MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'education autism'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:25:43 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2052854&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35130&url=http%3A%2F%2Fautisticbfh.blogspot.com%2F2008%2F12%2Flessons-of-autism-awareness.html In September of this year, Autism Speaks started a new program to encourage preschool teachers to talk with parents if they notice signs of autism in their students. According to Autism Speaks' executive vice-president Alison Tepper Singer, its purpose is to "ensure that kids who may have a developmental delay get the services they need as early as possible." Unfortunately, the reality does not always match the description.I have a four-year-old nephew who started preschool in September. He is a sweet kid and very curious and intelligent, but he has some difficulty understanding and following spoken directions. It wasn't long before the teachers identified him as having autistic characteristics.Did the teachers start a conversation about how they could better meet his needs? Did their incr... Whose Planet Is It Anyway? blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2052854 Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:41:00 +0100 2052854 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2033263&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35096&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeeds.b5media.com%2F%7Er%2Fb5media%2FAutismVox%2F%7E3%2FRj1cEpmQOdo%2F A review of special needs education in the UK has found that “parents feel the system is not on their side,” today’s BBC reports: [Inquiry chairman] Brian Lamb wrote: “A major concern for parents is the lack of transparency and lack of information about school and local authority SEN policies”. And he said no-one discussed with parents what their hopes and aspirations were for their children. I suspect the situation is not so different for parents in the US…… Tags: arizona, asd, asperger, autism blog, bbc, disabilities blog, disability, education autism, Health, parenthood, special education, special needsShare This (Source: Autism Vox) Autism Vox blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2033263 Fri, 12 Dec 2008 01:00:14 +0100 2033263 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=2523575&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35095&url=http%3A%2F%2Ffeedproxy.google.com%2F%7Er%2FAutismsEdges%2F%7E3%2FmcGApGoHBTo%2Fback-to-school-or-happy-case-of.html (Source: Autism's Edges) Autism's Edges blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=2523575 Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:56:00 +0100 2523575 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=811204&cid=t_217187_109_f&fid=35088&url=http%3A%2F%2Fqw88nb88.wordpress.com%2F2007%2F08%2F21%2Flearning-nothing%2F “I don’t know what to do with my son. You don’t understand what it’s like. He CAN’T LEARN. He’s been in school for FIVE YEARS and has learned NOTHING! I’ve been to all these meetings. It took him MONTHS of therapy to teach him how to sit down! [...] (Source: Andrea's Buzzing About:) Andrea's Buzzing About: blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=811204 Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:55:20 +0100 811204 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=776121&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35082&url=http%3A%2F%2F29marbles.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F08%2Fsun-tzu-and-art-of-iep.html As a young Army officer, I read Sun Tzu's Art of War many times (in different versions). When I transitioned into the civilian workforce, I realized that many of the ideas would translate to the world of business. (Not literally, of course. For example, Sun Tzu's demonstration of leadership ability using the Emperor's concubines as soldiers.)The Art of War can also be applied to many other common activities, such as the IEP. You can pull from many quotes, but here is my favorite:Know the enemy and know yourself; in a hundred battles you will never be in peril. When you are ignorant of the enemy, but know yourself, your chances of winning or losing are equal. If ignorant both of your enemy and yourself, you are certain in every battle to be in peril.Of course, this may need some translation... 29 Marbles blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=776121 Fri, 03 Aug 2007 03:52:00 +0100 776121 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=631650&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fyou-make-me-think.html There's this meme doing the rounds, called The Thinking Blogger award. Mike Stanton was kind enough to tag this blog. It's quite an honour when you're linked to by a great writer and a thoughtful man like Mike. The official rules for participation in the Thinking Blogger Awards meme are as follows: 1. If, and only if, you get tagged, write a post with links to 5 blogs that make you think,2. Link to this post so that people can easily find the exact origin of the meme,3. Optional: Proudly display the ‘Thinking Blogger Award’ with a link to the post that you wrote. When I started blogging at the start of January 2006, I was simply intending to have a kind of online diary, that only a few friends and family would ever choose to read. The emphasis, I felt, would be on home-education. It tr... