Re: Rant

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We have been getting progress reports since he started and they say nothing

about working on him signing as I requested, they only say that they are working

on picture board. signs at home but won't sign at school because they

don't make him. They talk about physical cues but I put in the IEP spacifically

that they will use hand over hand if needed and they don't. Anyway I can see

how you would come to that conclusion, but I am taking the assumption that they

are not working on sign as much as they are working on picture board

communication from the notes they send home everyday about what they did that

day. That is where I first suspected that they did very little work insisting

that he sign things and this letter shows me that. You could be right though,

but I have tried talking to the teacher, she is out of town that was a letter

from the speech therapist. I am going to wait for the IEP meeting and just tell

them flat out no picture communication.

Re: Rant

In a message dated 3/25/2004 8:59:37 PM Eastern Standard Time,

Listen-Up writes:

That's the letter and I am just so anoyed. I know he tends to go get

something that he wants to indicate it, but just because he doesn't want to

sign it

doesn't mean that we give in. That is how he learns. He goes to get the ball

and before he can have it he has to sign ball, if he doesn't repeate it when

we sign it then we do hand over hand. No he doesn't like it but who cares

that

is how he learns.

I would talk to the teacher to clarify how they are working with . I

read the letter you posted and it sounds like they're simply reporting what

he's

doing. She said that he gets frustrated when he is asked to sign, however, it

doesn't say that they are not requesting him to sign or that because he's

frustrated they're just going along with his demands. She did say that they

will

continue to work on his receptive and expressive sign language. I

interpreted the letter as how was reacting to the different scenarios in

the

classroom. Perhaps as they continue working with him in these different

instances

you will see different progress reports. I think it would be best to ask

specifically what happens in the classroom and give them suggestions as to

what to

do. I know it is frustrating. You could observe the class as well. Good

luck.

K