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Name: grlycutie
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me and my daughters father are not together i live in Mn and he sees her every two weeks for 4 hours.he will not admit that our child is autistic and everytime he takes her he doesnt do what he is suppose to do with her. when i get her back to has melt downs and just takes steps backward. the therapist has tried talking to him about what he should be doing with our to make her feel more comfortable and he listens but when he takes her he does the same things.. i dont know what to do and need suggest on how to get him on the same page as i am?? now he wants to take her for a whole weekend and me and the doctors keep telling him small steps and this is a huge step and something she would not feel comfortable with! any suggestions?????
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Name: katie l | Date: Sep 15th, 2010 2:55 AM
hi,my name is katie and i have two autistic sons a lso and i would suggest that you start inviting him to spend way more time with her like... invite him to therapy sessions and let them consistantly model how he should interact with her without directing it as a threat. he dont want to think that he is a complete failure as a father, but yet still probably dont know how to relate to her witch can be very confusing for a parent because we often think we always know how we should interactwith our children...but those inborn parenting skills are often related to ways that we have seen others interact with their typical children whom do not have autism. so he needs to be around the therapy sessions as much as possible, and around the child as much as possible so he can become part of her routine also.consistancy is key for autistic children. 

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