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The K-12 thread prompted me to post this.
My son was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome a year ago after he spent a week in the hospital after assaulting my wife - his mother. He's always had trouble dealing with school and is on a IEP. He has spent the last year pretty much in his room. I'm going to estimate about 22 hours a day. Over the last month his attitude has changed and he has stated that he wants to continue his education. He can't handle the normal school life. Academics aren't the problem, it's the social aspect. If he gets into a situation were he get's uncomfortable or frustrated he gets wrapped up in an anxiety attack like a straight jacket. Looking at all the options so far it seems like a computer assisted charter school might be the ticket. We are looking at Intellischool IntelliSchool Charter High School . Any feedback on this type of program would be much appreciated.
Try this,
Take your son to the mall or somewhere else on a regular basis and start people watching. As you do this, explain to him why the people are doing what they are doing, how they feel based on their body language (see those slumped shoulders on that guy, he probably feels sad about something), and help him gain a logical perspective on human behavior, which is the way he processes (aspie here who has basically done this for himself and these days I can be quite charismatic when I want to be, but I have exceptionally high intelligence and will power, most people need help).
As he gets more and more comfortable, begin minor social interaction, increasing the frequency and intensity until he gets comfortable and has developed the right mental framework of human behavior to get comfortable and confident on his own.
Its going to require months to years of work, depending on your son, his intelligence, level of perception, etc, but its either that or be in his room for the rest of his life, which probably sucks badly for him.
In terms of school, whatever gets him graduated, you can worry about college later if thats where he wants to go.
Knowing what causes anxiety and is likely a source of unhappiness in his life and hinders his ability to function, and given that his academics are fine, as you stated which means his schooling options academically can be flexible, I answer this coming from left field
Bah, every IEP that I have gone to for my son has been less than useless. All clinical textbook garbage and no real insight. Hopefully other schools are better.
No, what you say is fairly true. However, parents have to use whatever resource they got. You got service providers in there who might know someone who is a guru, who has an inside track into that school or what can be done to make the current situation better.
yeah, sorry, I deleted that, this thread isn't about me :3oops:
Well, I sure wouldn't apologize. I thought you offered good suggestions, which was why I quoted you to begin with.
The K-12 thread prompted me to post this.
My son was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome a year ago after he spent a week in the hospital after assaulting my wife - his mother. He's always had trouble dealing with school and is on a IEP. He has spent the last year pretty much in his room. I'm going to estimate about 22 hours a day. Over the last month his attitude has changed and he has stated that he wants to continue his education. He can't handle the normal school life. Academics aren't the problem, it's the social aspect. If he gets into a situation were he get's uncomfortable or frustrated he gets wrapped up in an anxiety attack like a straight jacket. Looking at all the options so far it seems like a computer assisted charter school might be the ticket. We are looking at Intellischool IntelliSchool Charter High School . Any feedback on this type of program would be much appreciated.
Well, I was referring to the venting. The last IEP I went to was all women and I was basically descriminated against because I am male, it left me pissed off and I informed the administrative person of my grievances and what I expected to be different when the school year comes around in a few weeks (which I plan to give a little statement about before the meeting begins). My ex left in tears because I ended up being so harsh about it, but she has no backbone either. Either way, not fully being allowed to be a parent is a line for me.
Either way, enough about that. That's not the point of this thread.
Ah. My experience was that of the student in the IEP that sat silent in the corner while the adults in the room discussed and planned my future for me. The parents had to, and still have to, learn the educational lingo and legal rules of the land because educators have fragile egos that need to be constantly fed through cheap parlor tricks, while their administrators want to make sure no one yells at them for not pulling out the coin purse.
The K-12 thread prompted me to post this.
My son was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome a year ago after he spent a week in the hospital after assaulting my wife - his mother. He's always had trouble dealing with school and is on a IEP. He has spent the last year pretty much in his room. I'm going to estimate about 22 hours a day. Over the last month his attitude has changed and he has stated that he wants to continue his education. He can't handle the normal school life. Academics aren't the problem, it's the social aspect. If he gets into a situation were he get's uncomfortable or frustrated he gets wrapped up in an anxiety attack like a straight jacket. Looking at all the options so far it seems like a computer assisted charter school might be the ticket. We are looking at Intellischool IntelliSchool Charter High School . Any feedback on this type of program would be much appreciated.
an IEP can be great, if you have the right people. In other cases an IEP can be less than useless. Results vary.
The K-12 thread prompted me to post this.
My son was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome a year ago after he spent a week in the hospital after assaulting my wife - his mother. He's always had trouble dealing with school and is on a IEP. He has spent the last year pretty much in his room. I'm going to estimate about 22 hours a day. Over the last month his attitude has changed and he has stated that he wants to continue his education. He can't handle the normal school life. Academics aren't the problem, it's the social aspect. If he gets into a situation were he get's uncomfortable or frustrated he gets wrapped up in an anxiety attack like a straight jacket. Looking at all the options so far it seems like a computer assisted charter school might be the ticket. We are looking at Intellischool IntelliSchool Charter High School . Any feedback on this type of program would be much appreciated.
The K-12 thread prompted me to post this.
My son was diagnosed with Asperger's Syndrome a year ago after he spent a week in the hospital after assaulting my wife - his mother. He's always had trouble dealing with school and is on a IEP. He has spent the last year pretty much in his room. I'm going to estimate about 22 hours a day. Over the last month his attitude has changed and he has stated that he wants to continue his education. He can't handle the normal school life. Academics aren't the problem, it's the social aspect. If he gets into a situation were he get's uncomfortable or frustrated he gets wrapped up in an anxiety attack like a straight jacket. Looking at all the options so far it seems like a computer assisted charter school might be the ticket. We are looking at Intellischool IntelliSchool Charter High School . Any feedback on this type of program would be much appreciated.
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