Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Thank you so VERY much for your input Kassi and Sondra. We are most appreciative. WILL be at this meeting, for the first time! In a message dated 1/15/2007 5:29:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, hfa2@... writes: I to agree to kassi's words on if she has words or an outlet to try to get of inputs to you ideas such as life skills maybe give a list of needed life skills and let her choose a few she feels are much most important to her. if placing her into a group or activity allow of her imnput of what sort of group or activity / Sondra Blessings Light and always Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Yes, Yes, yes! is the first person I asked! Her short term memory is really off given the seizure event she recently had. She asked me when I asked her... " Do you mean after college " ? reads at a 4th grade level at this time but she does comprehend WHAT she reads. She assumes after HS she will go on to college. She also said to me she wasn't sure yet what she wanted to do or be and explained to me that a lot of people her AGE don't know yet! Shortly after turned 16 she applied for her first job...because that is what you do when you are 16! filled out an application, typed a short cover letter, went for a job interview and was hired. She has been working at a local Mcs since the beginning of July and likes it very much. She often tells me she prefers 'working' to going to school. She has also mentioned lately and often that she is bored at school. Thank you so much for taking the time and being so considerate to respond. In a message dated 1/15/2007 3:30:30 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, kassihatestwistin@... writes: Can you ask what she wants? She's old enough to even be there (heck, I think ALL kids should at least have SOME input, even if it's what the snack is and passing it out). But like a picture or PECS sentence strip or sentence or saying a statement or something of what she wants to DO when she's done being in school? Since it's her future and such... Just a thought. Kassiane > -----Original Message----- > From: _Autism_in_Girls@Autism_in_GiAut_ (mailto:Autism_in_Girls ) > [mailto:_Autism_in_Girls@Autism_in_GiAut_ (mailto:Autism_in_Girls ) ] On Behalf > Of Dabrowski > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:50 AM > To: _Autism_in_Girls@Autism_in_GiAut_ (mailto:Autism_in_Girls ) > Subject: Vision Statement > > > > Hello! Good morning all! I am seeking some help, > looking for some > suggestins and ideas. Tomorrow we have 's (16) > yearly IEP > meeting and I am to provide a 'vision statement' for > five years down > the road. For some reason I seem to be having a > block. Often > my 'vision statement' will say that I would like to > see progress, > know she will, that I would like to see her happy > and fulfilled and > growing and accepted...this still holds true. This > statement is to be > what I would like to see for her in five years, not > next year. Blocked. > Don't want to be all flowery (will be), want to have > something SOLID. > Something to tell them that they can work with (with > her). Thank you. > Thank you in advance. I know I will get some > wonderful and thoughtful > and solid response. > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________________ Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. _http://farechase.http://farhttp://farechahttp://f_ (http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097) Blessings Light and always Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Works for me! For us! Thank you! In a message dated 1/15/2007 1:36:35 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, naughtydog@... writes: Something like the most independent adult living possible? Vision Statement Hello! Good morning all! I am seeking some help, looking for some suggestins and ideas. Tomorrow we have 's (16) yearly IEP meeting and I am to provide a 'vision statement' for five years down the road. For some reason I seem to be having a block. Often my 'vision statement' will say that I would like to see progress, know she will, that I would like to see her happy and fulfilled and growing and accepted...this still holds true. This statement is to be what I would like to see for her in five years, not next year. Blocked. Don't want to be all flowery (will be), want to have something SOLID. Something to tell them that they can work with (with her). Thank you. Thank you in advance. I know I will get some wonderful and thoughtful and solid response. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Blessings Light and always Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Thank you Debi...as you can see I am getting some good answers. Wonderful! In a message dated 1/15/2007 1:30:06 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, fightingautism@... writes: , I hope you get some good answers, Allie is so young I can't really offer anything. Debi > Blessings Light and always Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 Ah my Dear Melinda! Thank you, thank you! I shall use much of this, I feel I have your permission! You my dear, well, you are in my 'circle of courage'! Always there and always so generous with sharing your considerable knowledge. Thank you. In a message dated 1/15/2007 1:12:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, EbuyerMTC@... writes: Hi , Here is a sample of two I've written over the past few years in case it is helpful for you. I don't think the Team pays all that much attention to these things and thus I get more specific in my " Parent Concerns " statement. But for the vision I aim high and let 'em know I don't underestimate my daughter. Hope this helps! Melinda 1. " Over the next five years E will increase her comfort level and speed with typing on a computer. She will master multiplication, division, and fractions. She will be able to independently find answers to her questions using books and the Internet. She will be reading and comprehending increasingly complex material and be able to accurately report on what she has read. She will increase her strength