I just got through cajoling my seven-year-old to practice tying his shoe and will continue cajoling him when he gets home from the supermarket with his mother to practice riding his bike. Physical activity isn’t his cup of tea, which makes it difficult for him to play the type of games that [...]
I went to an informational meeting for the parents of incoming special ed kindergartners and was struck by:
the increased enrollment (max 30) we are guaranteed to see in the general ed classroom, and the emphasis on the state standards to which the state and district will hold our children
The thought of my already [...]
Giving tests–the California Standards Test, DIBELS, Woodcock-Johnson NU–all week to my special ed students has made me wonder on more than one occasion just what I’m trying to prove. Okay, I’m a little worn down. By the end of next week I will have given the End of Year (EOY) [...]
Dear Ms. W.,
Thank you for:
-Always having patience with our son, S.
-Not overreacting when he shouted at his classmates or the couple of occasions when he hit them too. He didn’t mean to. He was very possessive of his best friend R. When R played with [...]
Bobb (Emergency Manager of Detroit Public Schools) also plans to dismantle the public school board, the best advocates for schools like CFA. Elena Herrada, an appointed member of the Detroit Public School Board will be running for her seat in the fall regardless. She thinks [...]
Talk to You Later-Notes to My Son: Day 132 of School
Because it is the loneliest month of all. Let mother Maia Chung tell you why:
AUTISM sucks. It’s like kryptonite to your soul. No matter how much you follow the rules, take them (children) to therapies, change their diets, take them to the right schools, it’s still [...]
Thanks to Autism Key for the vid. I love the woman’s comment about wanting to expose her child to something other than therapy. Ditto. “We want to feel normal,” she says. Ditto on that too. Our autistic boy has been taking karate lessons for a while now, but for me the biggest [...]
Talk to You Later-Notes to My Son: Day 127 of School
Talk to You Later-Notes to My Son: Day 110 of School
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