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=631650 Wed, 23 May 2007 09:54:00 +0100 631650 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=623785&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fwhat-is-so-great-about-aba.html I've read in a few places lately about early autism diagnosis and the (debatable) importance of early intervention. There was an interesting discussion on the Autism Parents Forum here. Then there have been some thoughtful blog posts by various people including the always astute Abfh and one by Joey's Mom.As well as that, I've been reading more and more in the Irish media and on Irish blogs, about the campaigning by an Irish ABA lobby group called Irish Autism Action (IAA) and the recent court action by the parents of a 6 yo autistic child, who wanted to force the state to pay for 30 hours/week of ABA therapy. They lost the case but the state have just been ordered to pay them €61,000 in costs, to cover the delay they faced in gaining a diagnosis, and because the boy was denied any servi... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=623785 Fri, 18 May 2007 21:14:00 +0100 623785 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=611995&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Fautism-in-black-and-white.html photo credit-BlistermanEarlier today Kristina Chew on AutismVox had a great blog about “Race and Age of Autism Diagnosis”. I started to write a response on her blog, but after I got to 4 paragraphs thought I should just write my response here, rather than totally hijack her blog.I have seen studies that relate how blacks are diagnosed at a later age than whites, and have not been surprised. Because of my unique position (white physician parenting an autistic bi-racial (African American/Caucasian) 7 year old, I have a few things to say on the subject. About the only thing that could have made this article more relevant to me would be throwing adoption into the mix (both our kids are adopted). But even if you’re part of what I perceive to be a mostly white middle class (I think you hav... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=611995 Tue, 15 May 2007 04:48:00 +0100 611995 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=584374&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F05%2Ffantastic-at-phonics.html We easing back into normal days again...well, normal for us anyway! The boys are watching 'Come Outside' on Cbeebies. They both love this show. Lady is writing a letter (long overdue) to her best friend in London, and I've just spent some time with both boys in turn, doing a little phonics practice. I'd printed out the 'disks' from this free phonics resource years ago when Lady was learning to read. Duncan has not sat down to do phonics before, but he got the hang of it right away, and just flew through the words! He did 7 pages, before I saw he was getting a bit bored. He was able to decipher all the words, though I had to listen hard as he insisted on whispering them. I was very impressed. Then I repeated the exercise with Thomas. He only did 3 pages, he was much less interested! Anyway,... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=584374 Wed, 02 May 2007 14:55:00 +0100 584374 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=534968&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Fclear-communication.html photo credit-Winery FineryLiz related this story to me this morning, while I was getting ready for work.Yesterday morning, after dropping Buddy Boy off at school, she stopped at a gas station and purchased a diet root beer to drink. Sweet Pea was still in the car. Liz didn't notice that the drink was nearly frozen, and when she opened it it sprayed all over the inside of the car, as well as all over her.Fortunately she was near home, and returned there to change her clothes (and finish cleaning the car). After telling Sweet Pea she had to change her clothes, Sweet Pea said"Don't take off your breasts.""What?", Liz asked.Sweet Pea repeated it."Did you mean my bra, sweetie, or my breasts?""Don't take off your breasts." Liz wonders, is there someone at school whose mom has breast cancer, and ... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=534968 Tue, 10 Apr 2007 17:20:00 +0100 534968 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=524320&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F04%2Freal-men-go-to-ieps.html In the US, the central event in getting a free appropriate public education (FAPE) for your child is the IEP (Individualized Education Plan) meeting. In theory, the meeting is a convocation of all the people that are involved in your child's education, including the parents as equal partners. Teachers, OT's, SLP's, the school principal, autism specialist, etc. are all to join together with you to come up with the most appropriate plan for the coming year(s). Unfortunately, in practice one often feels as if they were on trial in a courtroom in a dictatorship. Many things go on behind the scenes, many are pre-scripted, and it often feels futile to raise any objections to what the "court" has already decided. I've been thinking about these meetings while reading some of the things one of my ... