Hi everyone, I am quite shocked to see people's response in the USA is to use medication to control challenging behaviour. Here in the UK medication would be a...
Thank you so much for all of your suggestions! It's nice to know that I'm not alone in this. The medications are not typically used for behavior problems, but...
Hi Sandy - I'm glad you made it to Panama City safely! The news keeps talking about how Gustav isn't as bad as predicted - but the pictures I'm seeing look...
Hi Peggy - Thank you for sharing so much about Grace. We live in Alaska - and are on a Medicaid waiver waitlist with approximately 1000 other people in the...
We have a time out chair, but it really doesn't mean much to them. They don't understand why they are sitting there or even what they are doing wrong. I know...
Hi Dakota, We are from Kimberly, it's in the Appleton area. We're at Children's almost every other month, so we feel very fortunate to only have it only 90...
We live in North Central Arkansas and the rain has started.It is suppose to rain for the rest of the week and we will get up to 10 inches of rain. Grace is...
Hello, my name is Heléne. I have four children and my latest, Johanna, was born in march. She has Jacobsens syndrome. We live in Sweden and this syndrome is...
Linzee, Behaviorists work with all cognitive and behavior levels of kids -- lower functioning kids can be taught using ABA. Years ago, when school used time...
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??????????? SHERRY:? THANKS. IT TOOK US A LONG TIME TO GET HERE. THE TRAFFIC WAS TERRIBLE BUT WE TOOK SOME BACK ROADS AND THAT HELPED A LOT. ???????????? THERE...
Linzee, Have you searched your area for a behavior analyst? They could possibly be a huge help in this matter?! We have them here in Fl. and they come into...
Welcome Helene! I enjoyed the pictures on your blog. Johanna is beautiful. Her pictures remind me of my son Erik as a baby - he is now 21 years old. There are...
Hello My name is Dalia and my daughter Alexandra has the 11q24.1 deletion. We found out when Alex was 2 years old she is now 4 and in pre school, she takes...
Hope you get to go home soon.We are getting the rain from the hurricane here int he Ozarks. We exspect to get about 7-10 inches. Now they say there is another...
I sent out an email to everyone that came to the conference, but just in case I missed anyone, I want to post it here too. We have recently found out after...
THANKS, LINZEE. WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE OPEN. SO SORRY THAT HAPPENED TO EVERYONE. SANDY **************Psssst...Have you heard the news? There's a new...
In a message dated 9/3/2008 3:44:41 P.M. Central Daylight Time, thesqaw@... writes: HI PEGGY FINALLY GOT HOME YESTERDAY. THANK THE GOOD LORD. NOT MUCH...
glad you made it home. Today was nice, no rain and cooler; We started closing in our porch. It will be so nice. Grace went to her aunts for the weekend. This...
In a message dated 9/7/2008 7:23:14 A.M. Central Daylight Time, thesqaw@... writes: glad you made it home. THANKS Today was nice, no rain and cooler;...
No she hasn't walked for about 20 yrs now.She got very sick when she was 10 and had a stroke. We did alot of rehab and had her walking some with braces and a...
Hi Linzee, I'm sorry to hear your having these issues with Brayden. He was so good at the conference with us. I know Lily is higher functioning, but she too...
Hi everyone, we are new to the group. Our daughter is almost 7 years old. She also has hypoplastic left heart syndrome with a double outlet right ventricle...
Welcome to the group. We had the very same problem with Brayden where his perm. teeth came in behind his baby teeth, but his baby teeth didn't come out. He...
Usually an overnight stay to make sure no extra bleeding. Teeth seem to bleed alot anyway. She should also have antibiotics before and after any dental...
I am so glad this topic was raised, my son Dylan who has 11q and partial trisomy 9 is now 7 and has not lost a baby tooth yet? Is that normal amongst your kids...
Welcome to the group. Faith, 4 yrs. old, also has HLHS and JS. She has had a cranial surgery to fix her mytopic suture but no dental surgerys. Just to...
Marie, Brayden's perm. teeth that started coming through behind his baby ones came in around the age of 7. Zachary lost his first two bottom teeth when he was...
Hi Marie - Erik was late losing his baby teeth - I don't remember what age he started losing them, but they were almost worn down to his gums! I didn't think...
Hi, I am a special education teacher. I have a new student this year he is seven years old and has Jacobsen syndrome. He is not potty trained,he's non-verbal,...