Re: First week of school

[Guest guest]

On Aug 17, 2006, at 2:54 PM, therealgnu wrote:

> Well, three days have passed and everyday something new from

> the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions

> better " ,

> the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " , then

> yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story time " .

Were these the same people who you met with last year?

Sometimes the people in the trenches with the kids who need the info

are not the

ones that have it.

Jackie

[Guest guest]

These are the problems I had. You just have to keep fighting. These

behaviors should be in his IEP too, if they are not - have another meeting -

if they are - when you get a comment like that - ask if they have read his

IEP. My son had an aide for 4 years - I think even when he left there she

thought he could still 'get over it'. They don't education the aides and

teachers in the public school about AS. Some teachers where my son is now

don't really know about AS, but all the kids there have behavior problems so

they are more open to trying to understand.

Kathy K

toozie@...

( ) First week of school

I am new to this group. My son Devin is 5 and has been diagnosed about 6

months ago. I had him in a 4 year old program along with extra resource

help three days a week. I had to have him go through all of the school

system stuff for this year. Meeting after meeting. I felt like I was on

trial or something. He just started school this week. I do not think

that the teachers are very fimialar with AS. He has a regular class and

then goes to a resource room for the " learning " part of the day for

extra help. Well, three days have passed and everyday something new from

the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions better " ,

the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " , then

yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story time " . I

really don't know what to tell these teachers. These are all typical

behavior patterns that I thought I had made aparent to the teachers

during all of the meetings last year. I can not change him and I think

the teachers think I can sit Devin down and say now stop that. Does

anybody have any advise for me. I have three other children along with

my school at nights and I really think my meltdown is about to happen.

Thanks, Lenore

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In a message dated 8/17/2006 8:07:36 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,

lenoreboyle@... writes:

Both of these women were present during the meetings. I also took it

upon my self to make print outs about AS. I really think that the

school system is not educated on this subject. I am sure it is not the

teachers fault but that doesn't make this any eaiser.

Lenore

Why don't u send a print out that you find on the computer about AS and

highlight some of the facts about AS that pertain to your son and give it to

the

teachers, all of the complaints they had about him are typical AS problems,

and if they don't get it call another meeting to request support for the

teachers like teacher training about AS we had that put into my sons IEP all of

his teachers get trained by an outside person usually the autism specialist for

the district before he is in their classes, and he is in High School now.

Good Luck

[Guest guest]

Both of these women were present during the meetings. I also took it

upon my self to make print outs about AS. I really think that the

school system is not educated on this subject. I am sure it is not the

teachers fault but that doesn't make this any eaiser.

Lenore

[Guest guest]

Jackie I agree with you totally! Recently a few of the teachers at the school

my son will attend next year, went to a prof. Development day on ASD's. I was

shocked to find out that the aid my son will have next year was not allowed to

attend. I spoke to him and he said that he wasn't even asked! And he admitted

that he really needs some p.d on ASD's as he doesn't know much about them.

Beck

---- Original Message -----

From: Jackie Geipel

Sent: Friday, August 18, 2006 6:36 AM

Subject: Re: ( ) First week of school

On Aug 17, 2006, at 2:54 PM, therealgnu wrote:

> Well, three days have passed and everyday something new from

> the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions

> better " ,

> the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " , then

> yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story time " .

Were these the same people who you met with last year?

Sometimes the people in the trenches with the kids who need the info

are not the

ones that have it.

Jackie

[Guest guest]

On Aug 17, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Mark son wrote:

> Jackie I agree with you totally! Recently a few of the teachers at

> the school my son will attend next year, went to a prof.

> Development day on ASD's. I was shocked to find out that the aid

> my son will have next year was not allowed to attend.

Here it is state law that aides for disabled children must be

inserviced about the condition and the child specifically. Not that

it happens all the time.

I put it into the IEP this year for the teacher. (That's also law,

though, btw.) I made up my own info for this teacher to include

with the standard

inservice material that I reviewed last year. Reading emails from

early last year

when our problems started, it appears that teacher and I were not on

the same page. He got defensive very quickly when I was just

reporting very Aspie

traits that were causing trouble. I didn't mean he had to change

his whole classroom. I think he took it that way. I don't think we

got off to a very

good start. It didn't get any better when my kid started yelling at

him frequently...

