Re: need for curriculum/catherine maurice's books

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Posted ByJulie on February 23, 2000 at 18:13:53:

In Reply to: need for curriculum/catherine maurice's books posted bylynn on February 14, 2000 at 16:20:54:

dear lynn,
i understand how you are feeling. i began to read that book about three months into our son's program, just when we seemed to be hitting a brick wall. the same week, i was sent a newsletter from a couple who were trying to raise funds to help with their lovaas program. because it mentioned a dietary thing i didn't know about, i phoned them to chat,and found that their son seemed to be making great strides in his progress, compared to ours. this got me worried!
however, i looked at a book of donna williams' and another, which she wrote the foreword for, and another book about autism by 4 experts, and they all seemed to favour the type of approach that option takes. also, as i know someone who heard other parents expressing their unhappiness with aba at a start-up, i asked why? she said they'd all felt it made their children far more withdrawn. all of this, and my own son's happiness and willingness to be among people more, reassured me. tonight i got to the bit in catherine's book when she criticizes option. even tho' i know better, it still shook me! the fact is however, that there are now messages in 'parents share' about their kids going into mainstream school, and i know personally of one boy not even mentioned there who is doing fine in mainstream, 3rd grade. incideantally, i also know of a boy who changed from option to lovaas, and although he is in main stream, he is unpredictable, and has some good days and some awful. i think what gaylen says is probably right, that attitude is a huge part of it, and yet other structured things can be brought in, as long as the child's interest has been invited successfully. we are also learning that when we hit a wall, it may be the surface evidence of a biological 'glitch'. is your child on the gfcf diet yet? have you checked for yeast infection?
are you using vitamin supplements?
both are good sources of info on the kind of checks you should be doing. didn't they mention william shaw's book at your start-up? 'biological treatments for autism and pdd'- they did at ours.
hope this is of some use to you. julie.

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Comments:: dear lynn, : i understand how you are feeling. i began to read that book about three months into our son's program, just when we seemed to be hitting a brick wall. the same week, i was sent a newsletter from a couple who were trying to raise funds to help with their lovaas program. because it mentioned a dietary thing i didn't know about, i phoned them to chat,and found that their son seemed to be making great strides in his progress, compared to ours. this got me worried! : however, i looked at a book of donna williams' and another, which she wrote the foreword for, and another book about autism by 4 experts, and they all seemed to favour the type of approach that option takes. also, as i know someone who heard other parents expressing their unhappiness with aba at a start-up, i asked why? she said they'd all felt it made their children far more withdrawn. all of this, and my own son's happiness and willingness to be among people more, reassured me. tonight i got to the bit in catherine's book when she criticizes option. even tho' i know better, it still shook me! the fact is however, that there are now messages in 'parents share' about their kids going into mainstream school, and i know personally of one boy not even mentioned there who is doing fine in mainstream, 3rd grade. incideantally, i also know of a boy who changed from option to lovaas, and although he is in main stream, he is unpredictable, and has some good days and some awful. i think what gaylen says is probably right, that attitude is a huge part of it, and yet other structured things can be brought in, as long as the child's interest has been invited successfully. we are also learning that when we hit a wall, it may be the surface evidence of a biological 'glitch'. is your child on the gfcf diet yet? have you checked for yeast infection? : are you using vitamin supplements? : check these out; : www.gnd.org : www.autismfile.com : both are good sources of info on the kind of checks you should be doing. didn't they mention william shaw's book at your start-up? 'biological treatments for autism and pdd'- they did at ours. : hope this is of some use to you. julie.