seriously...can you help?........

[Purrdy]

I have one more assignment on special needs to do...now as im not in work as such I need to find out about one area of special needs in particular...I do have contact with a child with cerbal palsy......now if there is anyone out there who has a child with or knows about cerebal palsy and can give me some background and infromation I would really appreciate it.....

Pleas pm me inorder to keep this confidential.....


dyspraxia or adhd is another area i could possibly go into...if you are happy to have a dialogue with me via email i will be happy to swap email in order to send you what i have written and visa versa.....

just an idea.....


many thanks


kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

[indigo]

I have Fragile X and ADD , MY DAUGHTER HAS FRAGILE X AND IS BI-POLAR MY SON HAS FRAGILE X AND ADHD;. I have another son who is bi-polar and a son who didn't inherit any of those things. My brother who is dying has fragile x too, my mum had it and my sister is clear. I don't know if I could be of any use .......PM me if I can.

hugs indieannie

[Purrdy]

I have never heard of that....is it a common disease? how old are your children?......

[indigo]

Thanks i'm so confused so many people look at me as if I'm stupid when I try to explain my problems.
We are also affected with different degrees of autism. I have been studiesd as I can explain how it feels and affects me. I am also a glabal thinker...non-sequential I can intellectualize it but alas I can't do it.

hugs indie

[Purrdy]

I will look at my focus again and pm both of you.....and many thanks

[Purrdy]

yes i need more expereince in this area...i am at a loss as to waht to do righ tnwo....

i will contact you both...i cant focus right now but thanks.....

[xmksx]

I have experience working in a mental health environment with a wide variety of mental health issues - ADHD, Aspergers Syndrome, Bi-Polar, Schizophrenia, Schizo-Effective disorder, ODD, Reactive-Attachment Disorder, and PTSD.

[indigo]

You can pick my brain anytime you guy's want to.

indie aka SLIM PICKINS lol

[equus]

Originally Posted by i'msooconfused

Indie - I'm just always interested in speaking to people on the higher ends of the spectrum. I've worked in Special Ed for the past 9 years. Coming from the other end of the intellectual processing, sometimes it's difficult to really understand the processes through which the difficulties occur and what goes wrong in different areas of the therapies. I'm glad to you told us, now I can pick your brain on occasion! LOL!

BTW, I just returned from a great conference on Autism Spectum Disorders and use of ABA and Verbal Analysis. It was really interesting! Dr. Carbone, who's one of the leading specialists in Autism was there speaking, and I think it motivated me a bit to get off my ars and actually start myself on a track to becoming a BCBA. Purrdy, if you're interested in this field, it's a really high needs area to get into. And, the money can't be beat!

I worked as a team leader in ABA in the UK for 3 years. I left it because I nearly went bankrupt - tons of work but I kept taking people on that couldn't pay!! No regrets though, it's fascinating work. I worked with Norweigen consultants heavily involved in research and dismayed at the UK system as ABA is provided free over there. Families in the UK had to fundraise, I worked with one family that lived in a mobile home (trailer in the US I think) and had 4 kids, all had learning difficulties and one severely autistic + probably much more due to premature birth. They worked so hard to do the best for their kids but lost in the end - watching a child lose the few hard won skills was enough for me. At one time I was the only therapist still working, we couldn't even maintain skills on my few hours - to give up is a hard decision.