So far this year, 3 really good days in a row. " Fantastic " and

Wonderful " are two comments.

Jackie

[Guest guest]

Yea Jackie, glad to hear you have had a good 1st week so far! I

didn't get the teacher I wanted for my little guy but she seems very

responsive, we have emailed a few times this week...she answers

within an hour, impresive with a room full of 1st graders! I am

just worried about our move, that is going to be a nightmare,huby

will be there a few months ahead of us so no daddy here, new house,

new school, new friends, me explaining to the neighbors that we

aren't crazy people, etc.... Hopefully the move won't happen until

around Thanksgiving. -- We'll see!

- In , Jackie Geipel <jackie@...>

wrote:

>

>

> On Aug 17, 2006, at 8:58 PM, Mark son wrote:

>

> > Jackie I agree with you totally! Recently a few of the teachers

at

> > the school my son will attend next year, went to a prof.

> > Development day on ASD's. I was shocked to find out that the

aid

> > my son will have next year was not allowed to attend.

>

> Here it is state law that aides for disabled children must be

> inserviced about the condition and the child specifically. Not

that

> it happens all the time.

> I put it into the IEP this year for the teacher. (That's also

law,

> though, btw.) I made up my own info for this teacher to include

> with the standard

> inservice material that I reviewed last year. Reading emails

from

> early last year

> when our problems started, it appears that teacher and I were not

on

> the same page. He got defensive very quickly when I was just

> reporting very Aspie

> traits that were causing trouble. I didn't mean he had to

change

> his whole classroom. I think he took it that way. I don't think

we

> got off to a very

> good start. It didn't get any better when my kid started yelling

at

> him frequently...

>

> So far this year, 3 really good days in a row. " Fantastic " and

> Wonderful " are two comments.

>

>

>

> Jackie

>

[Guest guest]

This is a great resource that you can buy or print out to give to

teachers/assistants, etc. I think I am going to buy one to give to my son's

teachers

at his first IEP meeting (he now has a 504). Pam

_Book Order: Unlocking the Puzzle_ (http://aspergertips.com/bookorder.html?)

[Guest guest]

That's what I bought and went through and made notes.

On Aug 18, 2006, at 6:38 AM, ppanda65@... wrote:

> This is a great resource that you can buy or print out to give to

> teachers/assistants, etc. I think I am going to buy one to give to

> my son's teachers

> at his first IEP meeting (he now has a 504). Pam

>

[Guest guest]

My son Devin, age 10, had the same problem also when he entered fourth grade

last year. Up until then, he had worked with the same spec ed group or team

since preschool so they were all familiar with his needs and " quirks. "

In fourth grade however, I guess his school moved kids with special needs on

to another group of therapists and teachers who cover 4th, 5th, and the

transition to 6th grade. It was rediculous, it was like the new teacher and

people working with him were starting from scratch, like they had never been

breifed by the old team.

I got similiar reports coming home; " he makes noises during story time, " " he

cannot stay focused during study times, " " he can't stay on track with

assignments, " " he refuses to join us in music time, " etc....

I finally demanded a team meeting and requested the members of his old team

attend. We went over his old IEP's and talked about Devin's needs and

limitations. At story time, the noises he was making were sound effects to go

along with the story. If that is not somehting the teacher will accept in the

classroom, I suggested they arrange a pull-out story activity for Devin with an

assistant of some sort who coudl read the story for him in another room so he

could make sound effects to help him relate to, or visualize the story.

He cannot stay focused at study time because his mind will wander elsewhere

unless he is contantly reminded or given cues to help him remember. You cannot

force him to do it. He cannot help it. Instead of forcing him, I suggested they

try some kind of cueing system; when the teacher notices his mind wandering, she

could place a blue square of paper on his desk and that is is cue to get back to

work.

As far as music time, my son is very sensitive to noise (for many years I

could not run the vaccume with him home and we couldn't even go into Safeway

because of the fake " thunder storm " in the produce department.) I suggested ear

plugs or head phones for music times to help it be not so overwhelming for him.

