Interviewer: Should a parent who thought we trained in stimulation, just do it or should they learn through experts to do the right kind of stimulation.
Doctor: Well, there are certainly a lot of opportunities now for parent training. There are conferences that happen all the time through our program, for example offers workshop almost monthly, but there is also parent training programs. So parent training will certainly help, but the other part of it is just naturally getting, I do not mean getting new child face in a negative way, but not letting your child push you away and sort of forcing the interactions even if it is just being persistent.
Interviewer: Kind of careful because sometimes it is very frustrating to take care of the kid as thought, do what you want the kid will do, is that true?
Doctor: Yes. It is very frustrating. It is heartbreaking when your child appears to be rejecting you. The hard part is that people think that many kids with autism are being what we called noncompliant. Meaning, they are not doing what you ask them to do, but the truth of the matters the most of them do not know what you want them to do.
So it is not really noncompliant.
Interviewer: It is not there fault?
Doctor: No.
Interviewer: And it is not the parent’s fault either.
Doctor: No absolutely not.
Interviewer: I would imagine if that true. They are just training on a marriage.
Doctor: It is. I mean usually kids who, many of them needs supervision 24-hours a day for a very long time. And most family stays have children and they know that when they kids are 6 and 7, and 8-years-old that they will have some time for you where the kids would be off and playing.
But a lot of kids with autism, you can take them out of your sight for more than a second. They likely perception of danger. They often are some engage what we called pica, which means they eat inaudible. They would run out in the street. Some of our kids climb out second floor windows because they see a pool 3 yards away.
That is why we offer a lot of programs because it is like having in some cases and I do not mean this intellectually, but I mean the behaviorally. It is like having a 2-year-old for 25 years. That can be real strain.
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