Guest guest Posted June 17, 2002 Report Share Posted June 17, 2002 Loree, I completely agree. Christie *Momi* of Sara 9, Sabaa 6, Alia 5 and Hana (ds) 3 mos! On Sun, 16 Jun 2002 19:08:43 -0500 loree <loree5@...> writes: >I love reading your posts. Your love for her is so evident and what you have done > for Jan without the help that all the rest of us are lucky enough to > have access to is to be commended!! > > Loree5 ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 17, 2002 Report Share Posted June 17, 2002 Going to Due process to Kick their butts Doing it for and all the 's after her !! Mom to (WHO will be Fully Included in September) FlowerMommi@... wrote: Excellent point!!! Christie *Momi* of Sara 9, Sabaa 6, Alia 5 and Hana (ds) 3 mos! On Fri, 14 Jun 2002 20:05:51 -0400 " Jim & Eleanor Green " <JimandEleanor@...> writes: > I have to say I think this is part of our " fight, " if you will, for > the > group who comes after us. The group(s) who came before us got our > children > out of mental institutions, into schools (inclusive or not), into > work > settings, play settings, ....on and on. I think we have a > responsiblity to > the ones who came before and who will come after to take up this > terribly > difficult challenge and move the baton forward for the next ones. > IMHO > > Eleanor ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/web/. Click reply to all for messages to go to the list. Just hit reply for messages to go to the sender of the message. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 20, 2007 Report Share Posted September 20, 2007 Baseball Story In Brooklyn, New York, Chush is a school that caters to learning disabled children. Some children remain in Chush for their entire school career, while others can be mainstreamed into conventional schools. At a Chush fundraising dinner, the father of a Chush child delivered a speech that would never be forgotten by all who attended. After extolling the school and its dedicated staff, he cried out, “Where is the perfection in my son, Shay? Everything God does is done with perfection. But my child cannot understand things as other children do. My child cannot remember facts and figures as other children do. Where is God’s perfection?” The audience was shocked by the question, pained by the father’s anguish, and stilled by the piercing inquiry. “I believe,” the father continued, “that when God brings a child like this into the world, the perfection that he seeks is in the way people react to this child.” He then told this story about his son, Shay: One afternoon, Shay and his father walked past a park where some boys Shay knew were playing baseball. Shay asked, “Do you think they will let me play?” Shay’s father knew that his son was not at all athletic and that most boys would not want him on their team. But Shay’s father understood that if his son was chosen to play it would give him a comfortable sense of belonging. Shay’s father approached one of the boys in the field and asked if Shay could play. The boy looked around for guidance from his teammates. Getting none, he took matters into his own hands and said, “We are losing by six runs and the game is in the eighth inning. I guess he can be on our team and we’ll try to put him up to bat in the ninth inning.” Shay’s father was ecstatic as Shay smiled broadly. Shay was told to put on a glove and go out to play short center field. In the bottom of the eighth inning, Shay’s team scored a few runs but was still behind by three. In the bottom of the ninth inning, Shay’s team scored again and now with two outs and the bases loaded, with the potential winning run on base, Shay was scheduled to be up to bat. Would the team actually let Shay bat, and give away their chance to win the game? Surprisingly, Shay was given the bat. Everyone knew that it was all but impossible because Shay didn’t even know how to hold the bat properly, let alone hit with it. However, as Shay stepped up to the plate, the pitcher moved a few steps closer to lob the ball in softly so that Shay should at least be able to make contact. The first pitch came and Shay swung clumsily and missed. One of Shay’s teammates came up to Shay and together they held the bat and faced the pitcher waiting for the next pitch. The pitcher again took a few steps forward to toss the ball softly toward Shay. As the pitch came in, Shay and his teammate swung at the ball and together they hit a slow ground ball to the pitcher. The pitcher picked up the soft grounder and could easily have thrown the ball to the first baseman. Shay would have been out and that would have ended the game. Instead, the pitcher took the ball and threw it in a high arc to right field, far beyond the reach of the first baseman. Everyone starting yelling, “Shay, run to first. Run to first.” Never in his life had Shay run so fast. He scampered down the baseline, wide-eyed and startled. By the time he reached first