The head phones also worked well for fire drills (which usually caused major

meltdowns.)

As for your problem with your son's school, I think you should request a

meeting with his teachers and any assistants, therapists, and the school

psychologist and go over all of your concerns. There is no reason they should

expect you to change him to fit into their school system. They need to change

their ways to fit to your son. This is public school, right? You pay taxes that

fund them. It is your right to expect quality schooling that addresses your

son's needs and limitations.

If you still having problems with them, or just need some extra support, I

know in my area (Washington state) there are organizations that will help you

with situations like these, where their representatives will even attend these

types of meetings with you to help advocate for your son. I found a group in my

area by searching through an Autism website for the Washington state area.

Whether your son is Asperger's or not, it is still under the spectrum of autism

so you have just as many rights to those services as anyone else. Start with

www.autism-society.org. Good luck!

therealgnu <lenoreboyle@...> wrote:

I am new to this group. My son Devin is 5 and has been diagnosed about 6

months ago. I had him in a 4 year old program along with extra resource

help three days a week. I had to have him go through all of the school

system stuff for this year. Meeting after meeting. I felt like I was on

trial or something. He just started school this week. I do not think

that the teachers are very fimialar with AS. He has a regular class and

then goes to a resource room for the " learning " part of the day for

extra help. Well, three days have passed and everyday something new from

the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions better " ,

the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " , then

yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story time " . I

really don't know what to tell these teachers. These are all typical

behavior patterns that I thought I had made aparent to the teachers

during all of the meetings last year. I can not change him and I think

the teachers think I can sit Devin down and say now stop that. Does

anybody have any advise for me. I have three other children along with

my school at nights and I really think my meltdown is about to happen.

Thanks, Lenore

~Fantasy

P.S. Check out http://360./fantasykay to get to know me better.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Which part of Washington state do you live? We live in the Islands, so was just

curious!! : )

mother of /8/anxiety, GERD, asthma

/6/AS, anxiety, epilepsy, asthma

Hunter/4/NT, asthma

Dylan/1/NT

Re: ( ) First week of school

My son Devin, age 10, had the same problem also when he entered fourth grade

last year. Up until then, he had worked with the same spec ed group or team

since preschool so they were all familiar with his needs and " quirks. "

In fourth grade however, I guess his school moved kids with special needs on

to another group of therapists and teachers who cover 4th, 5th, and the

transition to 6th grade. It was rediculous, it was like the new teacher and

people working with him were starting from scratch, like they had never been

breifed by the old team.

I got similiar reports coming home; " he makes noises during story time, " " he

cannot stay focused during study times, " " he can't stay on track with

assignments, " " he refuses to join us in music time, " etc....

I finally demanded a team meeting and requested the members of his old team

attend. We went over his old IEP's and talked about Devin's needs and

limitations. At story time, the noises he was making were sound effects to go

along with the story. If that is not somehting the teacher will accept in the

classroom, I suggested they arrange a pull-out story activity for Devin with an

assistant of some sort who coudl read the story for him in another room so he

could make sound effects to help him relate to, or visualize the story.

He cannot stay focused at study time because his mind will wander elsewhere

unless he is contantly reminded or given cues to help him remember. You cannot

force him to do it. He cannot help it. Instead of forcing him, I suggested they

try some kind of cueing system; when the teacher notices his mind wandering, she

could place a blue square of paper on his desk and that is is cue to get back to

work.

As far as music time, my son is very sensitive to noise (for many years I

could not run the vaccume with him home and we couldn't even go into Safeway

because of the fake " thunder storm " in the produce department.) I suggested ear

plugs or head phones for music times to help it be not so overwhelming for him.

The head phones also worked well for fire drills (which usually caused major

meltdowns.)

As for your problem with your son's school, I think you should request a

meeting with his teachers and any assistants, therapists, and the school

psychologist and go over all of your concerns. There is no reason they should

expect you to change him to fit into their school system. They need to change

their ways to fit to your son. This is public school, right? You pay taxes that

fund them. It is your right to expect quality schooling that addresses your

son's needs and limitations.

