Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 Thanks- I appreciate your input. I know right now Ally would not be able to handle a regular classroom. But, I am hoping that eventually she will be able to. She is starting out only two days a week from 9- 1. Then working her way up to 3, 4 and 5 days a week. i am excited for her to start school, but also nervous about it too. I have spent time in the classroom with Ally three different times, so she can get familiar with the school, kids and teachers, which makes me feel more comfortable leaving her there. -- In Autism_in_Girls , Ploveabby@a... wrote: > , I think that you should go with your gut feeling of what to do. You > know your daughter best. My opinion about mainstreaming is that it needs to be > done when the child is ready. 4 years ago Abby would have NEVER been able to > handle a mainstream classroom. Now she is in one half the day and requesting-on > her own I might add, to have more time in the mainstream first grade. > Inclusion is a very controversial subject. I don't think there is actually a right or > wrong answer to it. Both have advantages. A smaller classroom means more one > on one attention. To a child with sensory issues the hustle & bustle of a > mainstream classroom may just be to much. The sounds of 20 voices in a room is > much different from lets say 8 or 10. I just saw a VERY heated discussion of this > on another list. We all feel passionate about different subjects, however my > opinion is that all views need to be respected and unless a child is being > harmed there is no reason to make a parent feel bad about the decision that they > are making for their child. Like I said before, there are advantages to both > Special Ed and inclusion. I just feel strongly that you and your child will > know what is right for you at the time. Your daughter sounds like she has > wonderful language that has developed, so does Abby. Trust me, she WILL let you know > what she wants to do and what she is comfortable with. Abby is VERY vocal > about her likes and dislikes now. LOL! I wish you the best in whatever you decide. > > > Pennie > Abby's Mom > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 1, 2004 Report Share Posted January 1, 2004 It is a hard road dealing with our kids.......trying to decide what is best for them. You must realise though, that what you see as " pain " sometimes to you, may not necessarily be pain to your daughter. I used to go home from school in tears, when i would hear kids snigger at my daughter, and pull faces behind her back at times. As she gets old, she is now 9, i have to understand, that most of the time, she doesn;t even realise what teasing is..........and what being rejected is..she will go up and try to hug someone, and they look at her funny, or want to hold their hand, and when she was small that was acceptable, now it isn;t, so i must try and direct her not too.........but to her, that is her way of showing..... " i like you " .......i just simply try and put myself in her shoes now when dealing with school.......and it really does help......my daughters cognitive is still so behind it isn;t funny...................as time goes on, you will begin to see things, and know how to respond....you might not think so now..............but you will. All the best, CherylS Ally > Ally just had her fourth birthday. She loves Dora the Explorer, so > we had a Dora party. She is starting preschool in a week or so, > which consists of four other autistic children of different > development levels. I am hoping after one year in the all autsitic > preschool class she can go to a regular preschool. I dont want her > to be segregated. But, I also do not want her to feel the pain of > being rejected by " regular kids. " We went to the pediatric dentist a > few weeks ago, and Ally kept saying hi to this little girl, who > looked at her like she was crazy. As is the reaction from other > children who do not understand why she behaves different then them. > Any advise about this??? Is mainstreaming better or special ed? She > has made a ton of progress over the last few months. A year ago she > was nonverbal and had many auditory sensativities, which made her > scream a high pitched screeeeaaaammmm. Now, she has several hundred > words, copes with her sensativities better and is following simple > directions. Most of the time she is a very happy little girl, > although I see her pain when she tries to play with other children > and some of them reject her. Some of them play with her and it makes > her so happy. My heart breaks when i think of how I would feel with > such social rejection in life. So, I am torn on what to do regarding > school, in the future. Right now, its special ed. But, what about > the rest of her life. She will have to face a normal society. Any > advise would be helpful. > > > Autism_in_Girls-subscribe > ------------------------ > Autism_in_Girls-unsubscribe > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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