A Child with Autism: Zhanat's Story of Classes and the First Changes in the LTP® Program
Zhanat from Astana, Kazakhstan, talks about her son and her experience seeking help. At the time of recording, the boy was 3 years and 7 months old , and the family had been participating in the LTP® program for about a month.
In her review, the mother shares the difficulties they encountered, her experience with previous classes, and the first changes she noticed after starting the program.
What was bothering mom?
According to Zhanat, her son ate only two or three foods. His usual diet consisted mainly of bread and sweets. He suffered from chronic constipation, severe abdominal pain, and sleep problems.
He would run away from his mother on the street. She also noted a pronounced fixation on the same actions, a lack of speech, and an inability to understand spoken language.
For the family, these were daily challenges: feeding the child, putting him to bed, coping with discomfort, and finding a way to interact with him.
How did the search for help proceed?
Zhanat explains that over the past two and a half years, the family tried speech therapy, sensory integration, adaptive physical education, and ABA therapy. However, she says these sessions didn't bring the changes in her daily life she hoped for.
The mother especially remembers the physical exercises her son had to perform through tears and resistance. She emphasizes that during this time, the child slept poorly, ate limited food, and experienced stomach pain.
Later, Zhanat began to view this situation differently. It became important for her to consider her child's well-being and their state of mind throughout the day , not just their homework assignments.
What changes did mom notice in the first month of LTP®?
At the time of recording this review, the family had been on the program for about a month. Zhanat cites the nutrition as the most significant initial change.
According to her, within the first two weeks, her son began eating home-cooked meals , and his usual diet was no longer limited to a few foods. His mother says that by the time of this recording, he had already been going without sweets and his favorite bread for three weeks.
Zhanat also notes changes in her daily well-being:
- Sleep: According to her, the child began to sleep better.
- Chair: The mother reports that her son has started going to the toilet every day.
- Variety of activities: New themes and images began to appear in the sculpture.
Instead of the same old thing, new ideas for sculpting
Zhanat also talks about his time with play dough. For about a year, her son repeated the same idea: he molded the same word related to "Kokomelon."
Shortly before the recording, the mother noticed a change: the boy began making rainbows, multi-colored lollipops, and other words and themes related to his favorite cartoons, "The Blue Tractor" and "Three Cats."
For Zhanat, this became a noticeable example of how the child’s usual activities began to become more diverse.
What does this experience mean for the family?
The main thing in Zhanat's story is the changes she saw at home: in her son's nutrition, sleep, bowel regularity, and independent activities.
The mother emphasizes that the family is only at the beginning of the program. She shares her feedback with parents who have also been searching for help for a long time and are worried about the lack of expected results.
This retelling is based on Zhanat's personal video testimonial. The changes described are conveyed in her own words and reflect her family's experience.
REPORT » BEFORE AND AFTER»
GROUP: November 24
DATE: 11.12.24
COURSE START: 11/18/224
PARENTS: Zhannat
CHILD: Hakim, 3 years and 7 months old
COUNTRY: Kazakhstan
Before LTP:
— 2-3 products in the diet (bread, buns, cookies)
— woke up at night 3-5 times (from stomach pain)
- constipation
- goes outside and immediately runs to the store for sweets
— I was obsessed with sculpting (I sculpted the same thing every day)
After :
- eats regular healthy food
— selectivity goes away
— started trying new products
- started playing with me more often
- asks to put the phone away and play with it
— I started paying attention to who came and went from the house.
— started to mold new words
— he started calling me “ma” when he needed something from me
— started spending more time with me personally and not alone
— I wanted to play with snow outside, I played with snow.
— the look became more conscious
- He began to examine my earrings and the piercing in my earlobes.
- my sleep has improved
— became calmer
- started shouting less for no reason
— stopped flapping his arms like a butterfly
- toilet every day
— no longer runs to the store for sweets
Overall, the child began to feel better and became calmer.
