In this episode of Ask Dr. Doreen, the founder of the Center
for Autism and Related Disorders discusses speech in children with
autism, sound therapy, repetitive movements and more. Check it
out!
06:06 - Good morning Shannon and Dr. Doreen.
My question is: Why does my 7 year old son not spontaneously
comment on anything or shows initiation to communicate? He only
talks when He needs something. I feel defeated because I have seen
kids around his age with years of therapy already having
conversations and saying how they feel but my son is not there
yet.
10:43 - Free Skills
Lesson, How to get started training with ABA Services, for
Educators, Free “Starting to Teach” Lesson
14:46
– What is your opinion on Tomatis Method ( sound
therapy) ?
22:31 - What is your
opinion of stem cells as a treatment for autism?
24:13
- How would Dr. Doreen treat repetitive movements.
its automatically reinforcing and hard for him to be aware of his
movements. could you please tell us how you would reduce hand
flapping behavior? its affecting his academics and he also has
ADHD. Can you talk about continuing to follow a whole food diet and
continuing organic and eating healthy.
35:41 - Do you find
children diagnosed ASD has temperature regulation issues. I work
with several individuals overheat easily and are constantly
drinking water. Is there a condition for this? Other medical
diagnoses have been ruled out such as diabetes and thyroid.
36:32
- I just found out that UCSD has a video
game that’s been FDA approved for ADHD treatment. Also helps some
with autism.
39:32
- Do herbal remedies help?
40:51 - My
oldest daughter turned 10 last week. She asked for a book on
archaeology so that is what she got. Not an easy-to-read one like
children's archaeology books, but really an overview of archaeology
in more complex terms. It was a gamble, but she has been reading
from it and from what I hear, she understands it as well. I should
add, she is autistic. In her case, it makes it pretty tough to make
social connections, but she is extra interested in subjects like
math, history, and physics. My daughter hates fictional stories and
thus she had a lot of trouble reading that book, which made the
teacher believe she did well by taking the archaeology book away.
Now, this happened more often. The teacher has taken away her math
book, a card game she uses to practice image forming in her head
(based on the memory palace technique, for those familiar with it),
and she called my daughter childish for playing pokemon go. All
things she likes to do, and I don't mind her doing them because she
doesn't harm anyone with them. We had a talk about that with the
school director as well, and it went fine for a while. But now with
the archaeology book incident, the teacher decided that it was my
fault. She came with all sorts of arguments aimed at how I should
have pushed her to do things for her own age rather than let her
find her own way. I have to say, it hurt me. She is my first
daughter and I really try hard to do well, but I know that I make
mistakes. Is this one of them? Am I really leaving her too free by
letting her choose what she wants and likes?
47:44 - My son is 5 and I’m at a loss
on how to change a particular behavior. He bangs his right hand on
tables constantly and also claps his hands very hard, they sound
like clap toys. It literally hurts my ears. The function is
automatic. I’ve tried to replace the banging on the table with
giving him bongs to bang on and he will only use it for a few
seconds then goes right back to banging the table. Even worse than
that is the clapping. I’m at a loss. I don’t know what to do and
I’m going crazy. I’m so overwhelmed with all the noise and the
pitch of the noise. I know automatic function is the hardest
behavior to change. Any ideas? Thank you very much.
54:52 - How can I stop my child 10 from
watching weird videos like kids tantruming when I ask him he says I
want to see how they react so I don’t do that but that’s exactly
what he does.