Re: My Little Dancer

[Guest guest]

How great is that Kathy!! I can imagine how well he did and how proud you

were. To bad you have to start all over again next year. I am beginning to

think it is the way of the world. I need to get a SEIT teacher fotr Micah for

next year for pre-school and have been looking now for 6 weeks with no luck. He

needs someone who also has a basic understanding of signing. You would think

I asked for the moon. I am very worried about next year and as it is going

now I will be going to school next year with him cause he needs one on one and

modification of his curriculum. I am no SEIT teacher but i do know his needs

and will not be pushed into a Special Ed program when he has done so well this

year. So...sigh~~~~ I am right there with you!!!

I am slo glad that Liam had a good year this year and did so well. I

guess we just gotta take it year to year.

Loree

[Guest guest]

Hi

You must be very proud of Liam. Congratulations on a job well done!

My Little Dancer

>

> Friday was dance festival day at Liam's school. After sitting outside in

the

> 90+ degree sunshine for a half hour while all the other classes went. It

was

> Liam's class' turn. We were told to send them in in sneakers and blue

jean

> shorts. The teacher had t-shirts made that said " Don't Worry - Be Happy. "

> Yup, that's the song they sang.

>

> It was so darn cute. There was my happy little guy, bopping up and down,

> swaying his arms and turning around to the Bobby McFerrin classic. I was

so darn

> proud of him. He did so well. Then I got a chance to sit in with his

class

> for awhile. I got a good look at the cross-section of students. Some

were

> very chatty, some not (including him), but he was part of the group. It

really

> re-inforced for me that this was the best place for him.

>

> Fortunately for some, but unfortunately for us, the program is converting

to

> an all ABA program for Autistic kids in September, so he and his class are

> moving to another school under the same principal. I have to go check it

out

> next week. Sigh. Here we go again.

>

> Kathy, Liam's mom( 6)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 6/19/2004 7:50:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time,

shippd@... writes:

> You must be very proud of Liam. Congratulations on a job well done!

>

>

Oh, I really, really am. Well you know the feeling. Happy Father's Day!

Kathy, Liam's mom( 6)

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In a message dated 6/19/2004 8:35:46 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Loree5@...

writes:

> . I am no SEIT teacher but i do know his needs

> and will not be pushed into a Special Ed program when he has done so well

> this

> year.

You will be soon! I think God gives us glimpses of how things are supposed

to be so we can keep working hard to maintain it. I had my moment Friday. At

least the program he'll be going to is run by the same principal and vice

preincipals.

Does the teacher need to be certified? How about giving the local colleges a

call? At ACDS some of the teachers worked at the Helen Keller institute or

Millneck Manor (near Oyster Bay). They might be able to give you leeds,

because all the folks that work there sign.

Kathy, Liam's mom( 6)

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In a message dated 6/20/2004 9:22:52 AM Central Daylight Time, Mom2lfm

writes:

> I think God gives us glimpses of how things are supposed to be so we can

> keep working hard to maintain it.

I KNOW God gives us those glimpses. If he didn't none of us would figure

out how to get through.

Yes the SEIT teacher has to be certified and through an agency only. I

will give a call to where you suggested though. They might not know anyone

this far out on the Island but they might know another agency. thanks kathy!

Loree