Andrew is turning into a social butterfly | Autism PDD

That is  wonderful.  Especially the smile with the wave.  The teacher of any class should always acknowledge the childs coming to and going from school. 

You must be so proud though.  My son will only wave with prompts.  He will do it spontanously but only when he wants someone to go away. 

Linda11567, Don't you just feel like running up to people sometimes and screaming in there face HELLO!!!!! don't you see what my precious little man is doing!!.


That is awesome!! Good for Him!




Mommy to Abby Grace 3yrs old PDD/NOSThat's so great to hear!!Fantastic!  Excellent news.YAY!!! OH, how wonderful, what bought this on?  Just a time ting or have you been specifically working on it? wow! Im glad to hear that. I could be quite social at that age also, friendly. Im so mad that people were ignoring him, I hope he does not get discouraged. It sounds like hes doing a good job and will continue to improve as he grows up. The best thing, and no theripy can really teach it, is that hes going to get that 'social practice.' And at such an early age, I bet hell be able to blend in to his peers in no time, and thats gotta be a wonderful feeling as a parent.He is saying hello and goodbye and he is initiating it, with a wave and smile. Its so cute! I could just smack the people who ignore him though, especially yesterday cause it was teachers of the autism class he was saying goodbye to and he was totally ignoring him. They were busy getting their kids to the bus, but still. It would have hurt them to take 2 seconds to acknowledge him. He has also made his first friend at school. I am so impressed with him!

[QUOTE=Allegra]OH, how wonderful, what bought this on?  Just a time ting or have you been specifically working on it? [/QUOTE]

He started ABA about a month ago, since then communication has really improved, and with improved communication has come improvement all the way across the board, social, less tantrums, more receptive and expressive language. Its like he's starting to "get it", especially the social part, and I think he likes all the attention he gets when he speaks up, he seems to be thriving on the recognition and power communication is bringing him. He gets anything he asks for within reason, so he smiles alot. LOL!  And this is the first time we have really seperated him from his twin, he no longer has his twin all day to play with and get his cues from, he has to fly solo. Plus some of it is probably just maturity. But the ABA and the seperation from his other half has really brought him out. I wish I could say Nikolas is doing as well, he's not doing bad, but I think the social cues part is always going to be a challenge. He tends to say bye to someone after they have walked out of the room. LOL! I think this proves almost 4.5 is not too old for ABA, it can still work wonders!

 

[QUOTE=LACEYONE]Linda11567, Don't you just feel like running up to people sometimes and screaming in there face HELLO!!!!! don't you see what my precious little man is doing!!.
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YES!!!!! I could not believe that, I realize they had 4 kids they were trying to get to the bus, but saying a couple of words and a smile is not going to take away from the other kids. Even after I repeated it very loudly 3 times. Huh. Hopefully it was a one time thing, if they continue to ignore him I will bring it to their attention. They need to recognize him, we waited way too long for him to get to this point and I don't want him giving up.

That is wonderful news.  Sorry about the teacher ignoring though.  If it was a 1 time event, I'd let it go, but if this becomes a pattern of behavior I would definitely bring it up to the teacher.
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