Guest guest Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I have faced the same quandary for years. Until last year I always opted out of EYS because I found it a waste of my son's time. I did do a school social skills class last year, that, if nothing else, did give his some play time with other kids. I have never been successful is getting the school districts to do anything of value during EYS, especially ABA. Whether I just didn't push hard enough, I don't know. We are getting in-home training over the summer, but it is social. Maybe you could get a couple hours a week of in-home training, which would be ABA. This year we are going to try EYS again, just for grins, but I still am not convinced it will be of any value. We are not depending on it, though. We are getting back to basics this summer in our home program and working hard, assuming the EYS program will be simply a social situation for him. --- and Trina Sherman wrote: > I understand that having school year round is > tempting. But do any of > you have teachers teaching in the summer who are > qualified? We are > offered a 4 hour day and in that day there is circle > time (cooking or > some such gobledegook) recess snack and some one on > one time. I have > been informed that none of the autism teachers (who > are the only ones > trained in ABA) are interested in working in the > summer. They are also > claiming that my one on one time does not have to be > the same amount of > time I get during the school year. My ARD is in 2 > weeks. Can I ask for > someone trained in ABA to come to my house and do my > one on one time as > well as ask that the ST and OT come? Do I have any > rights here? I think > my ARD committee would agree that my son needs EYS > to retain skills but > I question whether they would actually do him harm > if they staff the > class with someone who has no training. Also if I am > only going to get > 30 minutes or less of one on one time and the rest > is fluff (not to > mention the bus ride time) I could do my in home > program, get more done, > and get out of the house to do something fun before > he would normally > come home from school. I still don't want to let > them off the hook > though, educating my child should be their > responsibility I shouldn't > have to run a school. Can I make them come here? Any > ideas? Trina > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 RR was telling parents at the end of 04 that they EYS time could be wherever they wanted, it didn't have to be at the district's designated place. They could offer to come in to the daycare and provide the EYS time through that program but....remember....it was to be on the previously identified skills only and only the amount of time it would take to work on those, not an arbitrary time like 2 hrs. per day. It was getting very strict. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 Wow, I am in RR and I have never heard that. Are they doing that this summer, too? To come to your house requires 1 to 1 ratio, so I am surprised. Who was your contact? Dianne wrote: RR was telling parents at the end of 04 that they EYS time could be wherever they wanted, it didn't have to be at the district's designated place. They could offer to come in to the daycare and provide the EYS time through that program but....remember....it was to be on the previously identified skills only and only the amount of time it would take to work on those, not an arbitrary time like 2 hrs. per day. It was getting very strict. Texas Autism Advocacy www.TexasAutismAdvocacy.org Partners Resource Network www.PartnersTX.org Autism-Awareness-Action Worldwide internet group for AUTISM. --------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 where were your teachers 'trained' in ABA, if I might ask Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 22, 2005 Report Share Posted April 22, 2005 I was a teacher in the ARD meeting referenced. I was very impressed at that notion but was not there to see how it went/or if it did. Things are often suggested but do not make it to fruition for one reason or another. That is not meant to be derogatory, just a fact. The ARD was for a 6 yr. old and he had to attend daycare that summer. It was thought that he would be better served with a few hours there because the critical need objectives identified for him were in the areas of compliance and communication. This was going to be most beneficial. Yes, I do 1:1 now, but had an STM class then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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