Laurie, Thanks for answering. Tell me what WISC stands for. I'm assuming that IV is 4. Money, as always, is an issue. My dh is leaning toward letting this go, we are dealing with special expensive needs in younger brothers. I'm determined to be this boy's champion. Will you be my reading tutor? :001_smile:

Here's the background on my 12yo ds. http://67.202.21.157/forums/showthread.php?t=16708 We took him to a very reputible Dev Opt today. My speech therapist highly recommended him. They tested him up and down and sideways. He is perfect, the doctor said. :glare: Suggested tinted lenses, gave us a script. He had ds do a little exercise with writing a word in the air, then spelling it without the prefix, then without another couple of letters, etc. He had him spell it backwards. He could do all that. He'll be able to spell 'industrious' for the rest of his life. :lol: The dr said that ds is a global learner. This is the second person I've had tell me that. What do I do with a global learner? Where should I go with this child?

Ame, I sent you a pm to spare the others.

If this is a repeat, sorry If its soft white cheese and moldy, throw it out. Hard, cut it off and eat the good.

Jenny, What is the connection with celiac and JD? I actually joined the Children with Diabetes today. I'll look the other up. Thanks

Thanks, Vickie for your encouragement. Thank you, Amy for this info.

Well, I officially have a JD. I've noticed that my 7yods has been extremely thristy and spending a lot of time in the bathroom. He's been extra tired and painfully thin. He had been sick, I thought maybe he was attempting to rehydrate himself. I was afraid to approach my dh with yet another "special need". I did it. I took him to a friend of ours on Monday about 11am to check his blood sugar. The meter read HI, too high to read. I took him to the ER. Their meter read too high to read. The lab reports came back that his blood sugar was 912. They were talking about taking him via helicopter to a pediatric hospital. His CO2 levels were fairly high so we took him by ambulance to a ped hosp ICU. They dx him with Type 1 Juvenile Early Onset Diabetes. He will be insulin dependent. I knew absolutely nothing 48 hours ago about blood sugar or diabetes. What a whirlwind of activity and education. It's going to be a process of finding a new way of life. I'm learning all about carbs and how to count them. They hooked us up with a wonderful Pediatric Endocrinologist. So thankful for that!! Joel is my new hero. He was so brave. Through the IV (and attempts :glare:), ambulance ride, hourly sticks and blood draws - he remained positive and almost excited. He has checked his own blood sugar since yesterday and is ready to give himself the injections. He just doesn't have any fat to shoot into that he can reach. The only problem I'm having is having to say 'no' to him so much on foods. I can't tell you how many nurses complimented me on what a "good job you must be doing" when they found out we homeschool. It was the one bright spot of the last two days. Just wondering if there are any other JD kiddos represented here. Any favorite resources?

Ditto for me! We shared a birthday. :001_rolleyes:

Hhhmmm... Mine is about an inch and a half above the hairline. All of mine were in the same spot. I've had five different doctors deliver.

Is it a burning? I think it's just the scar tissue that has adhered to something stationary and being pulled some. I don't know why I think that. :001_huh: I must have had a dr tell me that at some point. It never hurts for very long.

All six of mine were sections, I can't feel a thing on the outside. Inside every once in a while I get a painful sensation. They seem to lessen every year. My baby is 4.

Have a look at Phonetic Zoo from the IEW folks.

My ds9, one that I don't post about here :confused:, has very OCD-like symptoms. They are, as of now, not very noticable to anybody else. His quirks are walking by somebody on the correct side, knowing what time it is all the time and saying something twice. The last one drives my dh crazy; I guess I just tone it all out. He would never qualify for ADHD, maybe Aspergers. He is very one-track minded. He is kind of socially naive, but a favorite. ETA: The repeating thing is not like echolalia (sp?) it's more like saying it twice in different ways.

Eight O'clock whole beans.

I love this thread! Along with some, my frequently pregnant aging brain is now mush and I can't remember most of the best. The funniest came from my 5th ds, now 7yo: Catsup = "cow poop" :lol: We had a little game when he was a toddler. I would ask him, "Joel, are you my sweet boy?" He would reply, "Yeah, mama, I you sweet boy." Turns me to butter every time.

My ds is only 4yo. He was dx with PDD-NOS in Jan of 07. He has already learned the letter names and some of the sounds from starfall. He loves the computer and is very visual as well. Go take a look: http://www.starfall.com

I am working my way through the 20+ pages of this thread. :tongue_smilie: I thought I'd post my intro since its at the top of the page at the moment. I'm Pam. I've posted rarely on most of these boards, but am a regular at the special needs board and sale/swap board. I read WTM in 2002 and was sold on the classical method of hsing. We use TOG, starting our 2nd rotation this fall. I am history-challenged. TOG is my lifesaver. My sig line shows other curricula used by our family. My dh and our 6 boys live in a beautiful part of the country. The Ozarks of AR. My dh is the pastor of a smallish Baptist church. I have had 6 early miscarriages due to an inherited blood clotting factor that isn't that rare! Our 3rd ds has an unknown reading disability (still searching). Our baby has a PDD-NOS dx. Thank you all for being so willing to share your minds, experience and hearts.

Welcome Atticus!! His color is beautiful! Congratulations

Vickie, This is a used copy that I picked up. No CDs with this one. The book is separated into sections. The first section explains the technique and method to teach reading. Each of the other four sections breaks down the rest of the English language into phonograms and gives step by step instructions in how to teach Visually, Auditorily and Kinesthetically. There are words that apply to each phonogram, sentences for dictating, tests, etc. hth

I own this book. It was recommended to me by a spec ed teacher. I've not used it, but if you have any questions, I'll look it up. :001_smile:

by Usborne. There is a section in there that turns human bodies into machines. It's impersonal and gets very detailed. Or...visit a farm! :001_smile: ETA: Milo and Otis - the film - dog and cat give birth hth

So...is that a 'no'? :001_huh:

Hello Ladies, I have a specific question regarding this credit. My 16yo ds works at a local play. He plays the same part in the play 4 or 5 nights a week in an outdoor theater as weather permits; May through October. He doesn't have any input as to how his part is played. He does play one of five of guards in the play with different resposibilities for each position. He has no spoken lines, there is a soundtrack that each actor reacts to. He is beginning his 3rd year to do this. He does get paid for this position. Can I award him with a credit?

My 4yo ds was dx with PDD-NOS last year. His biggest problem was his language. He was completely non-verbal. We found a great ST and now he is communicating very well. He had an OT eval a couple of weeks ago. He has SPD too. The only OT in our area is affiliated with the local school, so when he is school age, I'm going to get him OT through the school. My ds eats corndogs, poptarts, pancakes, tomatoes and grapes. The only thing he will drink is gatorade. He will surprise me ocassionally and eat his whole dinner - not very often. For now, I don't know what to do next. I've considered getting biomedical testing done. It would be nice to know if he is low on certain nutrients or high in metals. It would be such a great thing if all I needed to do was drop a few drops of a mineral in his juice. He had the biggest jump in language growth when I finally got him to drink some vitamins!

Sounds great. I usually school throughout the summer. When the months get very hot, there's not much else to do. Frankly, I'm looking forward to this year's break more than the students. :w00t: We'll keep it up. He's doing better since we've begun OTM in Spelling. :hurray: