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I would also much appreciate any info anybody also has to share.

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I, too would appreciate it if this could be shared!

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Judy Armstrong

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and group,

We use email and sticky notes.

,Colin P's mom

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> We have a program for children with ASD in a public school. We are

> currently thinking about revamping our daily home correspondence form

> and I am hoping to get samples from you all to help us with our quest.

> Currently we are trying to 'condense' it down somewhat.

> Thanks for any help you may have to offer! E mail me privately at

> billandbeverly@... with any samples you can provide.

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When we were in public school, I was a bit frustrated with the quick notes

that read like this: " good day " or " difficult day " , so I made up a little

matrix where the team could rate (high, average, low or no observations) the

following list of categories of behavior. No, it's not very scientific, but

it was quick and easy for his teachers and provided me with much better

quality information than I was getting before.

Perseveration

Obsessions

Mouthing

Toileting accidents

Elopement

Hyperactivity

Attending

Verbal responding

Compliance

Geraldine

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I'll see if I can dig up what I have used (computer crashed at one

point and took down lots of files )and send it off-list IF I find

it, but I made up something similar to what Geraldine described with a

rating scale from school using MSWord that only needed some codes

circled for each behavior/skill area. This was set up for the week

with a column for the skill and 5 columns--M-F. I also put a footer at

the bottom with about 3 extra lines so they could leave a message, if

needed.

I also made up something that I sent TO school using a similar format

that was also a weekly form that noted how many hours my daughter had

slept, ate no/little/good breakfast, used the bathroom before school,

was in a good mood/cheerful or not, whether there were new events in

family--dad on trip, extra busy weekend, guests at home, etc. That was

to give the staff a heads up in case there was anything that they

should be aware of, since my daughter was non-vocal at the time. This

was all kept in a pocket folder that traveled back and forth each day.

The nice thing is that since the forms reflect each other, so when

kept together over time I could see whether some things

correlated...dad on trip, crying at school more probable...good

breakfast, good attention at circle more probable...little breakfast,

'probably need a snack at 10 to avoid a blowout, etc. We could also

see patterns and cycles. It helped to make predictions and be proactive.

I agree, those " great day " and " tough day " notes are pretty vague, and

I didn't want the staff to have to spend a ton of time writing me

anecdotal notes.

Anyway, it worked pretty well.

Slainte,

Regina F.

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Please also send me a copy of any daily correspondence forms or ideas. We

are revamping our forms in conjunction with revamping our school program

Thanks ! nne