and stamina and be able to maintain proper posture for longer periods. She will become independent in areas of self-care. Her conversational skills will increase. E will continue to have opportunities to perform various “jobs†at school. Vocational skills will become an area of greater focus. She will become more competent at handling money and will be making purchases independently. She will learn how to fill out a job application and how to present herself for a job interview. " 2. " Over the next five years E will master multiplication, division, and cursive writing, and she will be reading increasingly complex books and be able to write reports on what she is reading. She will continue to gain physical strength and be able to sustain good posture for longer periods of time. Her self-care skills will increase to the point of near independence. She will receive appropriate education both at home and at school about the changes that accompany adolescence. Her ability to initiate and sustain conversation will improve yearly. E will have various opportunities to participate in regular education classes as she can tolerate and benefit from this. These opportunities may be academic but may also include chorus and other music classes, home economics, art, sports, and creative writing. Teachers and staff and parent/s will work together to make this beneficial for E. " [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] Blessings Light and always Love, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 15, 2007 Report Share Posted January 15, 2007 YOU are a joy and a delight. is a great kid, I am soooooooooo very lucky and so very blessed. I typed up the vision statement in the wee hours, 2 1/2 pages. Thank you all. I am a wishful thinker! A friend of mine sent this to me yesterday... " But then I've seen wishful thinking as a synonym for faith " . Touched me. I have faith in . Now if we can just get to the place where she will look both ways BEFORE crossing a street! Seriously! 98% of the time she does NOT look BEFORE. WE are working on 'multi tasking'. We went to a movie this summer and I asked how she liked the movie, her response was " I was too busy eating popcorn and making sure I wouldn't choke, so I really didn't see the movie " . We are learning that going 'out to eat' isn't all about the eating, it too, is about conversation. will say to me now, " I am multi tasking " . Your insight and your sharing and your advice is so very much appreciated. Thank you. In a message dated 1/16/2007 3:23:10 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, kassihatestwistin@... writes: Oh she sounds like a great kid! She knows the proper order. High school. college. 'real' job (to replace Mcs). AND she has demonstrated that she CAN interview and fill out the aps and stuff, which honestly puts her at higher than me (with an associates and all sorts of high test numbers, can't fill out a form to save my life! And all my jobs just kind of plopped into my lap!) There ARE college programs that are working with students who were previously considered 'not college material' (i.e. have a reading level that's too low or whatever). The downside is they're expensive and try telling FAFSA you have a daughter with a disability who has her heart set on being a daycare provider. The girl featured in the article I read about it has Down Syndrome and is going to school to be a teacher's aide. Pretty cool. But ugh the tuition...anyway. So at least it EXISTS. And I swear there were kids at the community college by where I lived previously with DS and other stuff. My brother took a couple classes there and he has to have his stuff read to him (SEVERE dyslexia). Buuut if that's just not in the equation...other choices. " hidden jobs " . Nondegreed stuff. Stuff she LIKES. And the ever important life skills. Shoot, she has more than I do, for real. Kassiane --- _DFabio7450@..._ (mailto:DFabio7450@...) wrote: > > > Yes, Yes, yes! is the first person I asked! > Her short term memory > is really off given the seizure event she recently > had. She asked me when I > asked her... " Do you mean after college " ? > reads at a 4th grade level at > this time but she does comprehend WHAT she reads. > She assumes after HS she > will go on to college. She also said to me she > wasn't sure yet what she > wanted to do or be and explained to me that a lot of > people her AGE don't know > yet! Shortly after turned 16 she applied for > her first job...because > that is what you do when you are 16! filled > out an application, typed a > short cover letter, went for a job interview and was > hired. She has been > working at a local Mcs since the beginning of > July and likes it very much. > She often tells me she prefers 'working' to going to > school. She has also > mentioned lately and often that she is bored at > school. Thank you so much for > taking the time and being so considerate to respond. > > In a message dated 1/15/2007 3:30:30 P.M. Eastern > Standard Time, > _kassihatestwistin@kassihate_ (mailto:kassihatestwistin@...) writes: > > > > > Can you ask what she wants? She's old enough > to > even be there (heck, I think ALL kids should at > least > have SOME input, even if it's what the snack is and > passing it out). But like a picture or PECS > sentence > strip or sentence or saying a statement or something > of what she wants to DO when she's done being in > school? Since it's her future and such... > > Just a thought. > > Kassiane > > > Vision Statement > > > > > > > > Hello! Good morning all! I am seeking some help, > > looking for some > > suggestins and ideas. Tomorrow we have 's > (16) > > yearly IEP > > meeting and I am to provide a 'vision statement' > for > > five years down > > the road. For some reason I seem to be having a > > block. Often > > my 'vision statement' will say that I would like > to > > see progress, > > know she will, that I would like to see her happy > > and fulfilled and > > growing and accepted...this still holds true. > This > > statement is to be > > what I would like to see for her in five years, > not > > next year. Blocked. > > Don't want to be all flowery (will be), want to > have > > something SOLID. > > Something to tell them that they can work with > (with > > her). Thank you. > > Thank you in advance. I know I will get some > > wonderful and thoughtful > > and solid response. