High Functioning: Tween

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Swats at School

S.A. asks from Tulsa

My son is 6 years old and attends the first grade at a school where they still swat the children as a last measure of punishment. He has Aspergers Syndrome which is a...

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10 YO Afraid of the Phone, Has Trouble Making Close Friends!

J.W. asks from Benton Harbor

My 10 year old daughter is a sweet girl. Her teachers always tell me that she gets along well with everyone at school, although she does have some anxiety issues and...

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First Long Distance Field Trip

J.R. asks from Altoona

My 11 year old son is going to be going on his first long distance field trip to Washington DC. in May and I am really afraid to let him go. He has never been that ...

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My 13 Year Old Son Is What Is a "Gifted" Student, Also Learning Disabled

C.G. asks from Los Angeles

What professionals do I speak to, or have him tested by, so that I can get him the exact help he needs? Since he is "gifted" <---school's term, all I get from the sch...

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12 Year ADHD - Parents Need Help

C.S. asks from Portland

My son was diagnosed ADHA 5yrs ago, we have tried numerous drug, non-drug, food and discipline tactics to help him. All with varying degrees of success. Currently h...

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Input Regarding Behavior Issues with gifted-Autism Spectrum Teen Boyadding This

W.A. asks from Phoenix

My son is 14, IQ of 137 (137ish, may be 136, 138, somewhere in the high 130s), has aggressive ADHD and Aspergers (which is high functioning autism). Situation is thi...

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Help a Laid Back Mama Implement Routines

P.G. asks from Dallas

Oh, I am horrible at this. I am too laid back. I like and hate it about myself. I need to improve, but am so ambivalent about this! My son started kindergarten this y...

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Advice and Support for Special Needs

I.M. asks from Houston

I'm fairly new to the Houston area, actually Texas all together! So i don't really know anyone here very well. I have a 5 year old son who has autism, or he is some...

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How to Help Our Son

B.K. asks from Jacksonville

I have a four and a half year old who is a very high functioning autistic. He can spell thirty five words, count to 135, knows his alphabet frontwards and back, know...

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Asperger's

M.L. asks from Houston

If your child has Asperger's, when did you find out? My second daughter has issues, and, we've often suspected her having this. We very much conform to her needs, do...