Guest guest Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Good question!! I'm hearing Mac say more " foul " words and I'm sure it's because he hears them a lot at school. Not necessarily 4-letter words, but he has used " stupid " and " retard " --of course to me those are worse than most any 4-letter word!! Jill Mom to Mac (12 yrs., 7th grade, Ds) and Kit (9 yrs., 3rd grade, Ds) ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- Reply-To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:15:35 -0500 > >Faith is 13 and in general ed classes in 6th grade at the middle school. The good part about mainstreaming is she picks up typical children's behavior. The bad part about mainstreaming is she picks up typical children's behavior! > >How can she learn the difference between good language, used with adults, and bad language that kids use with each other? She said " damn " to a teacher yesterday. I am sure she hears if often in her peer group. How can I help her understand the difference. We talked about it and she brought up that there is a dam in Ice Age (the movie). I explained the difference and told her she can only say dam at school if she is also saying " water " or " beaver " . > >We went through this with the f word in 3rd grade. Apparently someone dared her to say it to a teacher at lunch. She was put at a table by herself for punishment and she never said it at school again. However, I realize at middle school the language is getting rougher, and there is more unsupervised time for kids to talk among themselves. > >Should I make a list of " bad words " ? Not really something I want to teach! > >Tonight two ESE high school teachers will be presenting at our local Ds meeting so I'll ask them too. But, if anyone has suggestions please let me know! >ette > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 15, 2011 Report Share Posted February 15, 2011 Hi...Just my 2 cents worth but yep, with my I made a list of " bad " words he cannot say, and that was back in grade 2 or 3, and so far, he hasnt said any of them...if the kids dont know they shouldnt say them, they will say them... DOES say dumb and stupid, they were not on his list and retard has never come up anywhere so its not been discusseD...... is now in grade 10, will be 16 in April, and has reformed most of the TOUGH kids at the back of the bus, just by saying please dont say those bad words.....the bus drivers are amazed !! Ann , s Gram Re: [DownSyndromeInfoExchange] language question Good question!! I'm hearing Mac say more "foul" words and I'm sure it's because he hears them a lot at school. Not necessarily 4-letter words, but he has used "stupid" and "retard"--of course to me those are worse than most any 4-letter word!!JillMom to Mac (12 yrs., 7th grade, Ds) and Kit (9 yrs., 3rd grade, Ds) ---------- Original Message ----------------------------------Reply-To: DownSyndromeInfoExchange Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 09:15:35 -0500>>Faith is 13 and in general ed classes in 6th grade at the middle school. The good part about mainstreaming is she picks up typical children's behavior. The bad part about mainstreaming is she picks up typical children's behavior!> >How can she learn the difference between good language, used with adults, and bad language that kids use with each other? She said "damn" to a teacher yesterday. I am sure she hears if often in her peer group. How can I help her understand the difference. We talked about it and she brought up that there is a dam in Ice Age (the movie). I explained the difference and told her she can only say dam at school if she is also saying "water" or "beaver".> >We went through this with the f word in 3rd grade. Apparently someone dared her to say it to a teacher at lunch. She was put at a table by herself for punishment and she never said it at school again. However, I realize at middle school the language is getting rougher, and there is more unsupervised time for kids to talk among themselves.> >Should I make a list of "bad words"? Not really something I want to teach!> >Tonight two ESE high school teachers will be presenting at our local Ds meeting so I'll ask them too. But, if anyone has suggestions please let me know!>ette > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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