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Anxiety

Town of Gilbert, Arizona May Cut Special Needs Services

May 4, 2009

The following is posted with permission in reference to the 5/5/09 meeting: On next Wednesday’s Town Council agenda, there is an item relating to the proposed budget for next year. On page 8 of the council communication there is a listing of services that will be considered for elimination from the budget…one of those items [...]

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Summer Plans for Children with Autism

April 28, 2009

So summer is nearing and I’m dreading the transition. I know that all kids can have a rough transition from school to summer (and then again from summer to school) but my kids have some major issues. My daughter graduates from preschool next week – it is so great to see where she was when [...]

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Co-Sleeping Survey

May 22, 2008

I use Google Alerts to keep up-to-date on a variety of search terms – one of the phrases in my Google Alerts is mindlessmommy.com.  Through this Google Alert I often learn of different sites that link back to my blog.  Today’s Google Alert brought me to co-sleepingsurvey.com.  There I am in the blog roll along [...]

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Asperger’s Syndrome and Giftedness

May 6, 2008

When an individual has Asperger’s Syndrome and is also gifted, s/he falls into the category of twice exceptional(2E).  The same would be of a child with ADHD and Giftedness or a whole bevy of other conditions.  A child could even have a reading learning disability but be gifted in math and thus, twice exceptional.  Twice [...]

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Dental Work, Asperger’s Syndrome, and Anxiety

February 26, 2008

Dental work, Asperger’s syndrome, and anxiety – those three phrases do not go together!  They are, however, my reality.  Well actually, they are my son’s reality.  He was complaining of a toothache on Friday night and yesterday I managed to get him in with a fabulous pediatric dentist who has experience with children on the [...]

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More Play Therapy

May 1, 2007

Today was our family meeting with the play therapist – the four of us get together and talk about the last few weeks and then make a plan to go forward.  Alexander pretty much hid in the tent in the corner and played by himself.  The therapist reiterated the fact that she feels very strongly [...]

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Maybe It Is Asperger’s Syndrome

April 18, 2007

My son had a follow-up appointment with his psychiatrist today and I brought up my concerns about his social issues, anxiety, regimental to routines, obsessions with numbers specifically miles and minutes, etc.  We first saw the psychiatrist almost two years ago when we were concerned that Alexander may have ADHD.  We have since seen her [...]

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