RE: Re: Green Eggs and Ham

[Guest guest]

hmmm... wonder how the teacher would feel when she asks you to sign papers

and you tell her you will sign one paper and if she is good you will sign

another later?

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 11/5/2004 7:18:08 PM Eastern Standard Time,

cindysue@... writes:

was on

cloud 9 that I found something that works to eliminated his negative

behaviors and just so pleased that was able to hold it

together.

Please, please remember....you know your child better than the teacher,

therapist, school etc. If you find something that works then keep using it,

and

document the results, then at the next IEP show your documentation and then

say you want it put in the IEP and if they refuse then say you want a

written pwn before you leave the meeting.

Carol

Trishasmom

She isn't typical, She's Trisha!

[Guest guest]

We have taken that book and some other special books and translated them

into PECS from Writing 2000. then Elie can read them almost alone.

I have decided that teachers are really hired help to do our bidding (catch

the negativity???) and therefore. SHE will do what I want. And I will go

to school to enforce it!!

So this week, I went to school, asked for the social stories notebook I have

laboriously written. It was unearthed from a pile of s--- on the teacher's

desk - never used because she didn't know which stories were helpful and

which were not. So I went across the hall to the secondary principal and

showed her my book. The result was that I will write and send stories which

will travel back and forth in the back b=pack. They will be used

exclusively for reading. If the teacher wants a topic covered, either she

must write one or tell me and I will write one. But use it she will.

SOOOOO I wrote one about Camp next week. Now Elie is reading it every

minute he can!! And reminding me that camp is now in 7 days.

7-6-5-4-3-2-1- Blast off to Camp!!!

Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons.

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>Subject: Re: Green Eggs and Ham

>Date: Sat, 06 Nov 2004 00:09:48 -0000

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>I wrote the other day about 's great day going to Baltimore

>and how I bribed him with the book Green Eggs and Ham. I was on

>cloud 9 that I found something that works to eliminated his negative

>behaviors and just so pleased that was able to hold it

>together. I shared that information with his teacher and here is the

>response I got:

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> >With regard to the book, I would not encourage you to purchase more.

>He

>will work for one page of the book .

>We select one to copy and add it to the journal with his words.<

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>What is up with that? I found something that works (anyone who knows

>us knows that trips to doctor appointments are so hard on both of us -

> the teacher has no idea what goes through). That is fine if

>she wants to use one page and will use it more often, but I intend to

>continue to buy that darn book for special outings like doctor

>appointments - if it works, it works! I also know that would

>not have done well if he only got one page. Another thing -

>'s last two copies of that book went to school with him and

>never came back home. asks for it.

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>Just venting a bit - will figure out a response this weekend.

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[Guest guest]

There are two things that unnerve me when it comes to

school situations and are still risky business for me

to advocate over.

1) Sending in requested or helpful tools that are then

ignored

and

2) When people don't get the importance of the

technique or tool.

After 10 years of doing the adaptations and social

stories and all that rot, I have no patience for

people who can't seem to get their s*** together and

make accommodations within 2 months.

It's stunning to me that folks can see the amount of

effort put into something--and we don't have time to

do that for things that do not work--and then claim

that it doesn't work.

, I would not seek validation for your successes

from this teacher. She needs to be more crafty than

you--it's important to her self-esteem. told

you what worked and why it was great. Let him be your

tool. As for the teacher, if she wants to micromanage

her stuff, let her--as long as it works and she

actually DOES IT. I'd focus on that. If she has the

better plan, is she USING IT??????

just a vent

j

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