Friday, October 19, 2007
Visitor with Aspergers
We will be having a visitor in class Monday night who has Aspergers Syndrome. He is a fifth grader. His father will accompany him. What questions would you have for him about his life inside of school or outside? What do we as educators and future educators need to know so that we can best understand what they experience and help them have successful school experiences? Please share your questions here so that I can email them to his father. This will give them time to prepare some before class.
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How does he feel inside when he cannot communicate what he wants to say to someone, or when he can't get the point across that he wants?
How does he interact with his peers at school and form friendships or relationships? How active is he is school activities?
Is Asperger's syndrome always directly related to autism? At school is it looked at as a different disability or do they just use the same strategies used for autism?
I have heard that there are other psychological problems or conditions that can co-exist with Asperger's Disorder, in your case is this true?
What are his interests? What type of activities does he like to do?
Excellent questions! These are great. I'll send all of these on to Russell. He'll and Elijah will share with us part of the class and then he'll send him to the computer lab and talk from a parent's perspective part of the time as well.
I am glad that you put this last comment, I had a question in mind, but, I didn't want it to be asked with Elijah present. Thanks
Here is my question.
Does Elijah have uncontrollable outburst?
If so, what are some of the techniques that you use to calm him.
As a parent, we all want that “perfect child”. What was your reaction when your son was diagnosed with Asperberg Syndrome? If there were any negative reactions or a feeling of grief about the diagnosis how long did it take you to overcome this?
At what age did you find out that your son had Aspergers Syndrome? Were there signs that he exhibited that led you to have him tested for aspergers?
I have heard that the actual testing for aspergers is an in-depth process. A friend of mine showed a lot of the symptoms for aspergers but was hesitant to get tested because it would involve her parents giving a synopsis of her childhood. Was this the process you had to go through and was it difficult?
This question is for Russell: What does he do as a parent to keep Elijah in a comfortable situation at home? What does he do to keep the enviromental setting from having dramatic changes?
Like life in general, I know that you and Elijah must have storms of life that you have gone through...what do you and your son do to keep your spirits high to battle through the hard times?
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