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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has to be the most self-absorbed forum on DCUM, hands down. [/quote]
I, unfortunately, have to agree. Many (NOT all) of these parents are toxic. I work with them every day. Getting them onto healthy parenting patterns, is like pulling teeth. Sorry, guys.[/quote]

I wouldn't call it toxic so much as paralyzed. For most of the parents I encounter, their child with ASD is the first child and sometimes the only child.They only know this one way of parenting. The rigidity in diet, routine, clothing, etc. It is like have a toddler for life. One parent asked me to never use the color red on the Promethean (smartboard) because her son hated it. She honestly thought it was a reasonable accommodation. This is a bigger problem for her than it is for me and I feel deeply sorry for her.

They also are parenting in a geographic area in which parenting is a competitive sport. [b]Every parent I meet with a child with ASD insists he (or rarely she) has a high IQ. But typically, when we get the paperwork from the psychologist, the child actually has an average IQ[/b]. Currently, I have 2 students that actually do have a high IQ. Unfortunately, those two are most emotionally impaired and the least likely to live independently some day.[/quote]

IQ scores are typically poor indicators of ability or intelligence in kids with ASDs. They underestimate their actual ability by quite a bit because their deficits in certain focused areas drive the overall score down. A GAI score can be a better indicator than a full scale IQ, but even that is not always a good indicator. The IQ scoring materials specifically say that these kids IQ scores have to be used "with caution" or not used at all.

You aren't really a teacher, are you? I would have thought that you would know something that basic. [/quote]
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Believe what you want. I have to go by the paperwork and the children's performance not some stranger on DCUM. Before IEP meetings, we talk about the child and know which of them are truly gifted vs. average but extra special to the parent. If I had a dime for every parent who cited Einstein as proof their DC with ASD was destined for greatness, I'd be able to self-fund those smaller class sizes.

It's ok for a child, even a child on the spectrum to be of average intelligence. If we can get past that hang up, we can do so much more for the child.[/b][/quote]

+1000[/quote]

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