[masonsmommy23]

awhile back i posted on here that i thougt my son was autistic.
well after being on a waiting list he finally got a testing appt.
he was diagnosed with pdd.

he is almost 4.

i am having trouble with getting him in the school system's speacial needs prek program

i am new at this and not finding much help with the therapy he was prescribed,
occupational, speech, and behavoral.

does anyone know of centers near dallas?

also any local support groups for families with autism?
my son can be difficult to deal with...

i am a young mother and finding it hard to understand what exactly hes going through.

i love him unconditionally and would like to find help making it easier on both of us to deal.

any information would be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advance
catherine

[BACONFMLY03]

Why are they not putting him in the school system? I have triplets and two of them are in there and they didn't put it off.

[GeorgiaMommy]

Im really sorry they are not helping you! Have you contacted Babies First?

[masonsmommy23]

BACONFMLY03, on 09 February 2010 - 08:38 PM, said:

Why are they not putting him in the school system? I have triplets and two of them are in there and they didn't put it off.

i have turned in all the information packets they sent me and turned in copies of his diagnosis.
i have called several times and left messages and never get a call back,
this has been a few weeks with no response.

i work for the school system and still cant get them too respond to me!

[bookreader]

PLease PM Taylors P.A.L.S on here. She runs a nonprofit group in our county that works with families with children with disabilities. She is a former teacher and she knows the school system and the ins and outs of it. Please know there is help out there and I applaud your reaction to your son's diagnosis.

Cindy is the wonderful lady who run's Taylor's PALS. She is magnificent. Please send her a PM.

[lumak]

bookreader, on 09 February 2010 - 08:44 PM, said:

PLease PM Taylors P.A.L.S on here. She runs a nonprofit group in our county that works with families with children with disabilities. She is a former teacher and she knows the school system and the ins and outs of it. Please know there is help out there and I applaud your reaction to your son's diagnosis.

Cindy is the wonderful lady who run's Taylor's PALS. She is magnificent. Please send her a PM.

I agree!!!!

[BACONFMLY03]

Are you trying to get him into Dallas?

[GeorgiaMommy]

bookreader, on 09 February 2010 - 08:44 PM, said:

PLease PM Taylors P.A.L.S on here. She runs a nonprofit group in our county that works with families with children with disabilities. She is a former teacher and she knows the school system and the ins and outs of it. Please know there is help out there and I applaud your reaction to your son's diagnosis.

Cindy is the wonderful lady who run's Taylor's PALS. She is magnificent. Please send her a PM.

2nd Taylors P.A.L.S!

[masonsmommy23]

BACONFMLY03, on 09 February 2010 - 08:47 PM, said:

Are you trying to get him into Dallas?

i heard of mckenna farms.
i am going to try there

[♥GaLinemansWife♥]

masonsmommy23, on 09 February 2010 - 08:30 PM, said:

awhile back i posted on here that i thougt my son was autistic.
well after being on a waiting list he finally got a testing appt.
he was diagnosed with pdd.

he is almost 4.

i am having trouble with getting him in the school system's speacial needs prek program

i am new at this and not finding much help with the therapy he was prescribed,
occupational, speech, and behavoral.

does anyone know of centers near dallas?

also any local support groups for families with autism?
my son can be difficult to deal with...

i am a young mother and finding it hard to understand what exactly hes going through.

i love him unconditionally and would like to find help making it easier on both of us to deal.

any information would be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advance
catherine

I had no problem getting my son in Algood's special needs pre k program and he loves it and so do I. I would contact Heather Henry at Paulding County School board, she is the lead teacher over all the pre-k programs in Paulding.

[BACONFMLY03]

Heather Henry is the one that I also had to talk to for the triplets. My kids were at Dallas Elementary but now they go to Burnt Hickory I can't believe they aren't working on it more.

[masonsmommy23]

♥GaLinemansWife♥, on 09 February 2010 - 08:55 PM, said:

I had no problem getting my son in Algood's special needs pre k program and he loves it and so do I. I would contact Heather Henry at Paulding County School board, she is the lead teacher over all the pre-k programs in Paulding.

thats the school i am trying to get him into.
my mother works there and i will start asap there next year.
i went there the first year it opened...

i love the staff there.
i have met the specail needs teachers there. they seem really nice!!!

[Mrs G]

Pervasive Developemental Disorders......................Google is your friend

[mom1993]

My daughter started PC schools at age 3, they were great about getting everything that she needed.

[masonsmommy23]

i did google pdd just now and a bunch of informational sites came up.
one being baby bumble bee dvds
they had alot of great reviews from the speech part

has anyone on here heard of this or used it?

thinking about purchasing a set of dvds/
couldnt hurt right?

my biggest difficulty with mason is not understanding him which in return frustrates him,
he watches puppy dog learning videos and has learned his colors abcs 123s and his shapes

i think he is more visual receptive


oh that was another diagnoses along with pdd
he has receptive expressive language disorder...

