Navigating

[ohwellz]

Hello all, my spouse and I are trying to navigate and learn all that we can to help our 3 year old ASD preschooler.

 

[Kisa the tea]

Hello and welcome to the forums! I hope you're able to learn everything you want here! Feel free to make a thread if you need to ask anything in particular.

 

[Luca]

Welcome!

 

[kenaij]

Welcome, if you have any particular questions there are a lot of people on here that can help you. I`m still very new to this forum but it has already given me a very big amount of information.

 

[Nitro]

 

[tree]

 

[Rodafina]

Hello and welcome! We were all 3 once! Hopefully our collective experience and insight will be helpful to you and your family.

 

[ohwellz]

Thank you all for the super warm welcome

I am having the hardest time finding a preschool in Nevada( Las Vegas/Henderson more specifically) that does not rely on ABA. If anyone can help me with that, I am all ears! (or eyes? lol)

Also curious about other alternative therapies.

And Medicaid. There are just so many different paths to navigate... I'm starting to get overwhelmed.

 

[VictorR]

Welcome!

 

[kenaij]

I think the most important thing is that you are trying to learn.
Get to know your child and figure out what triggers him. Try to understand that a lot of things feel different or even alien to him.
I think the easiest way to explain some basis is like. If you are a westerner and you go to Japan. Most, if not all of the standards they have will feel very strange to you eventhou it is very normal to them. To greet, they bow and we want to shake hands. Eventhou you KNOW they boy. Your instinct tells you to give them your hand. Because your brains sees that as a natural reaction to meeting someone.
Now this is an extreme oversimplyfication ofcourse. But to explain it in order that both neurotypical and neurodiverse people understand it is very tricky.
I ofcourse do not know your child. I don`t know what the things are that made you get him a diagnosis.
There are some things that I think are really important. For example. Never force him to look you in the eyes. He does not do it because he is not listening. Please get to know his signs for having his attention.
I tell you this one thing very specifically because a lot of people on the spectrum have really bad memories with being forced into doing things that would later feel like childhood trauma.
Ofcourse, all of the above is seen from a single point of view and might not apply to you at all.
I`m sure there are people on this forum that do not agree with the way I put things. So try and listen to everyone here, to figure out what things apply to you.
Your child is not JUST autistic, he/she is also a unique person just like any neurotypical person does not conform to one set of rules.

Are there any specific things you would like to know?