All About Autism

[vjparent]

Dear all

Will like to seek your advice on private centres.

My 3 yrs old son has been referred for EPIC and the waiting time is not exactly short. So while waiting for it, will like to start him for PPIP instead. I have narrowed down to Leapfrogs and Thomson Pediatric Centre - Child Development Centre as the final consideration.

Those who have been to them, will appreciate if you could let me have your opinion on them please.

Thks.

[rainbowal]

Thanks a lot slmkhoo for the kind advice.i spoke to another friend who shares Ur tots n I will put in more effort on my end to work closely with his eipic tr to reinforce the strategies taught.

[FantasyLandDreams]

Sharing an article below, from Pamela Lim Facebook ( English version) and channel 8 news ( Chinese version).


https://www.channel8news.sg/news8/latestnews/20180727-sg-singaporean-mum/4088310.html?cid=ch8news-fb

[PhonePyai]

avimomsg:

Hi i am new do this board. I have a 2.5 years old boy, he is behind in social communication and i visited development pediatrician in NUH and she thinks he might have high functioning autism.

She suggested that i can wait for formal assessment as he is very young but can start the therapy for him.
We are foreigner here so not eligible for EIPIC program which she recommended, but we can get therapies in private centers.
Can anybody here please suggest me if there is any good private therapy center in and around yishun area.
I googled about it but most of the centers are in orchard or in the east side.
It would be great help if anyone can suggest.. thank you in advance.

Hi
At CCK, Bridge learning also good for EIP. Pls check their website first and make appointment with Founder.

[Simply00123]

Hi all, I suspect my child may have sensory processing disorder. I went to polyclinic to get a referral to NUH CDU at jurong. But they refer me to NUH child specialist first. I called in to check, the child specialist is general paediatric and not psychology specialist. I need to visit them first to get another referral to the NUH CDU. Anyone is in NUH CDU to advise me if you had gone through this route in order to see the NUH CDU? Because I don’t wish to waste time going around. Hope to go there straight.

[guppy]

Simply00123:

Hi all, I suspect my child may have sensory processing disorder. I went to polyclinic to get a referral to NUH CDU at jurong. But they refer me to NUH child specialist first. I called in to check, the child specialist is general paediatric and not psychology specialist. I need to visit them first to get another referral to the NUH CDU. Anyone is in NUH CDU to advise me if you had gone through this route in order to see the NUH CDU? Because I don't wish to waste time going around. Hope to go there straight.

Hi Simply00123, I sent a PM to you. I don't know if the msg went through. If not, please PM me.

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slmkhoo:

avimomsg:

Hi i am new do this board. I have a 2.5 years old boy, he is behind in social communication and i visited development pediatrician in NUH and she thinks he might have high functioning autism.

She suggested that i can wait for formal assessment as he is very young but can start the therapy for him.
We are foreigner here so not eligible for EIPIC program which she recommended, but we can get therapies in private centers.
Can anybody here please suggest me if there is any good private therapy center in and around yishun area.
I googled about it but most of the centers are in orchard or in the east side.
It would be great help if anyone can suggest.. thank you in advance.

If your child is high-functioning or only suspected of being on the spectrum, then you don't have to start with formal therapy so early. A lot of therapy for young children is best done little and often, taking opportunities when they arise. That means that parents or caregivers are the best ones to do it, not therapists who only see the child an hour a week or even less.

While looking for a therapist, just see if working with him at home helps. Engage him in simple communication, even with signs rather than speech. Don't give him things until he indicates he wants it. Play games that require taking turns, ask him questions etc. These websites may help:
http://childrensupportsolutions.com/strategies-to-support-communication-development-in-children-with-asd/
http://www.hanen.org/Helpful-Info/Autism-Corner.aspx

My daughter, now 21, is high-functioning ASD, and we've done a lot with her ourselves. She was a late speaker (around 2) and even now doesn't say much. She's very introvert. But she has come a long way and is in NTU now.

I find this so encouraging! Hope your daughter is doing fine in NTU

[phtthp]

https://sg.theasianparent.com/raising-a-child-with-autism-in-singapore/

[Prawny]

Hi everyone. My Son is 21 months now and we noticed some red flag for autism. We are just wondering if we should be worry? As his mum I am very worry and kind of getting paranoid on this as there’s no answer whether he is having ASD or not. We have been to child development unit the Pediatrician who access him told us it’s too early to tell if he has ASD and currently we are seeing a speech therapist for his speech delay… twice a month. We use to let him watch youtube on tv with phonics and nursery rhythm Everyday (approx 8hrs) But recently we had stop and reduce to less than 1 hr a day. He also goes to childcare from 9am to 5pm on mon to fri since July 2018.


Things he doesn’t do which is red flag for autism:
1) don’t call us papa or mama. Speech delay, know less than 3 words.
2) he doesn’t point at things he wants.
3) he doesn’t react to us when his name was called most of the time.
4) haven’t seen him play with other children before but occasionally will go and touch them.

Things he does:
1) love playing peekaboo and will follow by using his hand to cover his face
2) he wave goodbye occasionally when he want to
3) he will bring toys to us or anything that he need help with.
4) he able to clap when we sing “if you happy and you know you clap your hand”
5) he also gave eye contact.
6) he likes to hold on to his fav car on one of his hand. But can do without it if we hide it.
7) he point at alphabet or numbers or fruits on poster pasted at home or animals/pictures in story books.
knows how to say “mum mum = food” and understand mum mum is food.
9) flapping arms at random time. Notice he flap a lot when we bring him down to playground.

I really hope anyone can share your exp with me. I have been reading up online and seeing video about ASD. Sorry for the Long post. Thanks!

[sharonkhoo]

It’s too early to tell. Some kids are just less social anyway, but not necessarily ASD. Just encourage interaction and wait and see.