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel > sites to find flight and > hotel bargains. > __http://farechase.http://farechashttp://farechahttp_ (http://farechase.http://farhttp://farechahttp://f_) > (_http://farechase.http://farhttp://farechahttp://f_ (http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097) ) > > > > > > > Blessings Light and always Love, > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > __________________________________________________________ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. 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Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 Oh she sounds like a great kid! She knows the proper order. High school. college. 'real' job (to replace Mcs). AND she has demonstrated that she CAN interview and fill out the aps and stuff, which honestly puts her at higher than me (with an associates and all sorts of high test numbers, can't fill out a form to save my life! And all my jobs just kind of plopped into my lap!) There ARE college programs that are working with students who were previously considered 'not college material' (i.e. have a reading level that's too low or whatever). The downside is they're expensive and try telling FAFSA you have a daughter with a disability who has her heart set on being a daycare provider. The girl featured in the article I read about it has Down Syndrome and is going to school to be a teacher's aide. Pretty cool. But ugh the tuition...anyway. So at least it EXISTS. And I swear there were kids at the community college by where I lived previously with DS and other stuff. My brother took a couple classes there and he has to have his stuff read to him (SEVERE dyslexia). Buuut if that's just not in the equation...other choices. " hidden jobs " . Nondegreed stuff. Stuff she LIKES. And the ever important life skills. Shoot, she has more than I do, for real. Kassiane --- DFabio7450@... wrote: > > > Yes, Yes, yes! is the first person I asked! > Her short term memory > is really off given the seizure event she recently > had. She asked me when I > asked her... " Do you mean after college " ? > reads at a 4th grade level at > this time but she does comprehend WHAT she reads. > She assumes after HS she > will go on to college. She also said to me she > wasn't sure yet what she > wanted to do or be and explained to me that a lot of > people her AGE don't know > yet! Shortly after turned 16 she applied for > her first job...because > that is what you do when you are 16! filled > out an application, typed a > short cover letter, went for a job interview and was > hired. She has been > working at a local Mcs since the beginning of > July and likes it very much. > She often tells me she prefers 'working' to going to > school. She has also > mentioned lately and often that she is bored at > school. Thank you so much for > taking the time and being so considerate to respond. > > In a message dated 1/15/2007 3:30:30 P.M. Eastern > Standard Time, > kassihatestwistin@... writes: > > > > > Can you ask what she wants? She's old enough > to > even be there (heck, I think ALL kids should at > least > have SOME input, even if it's what the snack is and > passing it out). But like a picture or PECS > sentence > strip or sentence or saying a statement or something > of what she wants to DO when she's done being in > school? Since it's her future and such... > > Just a thought. > > Kassiane > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: _Autism_in_Girls@Autism_in_GiAut_ > (mailto:Autism_in_Girls ) > > [mailto:_Autism_in_Girls@Autism_in_GiAut_ > (mailto:Autism_in_Girls ) ] On > Behalf > > Of Dabrowski > > Sent: Monday, January 15, 2007 11:50 AM > > To: _Autism_in_Girls@Autism_in_GiAut_ > (mailto:Autism_in_Girls ) > > Subject: Vision Statement > > > > > > > > Hello! Good morning all! I am seeking some help, > > looking for some > > suggestins and ideas. Tomorrow we have 's > (16) > > yearly IEP > > meeting and I am to provide a 'vision statement' > for > > five years down > > the road. For some reason I seem to be having a > > block. Often > > my 'vision statement' will say that I would like > to > > see progress, > > know she will, that I would like to see her happy > > and fulfilled and > > growing and accepted...this still holds true. > This > > statement is to be > > what I would like to see for her in five years, > not > > next year. Blocked. > > Don't want to be all flowery (will be), want to > have > > something SOLID. > > Something to tell them that they can work with > (with > > her). Thank you. > > Thank you in advance. I know I will get some > > wonderful and thoughtful > > and solid response. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > > removed] > > > > > > __________________________________________________________ > Finding fabulous fares is fun. > Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel > sites to find flight and > hotel bargains. > _http://farechase.http://farhttp://farechahttp://f_ > (http://farechase.yahoo.com/promo-generic-14795097) > > > > > > > Blessings Light and always Love, > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > ________________________________________________________________________________\ ____ No need to miss a message. Get email on-the-go with Yahoo! Mail for Mobile. Get started. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mail Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2007 Report Share Posted January 16, 2007 We have had Abby at her IEP's the last couple of years. It has been a really good thing. Abby is very blunt about saying what she needs. They cant argue when the needs come directly from the person that needs them. Abby is a kid that likes to know everything going on, she is advocating very well for herself this year. I am proud of her. Pennie Abby's Mom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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