I forgot to share this earlier.  When Emmett got into the car yesterday after picking him up from school, he was so excited to show us this.  Apparently, he was asked to write a sentence to describe the picture.  He did just that.  It's a short sentence but he did it all by himself.  I couldn't be any prouder.  :-) This site is managed almost exclusively from my Galaxy S4. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired "Like" me on Facebook Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me   Setup of an account with Bluehost and I get paid. If your looking for a host for your website or blog. Click the image below and check out Bluehost. It's what I use.

Gavin had a pretty good day at school today.  Unfortunately, he post a point in Math class once again for getting frustrated.  I gotta be honest, I'm not sure I agree with this point system being used this year. There has to be some sort of accountability but some of the reasons these kids are losing points seems really   petty. There isn't a set guideline for what behavior requires the loss of a point.  It's essentially up to the teachers discretion.  Elliott lost a point today as well.  According to him, they were doing a worksheet and the teacher instructed the class that they were supposed to skip some of the problems because they were too difficult.  Elliott says that he didn't hear that because other kids were talking.  Instead…

I'm so proud of Emmett.  He came home from school today and sat right down at his little table and did his homework.  He loves doing homework... Can you believe that??? Holy crap did we get lucky with him...  Great job Mr. Emmett John. Keep on being excited about learning. :-) This site is managed almost exclusively from my Galaxy S4. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired "Like" me on Facebook Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me   Setup of an account with Bluehost and I get paid. If your looking for a host for your website or blog. Click the image below and check out Bluehost. It's what I use.

I wanted to make sure everyone is aware that October is National Bullying Prevention Month. Please stand with me and take a stand against bullying. I want to create a dialogue about bullying to help raise awareness. Please share your story in the comments below and help put a face to this campaign. By sharing your story, we can help others to understand the impact bullying has on a persons life. Please click the Like button and help spread the word. Post by Lost and Tired.   Please share your story below....

I'm going to share this with the expressed purpose of helping you all to understand that it's okay to feel this way. You shouldn't best yourself up for getting frustrated or being overwhelmed by your child with Autism. Last night at Dr. Pattie's, we were trying to talk with Gavin about the problems he's having in Math. We were asking Gavin to explain what kind of problems he's having in Math and he didn't know how.  We literally  tried a million different ways to get him to understand    what we were trying to learn and it just wasn't happening.  I literally got to the point that I wanted to beat my head into the table we were sitting around.  It's not Gavin’s fault and I'm not mad at him but…

The boys made it to school early today.  That's right, early. Everyone did awesome this morning and I'm so grateful for that.  Great job boys!!! This site is managed almost exclusively from my Galaxy S4. Please forgive any typos as autocorrect HATES me. ;-) Follow @Lost_and_Tired "Like" me on Facebook Visit the My Autism Help Forums To reach me via email, please Contact Me   Setup of an account with Bluehost and I get paid. If your looking for a host for your website or blog. Click the image below and check out Bluehost. It's what I use.

If your child receives occupational therapy, you likely already know how much of a difference that can make in the life of a child with Autism and/or SPD. I want to remind everyone to make sure that you take an extra second out of your day to say Thank You to your child's OT.  Yes, it's their job to help our kids but so any of them are absolutely amazing and have such a positive impact on our kids. Don't they at least deserve a thank you? I for one owe our boys occupational therapists a great many thanks.  They've been instrumental in helping our boys to be where they are today. Lizze and I are forever grateful and make sure to say Thank You, after each session.  Please feel…

Emmett and I were doing his homework tonight and I noticed that he's reversing his numbers.  It's not all the time and when I pointed this out to him, he did better.  He's only 5 years old but I've never seen him do that before. We've known that Elliott does this on occasion and at times will write things as a mirror image. The school is keeping a close eye on him and will be doing so reading dysfunction testing this year.  Emmett's still really young and I think that we can rest easy that this is relatively common for his age.  With that said, I think we should work with him on this and have his teachers kinda watch out for this going forward and make sure that nothings…