Thanks for the welcome- and the links full of information!!
At our house, life got so much easier when we finally figured out our autistic son's sensory issues. I recommend the book "Raising a sensory smart child", but there are some awesome free resources online at www.sensory-processing-disorder.com. You should browse around there, but you might also want to go directly to the following:
Welcome! I too have a 6 year old, first grade son with PDD-NOS.
I kind of jumped in to posting yesterday and never did an official intro. My name is Melanie, I am 26 and have 3 kids. Caleb is 8, Jaden (JJ)is 6 and Kailyn is 3. My middle child has PDD-NOS as well as sensory issues. My oldest son is very advanced and has always been way ahead of his peers, so when Jaden came along and was what seemed "slower" to me.. I just figured at the time that he right on target with the "average" child, because all I had to compare to was my first child who was always above and beyond and early at everything. When Jaden was 3 I signed him up for preschool (our first real interaction with other kids). When I picked him up after his first day the preschool director and his teacher pulled me aside and told me they thought he was autistic and urged me to get him evaluated. I was so upset I cried all night, it was just so unexpected and I didnt plan to have that happen when I was on my way there to pick him up. Well long story short, we got into his PED and talked about our concerns, he referred us to the psychologist and to neurology at childrens hospital in Seattle, and here we are now, 3 years later and in the 1st grade :) Jadens official diagnosis is PDD-NOS and he also has many sensory issues which we have yet to find help for. He is in a traditional 1st grade classroom but recieves much 1-1 help from an assistant and get pulled from the classroom for a few hours each week for OT and speach. He adores thomas- I mean is obsessed with thomas and friends (and most all trains). He is delayed in his academics and some motor skills and is a bit delayed in speech but nothing to horrible. Well I need to keep this short, but any questions just ask. Im glad I found these forums they are going to be such a help! Just so you can put a face to the name- here is JJ :)
Hi and welcome! Cool siggy - your son is adorable. I also have a 6 year-old, first grade son with PDD-NOS. Welcome! My son is also 6 and has PDD-NOS. However, since he has a summer birthday - we held him out and he is in all-day mainstream kindergarten.Welcome. I have a seven year old with pdd-nos. I'm sure it was a total
shock finding out the way you did but I wish that my preschool would
have givin me a clue. I had the 1st grade teacher meet me with several
other staff and open with that he was the most abnormal kid she ever had
in 34 years of teaching. It did not come as a total shock because there
always was something very different about him but it would have been so
much easier to have an IEP in place before school. Anyway, looking
forward to hear from you. I probably live pretty close to you - I'm glad
you got the 1:1, I was initially told that that is not done much around
here.Welcome and your signature file is awesome. Your kids are so precious. It's nice to have you here, hang around and you won't be sorry. Everyone here is so caring, helpful and very sympathetic. You will make a lot of friends and find more moral support than you could ever imagine.
Good luck and Welcome!!
I too have a 6 year old with PDD-NOS. He is in a self-contained K-2 class with mainstreaming opportunities. Welcome to the board!Hi. I'm new myself. My son is fifteen with PDD-NOS. Your kids are adorable.
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