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I suppose if you took him anywhere, it’d be to a SLP.
If he had a recent injury or something or you suspect an underlying medical issue causing the problem then I’d go to the doc too.
So, I would study the likely suddden source of why he’s stuttering.
New stress? Major change in the home? New routine?
Something to consider....My son, who’s long had speech delays, then speaks pretty regularly for the last 3 plus years suddenly in the last 8 months has gotten wayyyyy more articulate about how he speaks and someone listening in may think it’s stuttering too. It’s not all the time. If that sounds like your son, I’d wait. For my son, it’s sporadic, typically done when we are in active lessons in our reading or if he is trying to have a pointed conversation. So I think it’s some type of OCD of sorts that’s found in my ASD kid.
Hope this feedback helps!
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I’m curious if using LearningRx or something similar has been helpful for any of your children on the autism spectrum to increase processing speed, auditory processing delays, memory, etc? (I’ve done Diane Craft’s stuff in the past and it didn’t help really at all.) Thanks! Sherra
~ HSsquared
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The four of us all had the Fitbit Zip at one point.
Two of them broke quickly, and the other two broke a bit more slowly, lol.
All were fiddly about batteries being placed just so, and getting the tiny piece of metal in the exact correct spot.
Thanks for the feedback!
~ HSsquared
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Episode 1 started tonight! They are talking about the whole body mind connection. I’m sure many here have dived down this rabbit hole too but I like hearing differing perspectives for nuggets of information for me and my family. Personally I’m most interested in 2 & 4 but will likely watch others as time allows too.
Here is their schedule they shared:
(1) The Broken Brain Epidemic / My Story (January 16 & 17)
(2) Gut Brain Connection: Getting to The Root of a Broken Brain (January 18)
(3) Losing Your Mind (Alzheimer’s, Dementia and MS) (January 19)
(4) ADHD and Autism (January 20)
(5) Depression & Anxiety (January 21)
(6) Traumatic Brain Injury: Accidents, Sports and More (January 22)
(7) 7 Steps to An UltraMind (Part 1) (January 23)
(8) 7 Steps to An UltraMind (Part 2) (January 24)
Happy learning!
~ HSsquared
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My company had a big discount on Fitbits about a year and a half ago, and I finally took the plunge.
I got two!
The Flex 2 is what I use most of the time. I am contact sensitive, so I don't think the plastic band is a good idea for me day in and day out, so I bought a silver band for it that looks like a bracelet, and that goes with everything. I picked the Flex 2 partly because it was advertised as waterproof, the only fitbit that was, and I thought I would need that last summer as I planned to start doing a little boating, which did not happen after all. I notice that they don't advertise it as waterproof anymore. What's up with that?
Anyway, I wear it every day, and have it set up just to do step counting and hourly reminders to move if I haven't walked 250 steps that hour. It can track sleep, but I don't use it for that. And it can notify you of phone calls and texts coming in, but I have that feature suppressed most of the time. I would say that since I got it my step count has increased by about 1000 steps per day on average, and that I'm more generally active. It IS a pain to charge, and I have misplaced one of my charging cables, but the system that has been working for me is to keep the little charger dongle near my laptop, and plug it in whenever I'm using it.
I also got a Surge, which was their high end fitness watch until they came out with the Ionic late last year. I knew the Surge was overkill for my level, but got it because I hike in places where there is no cell phone reception, and that is often my most significant exercise. The Surge was at the time the only Fitbit that had internal GPS, so it didn't need cell phone reception to track my steps or distance or route. It also has a heart rate tracker, which the Flex 2 does not. I like that when I'm straining myself at high altitudes, as a sanity check.
It has many other features that I don't use--did I mention that it was overkill? I love it but I don't use it around town very often. I probably should--every once in a while I really wish that I had a wristwatch on, and that would be a good sub for it. However, like the Flex 2 I don't think that the band would work for me day in and day out, and certainly not overnight. Also, I have read that the heartrate monitor can cause permanent skin damage if used all the time, so I think some cautious scheduling is advisable. Still, for the high intensity or remote exercise sessions, the Surge features are just wonderful. They don't make it anymore, but I imagine that the Ionic is even better.
