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dyspraxia boy aged 5

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jussycardy · 28/10/2006 20:35

school hols have been a nigtmare help anybody with similar problems. feel quite alone and every day a battle , !!!

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sorrell · 28/10/2006 22:15

Hi, my son is five and dyspraxic. What's the problem?

HumphreyComfreyCushion · 28/10/2006 22:18

My dyspraxic DS is 10.

(Hello Sorrell. )

sorrell · 28/10/2006 22:57

I like the school holidays! (Hi HC!)
My ds also has Aspergers. But has also been dx dyspraxic, poor mite!

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jussycardy · 31/10/2006 11:13

hi sorrell my son seams to need routine and structure as soon as that is changed its a mare!our best bet is 2 b out of the house all day but not always possible. do you av probs with this ? i have read loads on dyspraxia but need 2 hear from others also. my hubby seams not 2 c the probs our son has? Do you treat your son differently due 2 his problems, maybe that is a daft question but it causes probs at home.

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jussycardy · 31/10/2006 11:24

hi humpheycomfreycushion,thats a mouthfull.how old was your dyspraxic DS when diagnosed and does it get easier for the child and the family unit. my paediatrician is so reluctant 2 diagnose but he obviously has a problem?

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jussycardy · 31/10/2006 11:24

hi humpheycomfreycushion,thats a mouthfull.how old was your dyspraxic DS when diagnosed and does it get easier for the child and the family unit. my paediatrician is so reluctant 2 diagnose but he obviously has a problem?

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jussycardy · 31/10/2006 11:27

hi humpheycomfreycushion,thats a mouthfull.how old was your dyspraxic DS when diagnosed and does it get easier for the child and the family unit. my paediatrician is so reluctant 2 diagnose but he obviously has a problem?

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MrsForgetful · 31/10/2006 12:15

really hard for or 'routine bound kids'...as i find it takes my boys a week to get used to the 'no school routine'...then they have to go back to school and 'get used to the back to school routine'...and then somewhere in between i am there trying to 'wean them off school/off home/back to school'...what i mean is mine go back thursday...so last night i warn them that they only have 2 more days at home...and that last night was their last 'late night' as tonight we 'practice' the back to school stuff...so bath,supper,bed at 8...and then tomorrow even though they are still on holiday i will get them up and dressed as if it were school...i find this helps.

my eldest has ADHD and AS(with dyspraxia)...but as you'll see on here there is a huge overlap between Aspergers,ADHD,Dyspraxia,SemanticPragmatics and even Dyslexia...in that some of the behaviours and frustrations are similar.

MrsForgetful · 31/10/2006 12:18

meant also to say that when my oldest was 5 i actually took him to school in the 1st school holidays to PROVE it was shut...he could not grasp the fact it was shut...and all mine till about 6 thought the teachers lived in school...

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jussycardy · 31/10/2006 15:28

HI Mrs Forgetful thanks for that, so would you concider that routine is a symptom of dyspraxia? it seams so hard to get it diagnosed, my paediatrician is reluctant though she knows. i can cope with the probs with fine and gross motor skills and his speech problem but it is the behavioural side i struggle with. i find nobody wants to address it then i doubt my parenting skills and think i need to disciplin more?

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MrsForgetful · 31/10/2006 18:59

i'll get some info together and post it on here later tonight or tomorrow...i have a brilliant book which really helped me.

getting these diagnosises is such hard work.... the child does not always have obvious signs that people can see...they are what are called 'hidden disabilities'....some people hate the word disability... i'm ok with it as to me it means ' less able' NOT 'UNable'.....and a term i am fully comfortable with as i have 2 diagnosed ASD (autistic spectrum disorder) (now I hate that 'disorder' word!!!)...and another being assessed for it...and i myself have OCD/anxiety and have days where i feel very dis-abled...mentally not physically.

once you know enough about things like dyspraxia etc...you get confident...you try things out to help- some work...some don't...you even see it all around you...you see other kids struggling and recognise the signs...your son is young...you are doing brilliant simply doing what you can to find out how to help....i was where you are now 7 or 8 years ago... i still have bad days...but have enough sucesses to keep me going!

so will post again later....

MrsForgetful · 01/11/2006 09:15

ok...the book is called:

DYSPRAXIA- THE HIDDEN HANDICAP
Here...

useful websites....

Dyspraxia Foundation

The Dyscovery Centre, Cardiff

If you email me at carnohanfamily(@)blueyonder(dot)co(dot)uk...then i will copy some good pages out of the book that are relavent to your son's age...the book is great as it splits it into how dyspraxia presents at different ages ...so you'd probably find looking at the preschool stuff useful to...so you can see what 'boxes you can tick' for him so far.

hope i have helped!!!

p.s...i could not get this www.dyscovery.co.uk direct link to the Dyscover Centre to work...you may be able to...I only managed to get the infon above by searching via google and then clicking 'cached' pages instaed of direct link...hope that makes sense!!!!

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jussycardy · 01/11/2006 09:38

hi mrs forgetful thanks for all that your a star. i will E mail you but this computer lark is pretty new to me so its abit hit and miss!

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MrsForgetful · 01/11/2006 09:56

to make it easier...i will contact you via mumsnets 'contact another talker'...

MrsForgetful · 01/11/2006 09:58

ok...not letting me do that untill i subscribe to mumsnet...so have a go....i will reply as soon as poss...or post here if i think i have not recieved email!

MrsForgetful · 01/11/2006 10:22

1st email i sent did not reach you....so have tried again...so far it has not returned to me...can you reply to it so i know i have made contact!!!!
If not...post on here so we can work out plan b!!!!

mumeeee · 01/11/2006 14:04

My daughter is 14 and is dyspraxic. She was dx when she was about7. She has never had problems with school holidays although but she did get very panicy about other things being right. She had hysterics at school once when a delivery van was in the playground, to her the playground was only for people not for vans and vans should be on the road. She has grown out of this now and has developed some stratigies to help her overcome her problems. She does still get panicky about new situations but is fine if we or her teachers explain something is going to happen. We have alway tried to treat her the same as her sister as far as possible but have given her more time to complete something we have asked and also have made her sisters aware that she has dyspraxia so might not be able to do the same as her. We found this very important when they were youmger especially for DD2 as she had a hard time understanding why DD3 couldn't do something at 8 when she had been doing it scince she was 5. They are 16 and 19 now and understand DD3's problems. Try www.darlen.co.uk/mhoforum. ( sorry I can't do the link) This is an updated version of matts hideout and is done by a boy with dyspraxia and his parents. There are stories from children and young people with dyspraxia on there as well as genral information.
|sorry for this long post hope it helps.

MrsForgetful · 02/11/2006 21:27

JUSSYCARDY...have recieved your email...but looks like my reply has not reached you...can you try again?

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