base, the right fielder had the ball. He could have thrown the ball to the second baseman, who would tag out Shay, who was still running. But the right fielder understood what the pitcher’s intentions were, so he threw the ball high and far over the third baseman’s head. Everyone yelled, “Run to second. Run to second.” Shay ran towards second base as the other runners ahead of him deliriously circled the bases toward home. As Shay reached second base, the opposing shortstop ran to him, turned him in the direction of third base and shouted, “Run to third.” As Shay rounded third, the boys from both teams ran behind him screaming, “Shay, run home.” Shay ran home, stepped on home plate and the boys on both teams lifted him on their shoulders and made him the hero, since he had just hit a grand slam and won the game for his team. “That day,” said Shay’s father, with tears rolling down his face, “all those boys reached their level of God’s perfection ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ Building a website is a piece of cake. Small Business gives you all the tools to get online. http://smallbusiness./webhosting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Hello, I " m usually a lurker but this has been a hot topic for me for a while now. My son, Tate who is 6 years old is going into public school kindergarten next year. I have requested and gotten a tag along aide for him. I am also requesting that he spend half the day in regular kindergarten with his peers and the other half in the resource room. In the reg. ed. room time would include specials, recess and snack. By the time those are over he would have approx. about 90 minutes in the classroom. I should mention that our district only has half day every day kindergarten at this point. But because he is in special ed., he will attend all day. They seemed shocked that I wanted this many minutes. They want to start with 30 minutes in the reg. ed classroom and build up as the year goes on. I would rather set the bar high and if there is problem then we revisit it. I believe that I need to give him a chance to see if he can be successful. We have already have had the IEP meeting which lasted for 2.5 hrs and I refused to sign because of this sticking point, and we meet again next week. To me it goes back to Least Restrictive Environment with proper support. I have dug in my heels on this one and I won't let them bully me. Any input you would have would be much appreciated. Am I crazy? Jen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 17, 2010 Report Share Posted May 17, 2010 Jen, You are not crazy. Do I understand correctly that you are asking that your son attend regular half day kindergarten, just like every other typical kid, AND that he goes to the resource room for the remainder of the six(ish) hour school day? It sounds a lot like what we did. Except our son was only five yo. Looking back, it would have been better to wait until he was six years old. It was a verrry long day for a five year old. You are all ready ahead of this potential problem because Tate is all ready six but it's still something to consider. You know Tate, his energy level and his stamina. If you know he's ready (as ready as any six year old can be) in those ways, I say stick to your guns. I would suggest putting Tate in the regular kindergarten class during his best time of day. So if he's a morning guy, have kinder in the am and resource room after lunch etc....just another way to give him the best chance at success. > > > Hello, I " m usually a lurker but this has been a hot topic for me for a while now. My son, Tate who is 6 years old is going into public school kindergarten next year. I have requested and gotten a tag along aide for him. I am also requesting that he spend half the day in regular kindergarten with his peers and the other half in the resource room. In the reg. ed. room time would include specials, recess and snack. By the time those are over he would have approx. about 90 minutes in the classroom. I should mention that our district only has half day every day kindergarten at this point. But because he is in special ed., he will attend all day. They seemed shocked that I wanted this many minutes. They want to start with 30 minutes in the reg. ed classroom and build up as the year goes on. I would rather set the bar high and if there is problem then we revisit it. I believe that I need to give him a chance to see if he can be successful. We have already have had the IEP meeting which lasted for 2.5 hrs and I refused to sign because of this sticking point, and we meet again next week. To me it goes back to Least Restrictive Environment with proper support. I have dug in my heels on this one and I won't let them bully me. Any input you would have would be much appreciated. Am I crazy? > Jen > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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