I'm late to the party, but cannonballed right in by buying two at once! BTW, I checked on this--you can use both in the same day and the app will combine the stats for you. Just don't wear two at once or your step count might double.
Thank you so very much for your great review and insights!!
~ HSsquared
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I think they're great when the work. However, I had a Charge that broke within the year--it was under warranty, so they replaced it. The replacement lasted approximately a year before I woke up one day and it just wouldn't turn on. When I contacted Fitbit, they offered me a dinky credit off a new device. I'm not rough on my things.
I put a Blaze on my Christmas list, because we get some sort of credit at dh's work related to insurance when we long our activity. Fitbit syncs with the program, so I don't have to do anything. However, dh told me he didn't get it because the topic of fitness trackers had been coming up at work quite a bit, and his takeaway was more people were dissatisfied in the long run with the longevity of their devices.
But, they're great when they work. I miss having one.
Thank you for your feedback. I appreciate it. Seems to be the trend of some enjoying them. Others not due to unreliability. Thanks again!
~ HSsquared
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If you want to make it register steps, fasten it through your belt loop when you go to the supermarket.
Well that’s quite a handy tip!! Thank you!
~ HSsquared
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thanks for that info!I have a Fitbit One and it has been really accurate. From my research I did before buying one, the ones that you wear on your torso are more accurate than the ones you wear on your arm.
~ HSsquared
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We have daily struggles to keep my son on track to complete essential core subjects.
INFO: He is on the AS, SPD. I believe he has a good environment to learn in-our living room with neutral color pallet etc. Currently, he has “homeworkâ€
(that’s school work he didn’t do during a lesson if it’s not done timely, even w extra allowance for handwriting) no media (iPad, TV, etc, until it’s done either, etc). He basically pulls a toy in to play with or will just sit and stare off. This is his norm. I accept and honor he needs breaks and he gets them, but it’s simply physically taking a toll on me for him to take as long as he does. He doesn’t want to grow up, doesn’t have a drive to become something, he enjoys being a kid. He has the option to use the laptop if he wants to instead of handwriting, too, but declines more often than not.
?? So, what do you do, not do, etc to make it happen without feeling like you’re both just slap worn out by days end?
~ HSsquared
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That is funny Margaret in CO! :)
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Have to tell a funny story about one of the earliest fitness trackers. Seems it counted increases in altitude as climbing stairs. Dd, the helicopter pilot, was logged as climbing thousands of flights of stair every day, every time she took off!
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MUS didn’t work well for us. Some concepts introduced way too early. I suggest checking into RightStartMath as it is much more hands on, less worksheets and works to build comprehension over simply completion of tasks like MUS. Hope that helps!
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I’m sick of being tired and feeling twice my age. I need to be more fit - I think that would help. Anyone have reviews on the FitBit and what model you enjoy?
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You may find benefit in skilltrekker.com. It has been a nice addition to it school year. Per their slogan, it “teaches everything academics doesn’t cover.â€
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Studies have shown that fiction actually has more influence than non fiction.
Wow! So interesting!!!
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Dear pmeilaen, While I have a SNs child, it is ASD and not NF1. Thank you for sharing a link to understand how broadly it may affect her.
I’m sure many here on the special needs board would be glad to offer our support if we may. What type learning challenges are present? What support are you seeking?
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I originally wrote this post about Ancient Literature...how to digest it all. I must say the responses, though it was quite sometime ago, have still been helpful as I have been on a digesting journey-reading and processing and so on. One book I failed to obtain promptly that was a recommendation someone shared in this thread, I did get yesterday and have read most of it already. As such, I wish to offer my review, as follows, should anyone else struggle with the same topic as I.
