Guest guest Posted June 23, 2004 Report Share Posted June 23, 2004 Hi , My daughter who is 5 is the same way. She has moderate to severe hearing loss and where's hearing aids and uses an fm system. She has made remarkable progress in this area over the last year. However, still very clingy, and signs of fear almost in environments she is not use too. Under Specialty Designs and Personnel Supports in her IEP, I have it stated " Allow Time for Processing " & " Provide time for her to adjust to new faces new environments, until she understands the situation , adjusts and feels safe. We use pictures whenever we can to educate her on a place, person, situation, etc. to take the anxiety out of it. My daughter is so excited about Kindergarten, but reacted the same way and will always act that way in new surroundings. Example: She was afraid of getting in a shopping cart so we took a picture of a children in a shopping cart to tell her it's okay, made up a book of the steps and used it as a lesson. She afraid of the Dentist : We took a picture of the dentist, picture of the outside of his office and talked about the pictures before taking her. We made up little picture books and educated her on what was expected of her and showed her each step to take the fear out of it. When this was presented for me to do I thought no way is it going to work, and we use it for everything feeling, faces, etc. Children do seem to react to pictures and seeing it as a real thing and not a book. I don't know if this will help. But once it is final on where she is going for Kindergarten, I will drive to the school take a picture of the school, playground, and inside the school the class, etc. and make up a picture book of it and we will talk about it. This has helped tremendously with us. Just thought I would share it. Take Care, Colleen Mom to 10 Asthma and allergies Mom to le 5 moderate to severe loss, asthma, allergies etc. etc. Hi! New here... > > Dev is already shy, and doesn't like to be too far away from me in > an environment he is not used to. Last week we went to the > kindergarden class to visit, and he wouldn't even go in at 1st. I > had to go in with him before he would step inside the door! > > Any suggestions would be great. Even with potty training (1yr of > training, and we are almost done - finally). Speak to all soon! > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Thanks Colleen, I didn't think of that. Dev knows the school we are sending him to. The classroom is just a room away from his daycare. He calls the daycare school. He was not familiar with the classroom. Once he saw the train sets they had - he was hooked. I was talking to the teachers' assistant the whole time, if I wasn't, I could have walked out of the room without him noticing. It was just getting him in there was a problem. I am not yet used to the abbreviations used here yet. I got a few after re-reading them. Gee, how can one tell I'm a newbie? ha ha ha... I am curious as to what an " IEP " is though. We have not yet been told Dev needs hearing Aids (but I am sure he will need them); so I am a wee bit unfamiliar with the different types. The hearing loss is a genetic trait on my hubby's side of the family, so this is all new to me. All I have been doing the past week is trying to do loads of research and learning. Man is there ever a lot out there! Still trying to understand everything here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Thanks Colleen, I didn't think of that. Dev knows the school we are sending him to. The classroom is just a room away from his daycare. He calls the daycare school. He was not familiar with the classroom. Once he saw the train sets they had - he was hooked. I was talking to the teachers' assistant the whole time, if I wasn't, I could have walked out of the room without him noticing. It was just getting him in there was a problem. I am not yet used to the abbreviations used here yet. I got a few after re-reading them. Gee, how can one tell I'm a newbie? ha ha ha... I am curious as to what an " IEP " is though. We have not yet been told Dev needs hearing Aids (but I am sure he will need them); so I am a wee bit unfamiliar with the different types. The hearing loss is a genetic trait on my hubby's side of the family, so this is all new to me. All I have been doing the past week is trying to do loads of research and learning. Man is there ever a lot out there! Still trying to understand everything here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 24, 2004 Report Share Posted June 24, 2004 Thanks Colleen, I didn't think of that. Dev knows the school we are sending him to. The classroom is just a room away from his daycare. He calls the daycare school. He was not familiar with the classroom. Once he saw the train sets they had - he was hooked. I was talking to the teachers' assistant the whole time, if I wasn't, I could have walked out of the room without him noticing. It was just getting him in there was a problem. I am not yet used to the abbreviations used here yet. I got a few after re-reading them. Gee, how can one tell I'm a newbie? ha ha ha... I am curious as to what an " IEP " is though. We have not yet been told Dev needs hearing Aids (but I am sure he will need them); so I am a wee bit unfamiliar with the different types. The hearing loss is a genetic trait on my hubby's side of the family, so this is all new to me. All I have been doing the past week is trying to do loads of research and learning. Man is there ever a lot out there! Still trying to understand everything here.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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