Monthly Archives: October 2009

Missing boy

As soon as I heard on the news tonight that a boy was missing I didn’t even need to hear that he was autistic. I did hear that he tended to wander and had climbed out a window and that … Continue reading

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A fairly quiet week

We’ve had a pretty quiet week this week. Beth’s been mostly behaving pretty well. There’s been a few of her obsessional behaviours like insisting that she’s going to her friend Jessica’s house for a sleepover. It’s been a bit like … Continue reading

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Plodding along

Not much has been going on really. We had a pretty crappy weekend behaviour wise with Beth, lots of tantrums and crying when she didn’t get her own way. She was pretty tired, I think camp took a lot more … Continue reading

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The girl is back!

The whirlwind came back from camp today, gee it’s been a couple of quiet days. Wednesday morning we had to be at school for 9 for the bus to leave at 9.15am. It was all running quite smoothly though I … Continue reading

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Look out Portsea

Bethie’s off to school camp tomorrow, very excited she is too! She’s been talking about it for ages, trying to convince me that it’s happening sooner than it actually is. Sometimes I’m sure that she figures that if she says … Continue reading

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A challenging weekend

Beth’s been quite a challenging child this weekend. There’s nothing especially that’s gone wrong, she’s just been really argumentative and getting herself worked up to the point that it needs to escalate for it to be over. It’s awful to … Continue reading

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Always good for a giggle

Just had to share this one with you all as I do believe that at times Beth makes me laugh more than anybody else I know! We were at school assembly this morning and Beth received a certificate for excellent … Continue reading

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Mainstream school versus Special School

Before Beth started going to kindergarten and we were at Irabina Early Childhood Intervention one day a week I had decided that Special School was for her. I hated the thought of her sitting on the sidelines, not knowing how … Continue reading

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Horse Riding

We went back to horseriding today after a few weeks break. We’ve had school holidays and Beth was sick on the last lesson of term. Things have changed there which is a shame, Marion who had been Beth’s teacher has … Continue reading

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3rd Appointment with Richard Malter

We had our third appt yesterday with Richard and Alan yesterday. They seemed quite pleased with Beth’s progress so far. I was a bit worried as to how much of the virus had come out as the only thing we … Continue reading

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