Peaceful place has worked

Well its been a while and like most folks when there is peace you just enjoy what you have. My son has come on in leaps and bounds this last 6 months. He is for the first time happy with his education and is working so well with his teacher I couldn't be prouder or happier for him. He has developed in himself and that is just a wonderful thing to see. As he is now 13 years old I am hanging on for those" teen years" that I am told can be very hard for Aspergers children! He has started a new class in civil engineering, well with his love of designing it seemed the next step for him! He has a really good teacher for this that before his retirement was a teacher in a collage teaching civil engineering so that my son really has a great chance here to learn the right way to draw before he gets lost in his way of working! The only gray cloud is the lack of friends, he really has none which leaves him bored for some of the time. I can't think a way of helping that at the moment but I am sure in time it can work out. He has adult friends here but really could do with children, as most of you know its a two edged thing, children kind of bore him but he wants them any way!

Thats me and mine!

this is a picture of my son and I. It as taken for our first Christmas in Turkey 06! Now that was a great day. My son loves to dig (thats his stress relief!) so when it got too much off he would hop from our meal and dig on the beach with other children.

He's a great kid and helps me be grounded.

Aspergers helpful book

Well I have been asked a few times for some good books on the subject of Aspergers, really with the view to helping us mums and the child. A great book I have found easy to read (not full of medical terms!) is “Parenting your Aspergers child” by Alan Sohn and Cathy Grayson.
It’s a book that walks you through diagnosis. Gives you insight into Aspergers from what the child may be going through, to helpful advice on who to see to help your child. This book helps you see the complexity of Aspergers. Allows you to help some of the professionals ( teachers, doctors) to have better understanding of this complexed condition.
Order today through our web site www.expatsavings.eu Click on “Holiday essentials, on the top of that page is Waterstone, click then type in the name of book and order. When you have the list up there are a few other books there for you to consider. Hope that helps.
I will in a few days pop up some books that help siblings and friends of your child! I found these helped my daughter a lot and we also found them good for her friends to have better understanding of our home and family. They have also help the “sitter”! We have to help not only the child but all the people around the child.

Aspergers help in 10 minutes!

Well my son is a little off color today and that means he's not his normal inventing self! While it gives me a break I find I miss the inventions!
A big help with my son has to be the "10 minutes" a day idea. This is where in that 10 Min's you do not offer advise, or help but allow him/her to play/ say what ever is going on in that time (that means no judging!) They call the shoots and you have to fit into what they want to do. This little bit of time allows there self esteem to grow and it builds in you knowledge and skills of your child. This is great as each child is unique! that can get forgotten when you have to deal with schools, home life! other children. The time builds up daily and at first the 10 minutes can feel long but once you both settle to the rules you see growth in both of you.The rules need to be kept as well so no going over the time that you set! How many of us have to spend all our time "fighting" for the child and forgetting to enjoy that same child.