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Hi Everyone:

One of the things that has worked for Ray is not getting stuck on

doing everything exactly as it is traditionally done. For example, I

really tried to follow the Social Story concept exactly and I used

Boardmaker symbols for the most part. I got frustrated by an inability to

find symbols for things I needed but there were symbols for slang and swear

words. A friend loaned me a digital camera and I started making my own

symbols and visuals.

I started doing visuals for every activity. They are similar to a Social

Story but more detailed in terms of the sequence (order) because Ray

needs that and I found that it helped train caregiving staff too. The

consultant we had at the time said they were too long and that Social

Stories should be short or we would lose his interest. So I redid them to

" do it right " but he was not nearly as responsive as to my detailed

ones. I learned that you have to do what works for your child not worry so

much about " doing it right " - it is right if it works for your child.

I was doing this for home not school initially. However, I was sort of

proud of the visuals and took one to an IEP meeting. My first one was

really primitive but when I shared it jaws began to drop. The IEP team had

not been very believing that he could do things I was claiming he did. The

visual was the steps involved in feeding the horses. The Autism specialist

and others made a comment about how independent he was and began to see him

in a different light. They made appointments to come out to the house to

observe what he could do. If you want to see a sample of this visual it is

on my website http://www.parentingyourcomplexchild.com/FeedingHorseStory.html.

I wanted to share it now with school beginning because when it is difficult

to get the team to see that your child is more capable than he demonstrates

in school, they are helpful.

Ray has an MRI today and may need to go back for surgery. If I am

unresponsive to replies I may be away from the computer for a while after

tomorrow.

Hope school is going well for everyone.

Peggy Lou

Lighthouse Parents

www.parentingyourcomplexchild.com

www.lighthouseparents.com

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