tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971729950750683368.post6979926682158684094..comments2023-11-02T08:33:01.256-04:00Comments on Find Out What Jen Finds: Party's OverJen Phttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06983275002944009749noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971729950750683368.post-57172519630526303032007-08-14T09:45:00.000-04:002007-08-14T09:45:00.000-04:00Thanks for the input and perspective. Sometimes I...Thanks for the input and perspective. Sometimes I am not sure if I even know what he needs but I know I love him and when something isn't right I know it right away. This is the same school that he went to for 2 years prior to the onset of biting last year which I pulled him out, put him in montessori and then pulled him out again because the biting continued. I've kept him home this past year for evaluations and therapy.<BR/><BR/>This school is at my church which I guess doesn't really mean anything. I'm going to observe him the first week. And I'll give them a chance to see if they really are going to be unwilling to adjust. Teachers are different than directors and it is the teachers that will be spending their time with them. I am supposed to meet the teachers next week.Jen Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06983275002944009749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971729950750683368.post-36094174181326458812007-08-14T00:49:00.000-04:002007-08-14T00:49:00.000-04:00Have you ever heard someone refer to a child as a ...Have you ever heard someone refer to a child as a soccer child? As if their life is defined by this one dimension? I hate it when people refer to my son as "autistic" like that is who he is the all encompassing definition.<BR/><BR/>I'm glad your son did well at VBS, G is 12 now and his youth group has been so great in terms of providing a safe and accepting social environment.Bonniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06460284744916937923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971729950750683368.post-82810694632241805232007-08-13T23:55:00.000-04:002007-08-13T23:55:00.000-04:00This is why I put the most store in those persons-...This is why I put the most store in those persons---therapists and teachers usually---who have spent hours and hours with Charlie and become very sensitive to his non-verbal communication (which, due to Charlie's speech disability, is the form much of his communication takes). They know Charlie's unique and particular ways and it's not at all "textbook" knowledge.<BR/><BR/>One wonders who this "They" is.........kristinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01104388229716638534noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4971729950750683368.post-698169029888522202007-08-13T23:35:00.000-04:002007-08-13T23:35:00.000-04:00Oh, sweetie, yikes. If some preschool admin said t...Oh, sweetie, yikes. If some preschool admin said that to me, it's the cue to run. And take your kid with you. <BR/><BR/>Joey's first teacher always said, "if he's doing something unacceptable, it doesn't matter if its the autism or not. It needs to change." Knowing Joey is autistic gives us an idea for methodology- strategies to support him and help him learn. <BR/><BR/>So when Joey comes to a classroom, often teh classroom must change- new strategies and tool and methods need to be practiced and employed so that he can be taught. Visual cues. Discrete trials. Sensory diet. I could go on. <BR/><BR/>A teacher who cannot shift and change to meet the needs of the students is not a teacher at all.Joeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.com