[BACONFMLY03]

when my triplets started speech with Babies Can't Wait they used sign language to help them start them out talking and get them to be able to express themselves to us....and then they started with the speech....

[masonsmommy23]

BACONFMLY03, on 09 February 2010 - 09:28 PM, said:

when my triplets started speech with Babies Can't Wait they used sign language to help them start them out talking and get them to be able to express themselves to us....and then they started with the speech....

i would love to do sign with mason
i wonder if there are any classes we could take together...

he uses his hands alot when he tries to communicate anyways
maybe he would catch on quickly

[BACONFMLY03]

I would call Heather Henry until she can't stand you...lol If you have dr orders I don't see why it is taking them so long

[Taylor's P.A.L.S.]

My website is http://www.taylorspals.com It has information about all of the programs and services I offer. Just let me know if I can help.

I can also get you the first 100 day notebook from Autism Speaks if that would be helpful. It has a lot of great information in it.

[momof 3]

mom1993, on 09 February 2010 - 09:16 PM, said:

My daughter started PC schools at age 3, they were great about getting everything that she needed.

So did my granddaughter, she is now in 1st grade at Northside and is making huge strides. We have been lucky.

[Taylor's P.A.L.S.]

masonsmommy23, on 09 February 2010 - 09:31 PM, said:

i would love to do sign with mason
i wonder if there are any classes we could take together...

he uses his hands alot when he tries to communicate anyways
maybe he would catch on quickly

There's a set of signing tapes called Baby Signing Time. It's made by the same company that publishes Hooked On Phonics. I've used it with many children and have had great success. I'm sure it can probably be ordered on-line. Be careful if you purchase other DVD's before you actually watch them. Many of them have adults doing the signing and they are done too quickly for little ones to really learn it and they don't often hold a small child's attention. The Baby Signing Time dvd's have an adult modeling the sign, but then there are children that are using it as well. There's lots of music and it tends to really draw even the child that won't watch tv to it.

[Taylor's P.A.L.S.]

masonsmommy23, on 09 February 2010 - 08:30 PM, said:

awhile back i posted on here that i thougt my son was autistic.
well after being on a waiting list he finally got a testing appt.
he was diagnosed with pdd.

he is almost 4.

i am having trouble with getting him in the school system's speacial needs prek program

i am new at this and not finding much help with the therapy he was prescribed,
occupational, speech, and behavoral.

does anyone know of centers near dallas?

also any local support groups for families with autism?
my son can be difficult to deal with...

i am a young mother and finding it hard to understand what exactly hes going through.

i love him unconditionally and would like to find help making it easier on both of us to deal.

any information would be greatly appreciated!

thanks in advance
catherine

I'm not aware of a support group in this area.. but am compiling a list of names of those who are interested. Would you prefer a morning meeting (10:00) or an evening meeting? The parents will not all have children with autism, but some of them will be. Regardless, it will be a group who are all looking for support.. and all parents need that regardless of the disability. If you're interested, just let me know.

[Taylor's P.A.L.S.]

masonsmommy23, on 09 February 2010 - 08:42 PM, said:

i have turned in all the information packets they sent me and turned in copies of his diagnosis.
i have called several times and left messages and never get a call back,
this has been a few weeks with no response.

i work for the school system and still cant get them too respond to me!

The law says...
300.301 Initial evaluations..... must be conducted within 60 days of receiving parental consent for the evaluation.
Did you send in the papers giving parental consent and were you given some scales to fill out on his current performance?

[masonsmommy23]

Taylor, on 09 February 2010 - 10:36 PM, said:

The law says...
300.301 Initial evaluations..... must be conducted within 60 days of receiving parental consent for the evaluation.
Did you send in the papers giving parental consent and were you given some scales to fill out on his current performance?

i sent everything they sent me back in to them within one week

Taylor, on 09 February 2010 - 10:19 PM, said:

I'm not aware of a support group in this area.. but am compiling a list of names of those who are interested. Would you prefer a morning meeting (10:00) or an evening meeting? The parents will not all have children with autism, but some of them will be. Regardless, it will be a group who are all looking for support.. and all parents need that regardless of the disability. If you're interested, just let me know.

evening would be better.

Taylor, on 09 February 2010 - 09:57 PM, said:

My website is http://www.taylorspals.com It has information about all of the programs and services I offer. Just let me know if I can help.

I can also get you the first 100 day notebook from Autism Speaks if that would be helpful. It has a lot of great information in it.

i am interested in the notebook you are talking about...