can anybody out there help me to teach my autistic son, for free?
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If you would add to your question, your location(state, city) this would help alot.  But to answer your question, I would be will to help any parent that need teaching help for their child.
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The first website is specifically for the parents of Deaf children, the second one will get you into a chat room.\nhttp://www.deafchildren.org/asdc/\nhttp://www.deafchatcoffee.com/\n\nThis is a very important website that can teach you about the Deaf community\nhttp://www.nad.org/site/pp.asp?c=foINKQMBF&b=91587\n\nAlso, do a search for "_________ (your area/state) association of the Deaf"  many communities have silent dinner or other gatherings, and you will find many people who want to help you and your son, and they will be thrilled that you want to be a part of their community
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A place where you can get help cheap, or free is at you local public/private university.  Math Majors would love the extra money to help your son with fractions.  You could prolly pay 20 dollars per session.  Also I know some universities offer free tutoring.
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Please tell me, are you in the U.S.A.?  Including your location will help us answer you better, because laws and opportunities vary and mentioning your area may encourage answerers from your location.\n\nIn the USA the laws  are such that the public school which cannot provide the appropriate learning environment may have the option to send the child (until 21 years of age if needed) to another public school in the county or an "approved private school" (at least that's the term in Pennsylvania, USA) and the public school pays the cost of tuition and transporation.\n\nIf your son has a specific diagnosis, you may be able to find the right public or private school by searching on the internet using the diagnosis for example "autism", "private school", "reviews", and your general location fro example "Montgomery county, PA"\n\nThere are schools and knowledgable & caring educators out there!   Your teenager is not the only one who needs special attention and structure.  There are also parent/guardian support groups on line and probably in your local area, ask the doctors or specialists you've dealth with or the area hospitals or libraries as groups often meet there.  Depending on your situation, you may find some ways to teach or support his learning at home with specifically designed learning materials -- ask his doctors or therapists for recommendations and since he is 16 you need to get him "on board" with the desicions, if he can help make some of the choices and work with you as a team he will be better motivated to work hard and continue to develop.\n\nAsk more questions about specifics as you need to, there are teachers, parents, siblings, and child advocates "listening" who understand your situation (I'm all of the above and still advocating for my adult brother and my teenager)  God Bless you!
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Here are some places to start:\n\nhttp://www.chaddmi.com/\nhttp://www.bridges4kids.org/PAC.html (scroll down to list of parent advocacy groups)\nhttp://www.bridges4kids.org/HelpForKids.html\nhttp://www.conductdisorders.com/\nhttp://www.wrightslaw.com/\nhttp://www.causeonline.org/\n\n\nFor someone who is ED, learning proper behavior is difficult. For the "normal" person, behavior reflects feelings, and is appropriate for the social context. However, B/ED people have feelings that do not match their environment, and/or their natural behavioral responses are not socially acceptable.  Therefore, their big challenge in learning is to build "unnatural" behavior patterns to meet society's expectations. The world will not change to fit them...they must change to fit the world. Life is not fair...and never has been.\n\nThe purpose of special education is to help children who are different, learn to function effectively in the mainstream society. If your child does not learn to control his own behavior by the time he is an adult, he WILL end up in prison (the prison population is full of people with ADHD, ED, etc.). \n\nYour son is not in special education to be coddled, "allowed to be himself," or enabled in his use of maladaptive behaviors. He is in special education so that he can be guided toward appropriate behaviors.\n\nThe question you should be raising is not "why are they appearing to attack my son?" but rather "Are they providing appropriate instruction in behavior skills so that HE can learn to control himself?" AND "Am I being trained, as a parent, in these techniques so that I can use them at home and provide him with stability across all environments?"  AND "What am I already doing at home to bring about changes in his behavior so that my baby boy won't spend a life behind bars?"
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Free is not a problem. Free and where we can get help too if needed and that is www.bravenet.com\n\nYou will find this website very useful.
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I am a certified music therapist, and there is a lot of research on the use of music to help autistic children.  There are many music therapists who work in school districts and you can request it for your child.  Check out this website www.musictherapy.org.  It will give you all the info. about music therapy and autism.  Click on frequently asked questions.
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I have an autistic child in my daycare and have found this website to be a great resource for items within the daycare for children with disabilities:\n\nBe sure to check out their products, you may be surprised at how many you arleady have around or can easily make yourself for much less.\n\nhttp://www.superduperinc.com/
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Try the The West Midland Autistic Society, they have a school for autistic children based in Coddington, I worked there as an agency worker for over a year, it was kewl. If you wanna go Agency, try Beresford Blake Thomas on 0121 212 2292 and ask for Karen Skelding. They're based all over the UK and very help full. If you do go to Agency working, change over to self employed within them, you get a higher rate of your tax refunded to you. BBT should have a list of companies who do this. Feel Free to contact me if you need anymore info. I've been there and done it and loved it. Good Luck! :0)
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Try browsing this site:\nhttp://www.autism-pdd.net/LINKS/texas.html\n\nThese also may have some info:\nhttp://www.yellowpagesforkids.com/help/tx.htm\nhttp://www.angelfire.com/tx5/autismlist/support.html\n\nGood luck!
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http://www.autism-society.org/site/PageServer\n\nhttp://www.forautistickids.com/\n\nhttp://www.forautistickids.com/links.htm\n\nhttp://www.matrixparents.org/\n\nhttp://www.magictouch.com/assistivetech.html\n\nhttp://www.autismtoday.com/\n\nhttp://www.apple.com/education/profiles/louisamuscatine/\n\nhttp://www-tnswep.ra.utk.edu/ReuseGuide/readersyoung.htm\n\nhttp://drchris.teachtown.com/category/upcoming-events/\n\nhttp://www.cristina.org/faq.html\n\nI think you have to contact your daughter's case manager (Regional Center of the East Bay  if you live in California), here is the link\n\nhttp://www.rceb.org/home.htm
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You can contact local branches of the Autism Society of America and they can really help you.  Don't go with your doctors attitude, at age 3, even if it's not autim, but another sort of problem, he needs intervention.  The sooner the better.  My son is mildly autisic and for years I let the doctor convince me to give it time for him to catch up.  I waited a little too long (he was 4) and I regret not going with my instincts.
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Go to free_ed.net maybe it will help.  They have everything.
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www.freeadvice.com\n\nbest bet is to be honest...after all, your child is involved here...think about it
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You sound as though you need help.  Do you have a teacher you can confide in?  Perhaps Child Services can help also.
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North Carolina has a good program called TEACCH\nwww.teacch.com\nYou could also check out these sites\nwww.autismwebsite.com/ari/index.htm\nwww.autism-society.org\nwhat works good for one kid may not work at all with the next. try different things till you find the one that  you see is doing the best for the child.
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I know having a child with autism can be extremely hard. My nephew has it. I live in the U.S. but I did some searching for places in Canada that have services for people with autism. You can try the Autism Society Canada, Autism Treatment Services of Saskatchewan, Geneva Centre For Autism( they provide a training institute on a fee-for-service basis). You can check out this site and see if any of these places can be of help to you http://www.netrover.com/~southgve/canadian.htm\nAlso try Harmony, Inc. & Autism http://www.harmonyinc.org/about/autism.html\nAnd try Resources on Autism for the Canadian Families http://autism.about.com/od/canadiansonly/\nThis link lists different treatment services located in Canada http://ca.dir.yahoo.com/Regional/Countries/Canada/Health/Diseases_and_Conditions/Autism/Organizations/\nI hope you're able to find one that helps. It's great that you're not signing over your parental rights to get help for your son. He can't help being aitistic and he needs your love and support. Good luck to you and your family.