To make an oh so very long story short, I was recommended to obtain and read Gladys Hunt’s “Honey for a Child’s Heart.†I cannot say it enough how beautifully written and wonderfully inspirational this book as been to me-and I just got it yesterday and I’ve read most of the book already! It is a delight to read but written with clear purpose of mind and heart to better engage children with good literature as well as the Bible and how these sources of quality truths intertwine to help weave a child’s character and morals and how parents must be quite intentional and deliberate with teaching great literature, which quite honestly has behooved me in the past. I feel my heart rejoicing, relieved as I am relinquishing past hesitation, always having considered first the morals and villains and causation of a books’ narrative and instead am ready to embrace timely age appropriate literature as opportunities to open new worlds to my children, engage in conversations that otherwise would likely never happen, for not us broadening our readings outside our simple comfort zones. If anyone else happens to have had hesitations like I have with certain topics geared for children, I can not recommend this book enough. And, hesitation or not, now on its 4th edition, including book list updates each time, this book is sure to become a literary treasure in your home. Sincerely, Sherra
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Andrew Pudewa from the Institute for Excellence in Writing has a lecture called "Fairy Tales and the Moral Imagination" that might be helpful to you in identifying criteria for literature you feel comfortable using in your family. You can download it at http://iew.com/shop/products/fairy-tales-and-moral-imagination-andrew-pudewa.
SebastianCat, I’ve been going back through this thread again as it’s a topic I’m still digesting and processing. I wanted you to know I bought and listened to this talk. Yes, it was informative. Thank you for recommending it! HSsquared
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My kid is verbal but needed articulation support. Helped some with that and formation of words. Definitely got good results on speech evaluation later on after having used it for a few months. But eventually got bored with it. Recommend it if it helps. But don’t force it if it doesn’t work well or get burned out by it. It is intense but it seems to work to build fluency in verbal and build language in non-verbal. [emoji1303]
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Adding a long full length body mirror in front of the toilet so he could learn to do it himself made all the difference.
Initially I kept using the wipes that I had been using when diapering and didn’t change that. Then eventually he started using wipes to clean himself. Then he got to using the toilet paper (I taught how much to use in both scenarios). It was a long process but 2 1/2 yrs later he’s still independent in the bathroom 99% of the time.
If that isn’t helpful, a book that may be of help is Autistic Logistics by Kate Wilde.
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Wow fourty-two! This is more than 'thoughts' - this is intensive amazing sociological analysis. Sounds like the good workings of a doctoral dissertation! I'll save this as a resource for sure. I'll have to share this with my husband too - he's into sociological and people groups more than I. I know he'd be impressed too!
Bottom line though, is through your excellent examples, I am seeing and reading more clearly how a cultures predominant belief & moral systems can be highly dependent on how perspective. (I know that's very layman's terms! ^_^ )
Thank you again so much for sharing fourty-two!!!
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May I suggest a book: Honey for a Child's Heart.
The author is a Christian. The book is mainly a list of good stories to share with your children, but she also writes about the importance of reading fiction, why good stories are so important to a child's development, etc. I think it might give you some guidance. :)
Thank you so much lovelearnandlive for your lead and your time! I appreciate adding another tool of knowledge!
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I only have a cell phone to post so I post kind of choppy. Sorry.
But the main reason I use so much fiction, now, is that it is free. :lol:
And I grew up hiding away in corners reading whatever I could scrounge, sometimes from dumpster diving. I read a lot of the books that are now free pubic domain books. My boys didn't read a lot of these books, but I did.
As a child, my younger son spent an hour or more a day lying on the floor listening to dramatized KJV on audio tape while he colored Bible story coloring pages. At 15 he discovered Shakespeare and loved it. Also Dryden's translations of Greek and Latin books. The KJV seemed to have prepared him to read these books as easily as a modern novel. I can't say for sure as I didn't understand them well enough myself to be sure. Less fiction, not more, seemed to have better prepared him for the Great Books at least, than my own more extensive novel reading and public school literature classes.
