my difficult child to come with me to get his shower. He understood fine what the message was and communicated very clearly his opinion on the subject. And it's not that he doesn't like showers, or it's a sensory thing - generally, he loves his showers. He just didn't like the expectation. It's gotten to be that with everything in his day, just one knock-down fight after another. We're off to another meeting with the docs tomorrow, but if anyone out there has any ideas on the stimulant bounce-back, that'd be welcome as well. Thanks also for the book ideas - I've been looking for reading material, and haven't found anything yet that's been very helpful. [/QUOTE]
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