Re: Broken Collar Bone - schooling

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Like I wrote previously, I don't always know who is writing what

because some intersperse there answers in the previous message,

others put their's first and yet others...

So I'll write to to the part that talks about being in the

classroom. If you have the schedule for it, it is imperative you

monitor/visit the classroom. Whether you like the teacher or not,

the staff, you trust and believe everything, there is nothing like

seeing. In this state you can go a step beyond that and audio

record while monitoring (as long as one party knows there is is

recording going on/you, you are okay). This is called 'adverse

assumption', a tenet I believe in whole heartedly. Hope for the

best, but plan for the worst.

Also, send in third disinterested parties to document what they

see. I do not mean uncle Joe and aunt Sally; but a qualified third

disinterested party.

I've worked with a handful of families in the year-plus I've

been baptized by autism and while I've learned with each 'incident'

I feel we've been lucky and knock-on-wood are batting-a-thousand.

While this cannot go on forever the rule of 'adverse assumption' has

served me well!

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> In a message dated 5/22/2006 12:22:27 PM Eastern Standard Time,

> DMHelmick1@... writes:

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> Hi Roxanne,

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> That is a good idea..did anyone seem to be a bit offended by your

wanting to

> do that? I'm thinking of doing that as they are saying my son is

doing

> well...

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> ~ n

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> I think they did not appreciate me doing this at all. They knew

I disagreed

> with them about his needs already and that is why I was there to

observe.

> But then again, they couldn't prevent me from being there.

Ultimately it was

> the best thing to do because you get a wonderful first hand idea

of how the

> child is doing. So I have done it again with my other son under

better

> circumstances and they usually find it odd that you are there,

but they don't mind.

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> Roxanna ô¿ö

> Autism Happens

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