I'm still rambling. I'm kind of just vomitting onto the screen. It has been a tough past couple says and my thoughts are not as organized as I wish they were.
I really wanted to post something, though.
Your replies were find Hunter. I hope you've had better days since your post :001_smile: (we've gotten over bronchitis etc and sorry for the delayed replies). Thank you for sharing!
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Sherra, welcome to the forum! I look forward to getting to know you.
I have spent time in churches like yours and I do not see their ways of rearing children inferior to more mainstream ways. I think there are very valid reasons for the choices made by those churches.
I missed most Disney while growing up because I was outside the USA or too poor to participate in mainstream USA, but sometimes I missed it due to church teachings.
My boys saw some Disney, but I had a bad habit of taping fuzz over the parts I hated the most. They just thought the VCR was malfunctioning. :lol:
While raising my boys, I was in and out of different types of churches. And they were influenced just as strongly, if not more, by their dad's family and a few years spent in PS.
My oldest bristled under my restrictions as a child and always professed to be an athiest. But as an adult--he is 29--married a Christian and does nothing but express gratitude for the conservative Christian teachings and restrictions he was exposed to.
I am no longer a Christian, but I have deep respect for all faiths and even total rejection of any faith, when people choose that route. Faiths are like languages to me. Just attmepts by humans to describe what is beyond our understanding. They are each useful and beautiful in their own way.
Your faith is your faith! It is YOU. And HOMEschool is an extension of your HOME. Be you. Do you. You is awesome.
My oldest wanted to read a Dickens book for "school" at one point, but I had a lot of what I thought was "better" scheduled. Real things, Useful things. What at the time I wanted to cover. I remember him trying to turn his dad's family and neighbors against me to intimidate me into relenting. I put a stop to that quickly, but told him to write me a persuasive essay to persuade me to understand his point. The essay wasn't very good; I wasn't impressed.
Then I told him that he was wasting an awful lot of his own time trying to get the book scheduled as "school" and if the book that was THAT good why didn't he just read it on his own time. And that is what he did. :lol:
He went on to study literature at the local community college. I very specifically remember him talking about watching a film of one of the famous depression era novels, and how the entire class didn't know what the depression was. He said he and the teacher taught them, but were unable to teach them what poverty was. He said they could not comprehend poverty and he talked a lot about that. That has always stuck with me.
I'm kind of rambling here. But Sherra, I don't think we are always supposed to struggle so hard out of our comfort zone. I don't always think we are supposed to move from our current subculture into another. I think often we are doing pretty darn well right where we are and have every right to rear our children in our current culture and with what we know best.
Again welcome to the forum! :)
Thank you Hunter for your comments and for sharing excerpts of your journey and your family's as well. I too know of quite a number that have left legalistic churches / homes and struggle to find their faith. It has been a challenge for a few quite close to me. It is sad and hard and not easily mended. It is a definitely a long journey to find your true self again after being told this is the way it is for so long.
In regard to the last paragraph, I am struggling to see outside my comfort zone and yes, I don't want to be struggling. I am best approaching it as a journey of introspect of self to build tools for teaching and raising my kids. But in reality it is requiring an adjustment of my mindset that I'm not sure that I'm ready to embrace. Gathering tools, like the ones in this post, is definitely helping me stretch my mind and build my mental muscle. But as in any race, you can't choose to run a race today and be ready tomorrow. It's a process. Thanks for your understanding in that regard. :thumbup1:
Thanks again Hunter! Best wishes in your journey.
Sincerely,
Sherra
Sudden stuttering in preschooler
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Posted · Edited by HSsquared
Research echolalic too. Could be his conversation is based off of something he heard?? And so he’s trying to mimic the exact rythum and intonation of the original source of information he’s trying to reconvey. My son is notorious for that. Has been from about 3/4yo to now 9. It has wained drastically though since he was 6.