Has anyone done the NAS Earlybird course and found

[nikos]

the home filming bit intrusive? Ds has been analysed to death by the professionals and I was o.k. with that. But they came to film us today at home doing a 'people game' and it has left me feeling uncomfortable all day. Yes, I could have refused but it seemed a bit surly to do this.
But I think that it was the fact that me and ds were filmed in our own home and our interactions will be analysed in the class-all be it in a friendly way. Just feels a bit like there is no bit of us left 'unanalysed'.
Anyone else feel like this or do I need to get a grip?

not done the NAS earlybird course, but done Hanen with home filming - although technically the home filming was to be discussed in class in practice they found people didn't like that, so the home filming would just be between the therapist and you, so you are certainly not unusual in feeling unhappy with this.

Thanks totalchaos. Did wonder if I was being a bit precious about this.

We done the earlybird course, and at first felt a bit awkward with the home filming, but it is very helpful. It shows you what you are doing "wrong" and what areas of interaction you can work on with your child. Also, we done this course a few weeks after ds2'sdx, so was interesting to see other children with ASD and how their behaviour was similar to ds2's.

What do you think of the course so far?

Think the course is good but have also done the Hanen More than Words course and found that a more positive and practical ideas course. Earlybird seems more geared to understanding your child, which is not a bad thing, but am a big fan of Hanen. It made a huge difference to ds after I did that course.

If you're uncomfortable with it being shown in class do say. It's there to help you, and if it's making you feel uncomfortable then it's not iyswim.

I am doing the 'early birds' course at the moment, at first i didn't like the idea of people coming into our house to film my Dd's but now i don't mind as i find it really helpful to see the videos of the other families and i hope they find it helpful seeing ours. Dd1 enjoys having the camera pointed at her but has started to ask questions (neither of the dd's know they have ASD).

We are finding some parts of the course really helpful but some of it either doesn't apply to us (behaviour problems) or its things that we already know about (PECS).

After the first video session it does get better. They filmed the dd's for over half an hour but only showed a 5 minute clip of dd'2 so it wasn't too bad (although they showed the clip with me in not dh).

Dh doesn't like them coming over to video at all and moans each time they come.

Thank you all. So it sounds like I'm not alone in feeling a bit uncomfortable with this. But maybe I need to see how it pans out in the next session. If I really don't like it being shown in class then I can opt out of the next filming session.
I suppose I'm just feeling like everyone seems to have permission into our life at the moment. Probably suffering from intervention overload .