the question : what’s the advantage of splitting vs wind dispersal.

My best guess: Dispersal through splitting do not rely on the presence of wind. Dispersal by wind need the wind to shake the seed out and hopefully carry the seed to a distance. Dispersal by splitting, the seed is shot out, not just drop down.

shuangbaoma:

crm:

Nanyang girls results come out today too?

Not sure. Maybe next week for academic. But music and sport has completed. Should be our turns.

Music is over?

Hi, my girl is joining the sailing cca too. I am also quite nervous on the safety aspect. Can’t imagine how my p2 girl going to handle this.

I am looking for a Student care near St Hilda’s permanent facility (in Tampines) or at the holding School in Bedok.

mashy:

sook:

Hi Mashy, may I know where did you get the diagnose from?

What kind of test? There is so many kind of therapists and type of tests, not sure which, where and how to start.

Dear sook
At kkh CDC. However, we did the therapies at rehab kkh. Never once been to the one at kkh CDC. In fact the dr there told us to go pte as their therapists are no good enough to manage children above 6. After we saw the cDC pd, she referred us to the psychologist. They selected the tests for us, so we didn't need to decide which ones to take. Ours comprise of interview, general ability test, IQ test, and the psychologist worked with my boy in the room to check if he satisfy the autism criterias.

We are still with kkh rehab. Didn't go private coz it's too expensive. We go for speech therapy, occupational therapy and a social skills therapy (combined speech and occupational therapy). For speech, we work on articulation, fluency, creative thinking etc. for OT, we do handwriting, classroom behaviour, for social skills, we work on making friends, Empathy, helping others and classroom behaviour etc.

Hi Mashy, Thx for your advise. Does it mean i first go to KKH CDC? How do i make appointment? Or do i need referrral letter from polyclinic?
My girl does not show any typical symptoms of AS, therefor when a educational therapist (i think thats what she is called) pointed to me the possibility, i was shocked. So, now thinking of getting a more firm diagnosis.

Hi Mashy, may I know where did you get the diagnose from?

What kind of test? There is so many kind of therapists and type of tests, not sure which, where and how to start.

mashy:

Blokus:

Hi

I'm a mom of a potential asd 5 year old boy. He's waiting to see the psychologist in a few months time. Meanwhile, I've been reading up & have been wavering between being sure he's not on the spectrum and that he is.

Why I think he's not
1) he can communicate I,e answer questions
2) he's fully aware & in tune with his environment
3) he rarely has meltdowns
4) interacts with me & hub like a normal kid.
5) no behavioral issues instead very compliant
6) no rigid routine; extremely adaptable to sudden changes
7) no repeated behavior I.e hand flapping.
no obsession with toys, plays a variety of toys (cars, trains, grocery, board/card games, blocks etc)
9) plays with toys appropriately.

Why I think he is
1) fleeting eye contact
2) does not or will not approach people when need help but to us, parents- he will
3) poor or no social skills. Very much always alone in group play.
4) cannot answer open ended questions like 'why?'
5) sensory issues to sound & clothes texture (wet, tags) but mild & can get over it if we distract him. He has also overcome a few (thunder, drilling noises) over time.
6) cannot read my emotions. When I'm crying, he can still come up to me and ask for say, his milk. But when asked, he can tell I'm crying but no empathy on his part. Neither did he show any joy/anger/jealousy after I return home from my second delivery. Instead the first thing he did was to ask me for my iPhone. :roll:
7) does not respond to outsiders. But when prompted he will mumble his answer with no eye contact.
cannot describe his needs/wants with his own words tend to parrot after what I taught him how to ask/say in that particular situations. It always seem that I've to teach him the exact sentence to say for every situation. Although he knows how to tweak them & use them in appropriate context. However, this has improved over time.
9) likes to ask repeatedly 'where are we going?' even though he's been told many times over.
10) cannot maintain conversation.

To the naked eye, he seems very normal. That's why my friends & relatives say I'm overly worried. But from my own readings, it seems that it's highly possible that he's on the spectrum albeit very mild. I think alot of us think autism as those who seem indifferent all the time & has outward signs like hand flapping, jumping. But based on what I've gathered, not necessary. It can also be so subtle and some may be not be diagnosed or at a much later age. I've read some mummies sharing of their kid's signs & despite the dr's assessment it was hard to accept because the kid is communicative. But a person who is verbal (like a normal person), appears to be smart can also have autism. The thing is the spectrum is very very broad.

So I'm suspecting that my son has autism. But his cognitive learning is advanced & he's compliant & non disruptive in his kindergarten class, I believe he's able to go mainstream?

Hi blokus

Your boy sounds like mine. Mine has been diagnosed with High functioning autism. Like yours, mine also asked me for my iPhone after I slipped and sprained my ankle. He is also mostly compliant, doesn't have meltdowns and non disruptive. Will not ask for help except from us either. Plays alone and doesn't initiate play. His conversation is mainly centred around things of his interest and cannot carry a conversation well. He quotes from books that he reads as part of his conversation. And he is also very smart. Like yours, others can't tell that he has autism, just that he's a little quirky or shy. Because it's such a huge spectrum and we don't understand the condition well, we also only got him diagnosed at 5 years old, just a month before he went to primary 1. He's now in a mainstream primary sch with some help from the teacher and AED. To us, we have felt that something wasn't right with him for a long time but we weren't sure what it was.

It's ok, just get him diagnosed to see if u have been right. I was also questioning myself if I was worrying too much. Somehow getting the diagnosis helped us move forward and decide on the next step and that we need to teach him some skills that typical kids learn easily on their own.

Thanks for your imput. Very helpful. I short listed Deuter Scholar but cant decide to get S or M. Is your DD small built? Was it 'thick' enough to keep all the books?

Buckbrick:

I'm new here. So I like to contribute by posting a summary from my search for dd's bag:

1. Backpack or trolley? Backpack. Students are not allowed to use lifts, so imagine lugging a trolley up stairs.
2. Ergo or not to ergo? Some say that this thing about ergo is a marketing gimmick. They're not cheap. So if you have a non-ergo bag, just let the bag sit as high up the back as possible.
3. Lightest ergo bag. Deuter has the lightest bags around. Impact and Lego bags are the heaviest, followed by SPI. Due to more padding.
4. Best place to compare: OG Orchard (SPI, Deuter, Impact), then to Centerpoint (SPI, Lego).
5. Cheapest place: OG Orchard during sale. Elsewhere all standard price. SPI limited to 10% off.
6. Ergo brands: SPI, Lego, Impact, Firefly/Popular brand, Deuter. Crosscom has some bags for serious money. Artfriend at Ngee Ann City has a German brand Herlitz that has a great large bag for older kids at a reasonable price.

I got the Deuter small scholar act for my dd, nice and light.

It's ok to call and ask after the end of the certain registration session, i.i. after 11 am and 4 pm.

Btw, for phace 2C, i don't think anyone beyond 2kmor PR will register. Infact, the school would discourage them from registering.

sesksc:

[quote]zakashi wrote:
Where did you get the information from?


Call the school.

When u called the school, does they sound friendly? I may be enrolling my gal in phase 2C next week, ok to call them every day to check? Will they tell you the no of SC n no of PR ratio as per < 1km?

I am staying within 1km but think sure hv balloting n chance is low.[/quote]

zakashi:

Where did you get the information from?

Call the school.

merkon:

Anyone knows the balloting situation in st Hilda's?

Phase 2b- Balloting beyond 2km. 20 applicants vying for 11 slots.