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=524320 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 02:04:00 +0100 524320 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=491037&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Fautistic-artistic-development.html Duncan keeps drawing his own pictures. He creates loads of them every day, big and small, pictures of trains and cars, film and game characters and logos. He often writes little notes on the pages too, like his picture of a snake labeled 'Vodermot sayk', which wasn't a bad attempt at 'Voldermot snake'. (It's a Harry Potter thing, for those not in the know!) It's all a perfect example of child directed learning, or personalised education or whatever jargon term takes your fancy.I have to admit, I was astonished at the two pictures he produced, entirely indepentently, and which I have included below. He completed and cut out the Pinocchio picture and brought it to me, so I would put a string on it, making it into a puppet. He then started dance it about and sing 'You've Got a Friend in Me' (... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=491037 Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:49:00 +0100 491037 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487192&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F03%2Falways-have-plan-b.html One thing I've learned (and teach) when it comes to crisis management is to "Always have a plan B". Like a chess player, you always have to be thinking ahead about possible future states, your possible reactions to them, and the possible consequences of those reactions. So although our present plan is to stay the course and try to work with our local public school educators to school Buddy Boy, we realize that that is subject to change at any time.We've looked at private schools in our neck of the woods, and at least for now, none are appropriate for Buddy Boy, or the ones we feel are, aren't willing to take him on at present.So rather than just hope for the best, we also have a "Plan B", which for now is home schooling.Last year we exercised this option when things were spinning out of co... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487192 Thu, 08 Mar 2007 04:26:00 +0100 487192 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=487208&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35098&url=http%3A%2F%2Fclub166.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fwhen-is-rose-dandelion.html We are fortunate that we live in a very good school district. At least that’s what I thought when we adopted our son 7 years ago. Our school district is one of the best in our area, and routinely sends a high proportion of its grads to prestigious universities across the country. Unfortunately, over time I’ve come to understand that perhaps our district isn’t as great for our son as I once thought it would be.First of all, there’s the problem that our district is the victim of its own success. Our district has historically enjoyed such a good reputation that a higher percentage of parents send their kids to the public schools in our district than in other districts. Even though many of the families in our district could afford to send their kids anywhere, they choose the public sch... Club 166 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=487208 Sat, 17 Feb 2007 12:47:00 +0100 487208 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=488273&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fbig-thunder-mountain-learning.html So we've got a nice, shiny, clean, new (nearly) car, and the first thing we do is to go and get fish and chips. Mind you, these weren't ordinary fish and chips, these were award winning (Millars in Newtonards) and were well worth the price of stinking up the car a bit.On Monday, M. (NAS befriender) came round bringing a few big cardboard boxes with her. Right away, Duncan was instructing her on how to make a Big Thunder Mountain train, which I was able to finish off later, to his delight. This is his Big Interest of the minute, and he spends ages looking at pictures and videos of it on the web, then asking me make lots of little paper trains. He has also busied himself with writing the words out on paper and yesterday I came across him making a really nice picture of the mountain and track... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=488273 Wed, 14 Feb 2007 14:16:00 +0100 488273 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=488274&cid=t_217187_133_f&fid=35127&url=http%3A%2F%2Fthefamilyvoyage.blogspot.com%2F2007%2F02%2Fwere-not-all-bigots.html I had a total blast at my cousin's Civil Partnership last week. The service was lovely and the couple looked great in their coordinating outfits. They had bridesmaids and flower girls and the whole shebang. About 100 of their friends and relatives attended and it was nice to see so much support for them both. In a week when I read a report that Northern Ireland is the most bigoted place in the world, it's good to see that the homophobes didn't get in the way last Friday. I know that many of our relatives from the older generation who attended, all of whom are devoutly religious, were a bit saddened that it wasn't an ordinary wedding, but they were still all able to accept that this is how it is and to support their niece/granddaughter.As always, I had some mad crack with my cousins, caught... The Voyage blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=488274 Thu, 08 Feb 2007 21:18:00 +0100 488274