Guest guest Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 I'm dreading middle school and here you are at high school. I know I'll be asking alot of advice when she goes to middle school. Keep good notes so you can send them to me when the time is right. lol Good luck to and you in high school, if you can get through all the other years I know you will make it through high school with flying colors! Carol Trisha's Mom She isn't typical, She's Trisha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 18, 2004 Report Share Posted February 18, 2004 Oh Carol, What news to read on Trisha. Remarkable! What wonderful news on her current teacher discovering Trisha's individual learning style, paying attention to her personal choices and looking at her performance in different developmental areas, picking up her signals. Some learners can't find follow spoken instructions; they need to be shown. The best teachers learn to work with the individual's strengths, the preferred stimulus. Otherwise, repetition is useless. It does make a difference when the school staff come around for our kids and treat them as an individual and not a label or their disability. Each can learn a functional form of communication. Love the way she can express some needs, choices, and dislikes. What great progress. How I miss 's middle school years, it is another ball game with High School for him this year but I'm not done yet. Hugs! Irma,15,Ds/ASD Re: update on Trisha (it's been awhile) sorry long thank you! and yes the right support makes all the difference. I know there are still more bumpy roads ahead of us, but, we got through this, we will get through whatever comes our way. :-) P.S. I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it is for Trisha to be able to tell us that she is cold. Now that she has the sign for it, we were able to link her vocalizations to the sign and she has been letting us know when she was cold for years, we just didn't understand her language. It's funny how we just thought she was making noise and all the time she was communicating and probably couldn't understand why we were so dense! lol Carol Trisha's Mom She isn't typical, She's Trisha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 22, 2004 Report Share Posted February 22, 2004 Hi Carol, Just keep track of everything right now that is helping Trish progress and be on guard that nobody changes it. This will give you power and strength to continue having what is working for her now to transition into the next school years. I'll try to remember to make up a file just for Middle school info, so that if anyone needs info. I'll be glad to share. Thanks for building my self esteem, it helps to heal my soul, to continue this road and keep the vine growing on a positive route for 's future. Of course all this on what I've been applying for has made a difference for many other students. I still in touch with my sons middle school teacher with info, especially supporting her with the sibling support group that she has started back when 's older brother had attended. I was told that it has grown since too many kids with special needs are coming aboard and many of the siblings and future ones are enjoying this program and they are becoming better people. Having a sibling with special needs affects the whole family and can cause some stress. They are being productive towards their school work and just being a better person and the Autism team had commented on occasion that they know who is providing the information. I just smiled, I am shy. I do love hearing how well Trish is doing. Love it! How many more years will Trish continue being at the same school she is attending now? Maybe you could squeeze in some video taping, is it possible? Because this just shows how much someone was willing to find Trisha's talents. Irma,15,DS/ASD Re: update on Trisha I'm dreading middle school and here you are at high school. I know I'll be asking alot of advice when she goes to middle school. Keep good notes so you can send them to me when the time is right. lol Good luck to and you in high school, if you can get through all the other years I know you will make it through high school with flying colors! Carol Trisha's Mom She isn't typical, She's Trisha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 25, 2004 Report Share Posted February 25, 2004 In a message dated 2/22/2004 10:19:14 AM Eastern Standard Time, ICANFIELD@... writes: How many more years will Trish continue being at the same school she is attending now? Maybe you could squeeze in some video taping, is it possible? Because this just shows how much someone was willing to find Trisha's talents. not sure how long she will be at this school, technically she should transistion out this coming year, but they don't have a special ed teacher that is appropriate for her needs at the middle school so I am hoping she might stay another year where she is. Her teacher and I both agree we don't think she is ready for middle school yet. So we will see what happens. Carol Trisha's Mom She isn't typical, She's Trisha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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