Observation in His Classroom

Yesterday had a chance to observe BJ in his school. There was (or still is) a bully. Or rather a boy who is totally unaware of personal boundary, and just sweeps his arms and hands all over. His arms hit and pushed BJ a few times.

How does one deal with bullies? I know, I will cry and attract attn. Bj shouted to me: He go and beat me XXXX (name of the boy). And he told his teacher, He go and beat me XXXX. Yes, BJ can complains, and can tell off his friends, "Don't taake James'....That's mine". Thanks to Lauren who also fights with him.

Last sem I heard he was totally non-verbal. (I was shocked to hear that). But now, he rattles off, and complains!

It seems tat he is finally differentiating himself from me. It's good! BUt of course, his grammar and placement of words need, a little bit, er-hmmm, modification....

Will work on that....

Goodnight everyone. Blogging time over. I shall create a blog for myself, about myself, and with myself....

rattling on....

I am stressed by the demands of coming up with visual strategies to help BJ communicate better. Wow, what an extra work to do. Sometimes I hope I would have just given birth to someone who can read cues off a person's face, or have excellent auditory processing skills. Nevertheless, I will have to do it because he learns differently.

Getting the world to know that my child has autism seems to be easy for me. The idea of letting it out was too much for me to cope, at first. But there are definite benefits.... It's not due to poor parenting....

what happened since October

Was out of action since last Oct. Who knows what? Close friends will say because of mood swings....
BJ has some remarkable improvements over these few months. I told me "mummy, I love you" with a big peck on my cheeks. That really made my day!!
Just today, I brought him to the playground. He played with two other kids!!! who are total strangers to him. Amazingly, he played catching, climbing up and down the slides, communicated with them via his limited vocabulary, and played in-sync! I could not describe how elated I am, because i would see him in his own world at the playground. Although the play session lasted about 10 minutes only, it was a very good start.
Am I happy? Oh yes. Yan assured me that the $$ i put in for his intensive therapy works wonders. Yes, it does. With plenty of $$. Allen says that our dear child is an expensive child from the start. He is right in that.