If you still having problems with them, or just need some extra support, I

know in my area (Washington state) there are organizations that will help you

with situations like these, where their representatives will even attend these

types of meetings with you to help advocate for your son. I found a group in my

area by searching through an Autism website for the Washington state area.

Whether your son is Asperger's or not, it is still under the spectrum of autism

so you have just as many rights to those services as anyone else. Start with

www.autism-society.org. Good luck!

therealgnu <lenoreboyle@...<mailto:lenoreboyle@...>> wrote:

I am new to this group. My son Devin is 5 and has been diagnosed about 6

months ago. I had him in a 4 year old program along with extra resource

help three days a week. I had to have him go through all of the school

system stuff for this year. Meeting after meeting. I felt like I was on

trial or something. He just started school this week. I do not think

that the teachers are very fimialar with AS. He has a regular class and

then goes to a resource room for the " learning " part of the day for

extra help. Well, three days have passed and everyday something new from

the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions better " ,

the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " , then

yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story time " . I

really don't know what to tell these teachers. These are all typical

behavior patterns that I thought I had made aparent to the teachers

during all of the meetings last year. I can not change him and I think

the teachers think I can sit Devin down and say now stop that. Does

anybody have any advise for me. I have three other children along with

my school at nights and I really think my meltdown is about to happen.

Thanks, Lenore

~Fantasy

P.S. Check out

http://360./fantasykay<http://360./fantasykay> to get to know

me better.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I'm not sure...I just ordered a copy for $15. Pam

[Guest guest]

How many pages is it to print out? I'd love to give one to my son's new teacher.

ppanda65@... wrote: This is a great resource that you can buy or

print out to give to

teachers/assistants, etc. I think I am going to buy one to give to my son's

teachers

at his first IEP meeting (he now has a 504). Pam

_Book Order: Unlocking the Puzzle_ (http://aspergertips.com/bookorder.html?)

[Guest guest]

the full booklet is about 55 pages

On Aug 18, 2006, at 5:07 PM, Essenfeld wrote:

> How many pages is it to print out? I'd love to give one to my son's

> new teacher.

>

> ppanda65@... wrote: This is a great resource that you

> can buy or print out to give to

> teachers/assistants, etc. I think I am going to buy one to give to

> my son's teachers

> at his first IEP meeting (he now has a 504). Pam

>

> _Book Order: Unlocking the Puzzle_ (http://aspergertips.com/

> bookorder.html?)

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Gig Harbor area

& <aviationgod@...> wrote: Which part of

Washington state do you live? We live in the Islands, so was just curious!! : )

mother of /8/anxiety, GERD, asthma

/6/AS, anxiety, epilepsy, asthma

Hunter/4/NT, asthma

Dylan/1/NT

Re: ( ) First week of school

My son Devin, age 10, had the same problem also when he entered fourth grade

last year. Up until then, he had worked with the same spec ed group or team

since preschool so they were all familiar with his needs and " quirks. "

In fourth grade however, I guess his school moved kids with special needs on to

another group of therapists and teachers who cover 4th, 5th, and the transition

to 6th grade. It was rediculous, it was like the new teacher and people working

with him were starting from scratch, like they had never been breifed by the old

team.

I got similiar reports coming home; " he makes noises during story time, " " he

cannot stay focused during study times, " " he can't stay on track with

assignments, " " he refuses to join us in music time, " etc....

I finally demanded a team meeting and requested the members of his old team

attend. We went over his old IEP's and talked about Devin's needs and

limitations. At story time, the noises he was making were sound effects to go

along with the story. If that is not somehting the teacher will accept in the

classroom, I suggested they arrange a pull-out story activity for Devin with an

assistant of some sort who coudl read the story for him in another room so he

could make sound effects to help him relate to, or visualize the story.

He cannot stay focused at study time because his mind will wander elsewhere

unless he is contantly reminded or given cues to help him remember. You cannot

force him to do it. He cannot help it. Instead of forcing him, I suggested they

try some kind of cueing system; when the teacher notices his mind wandering, she

could place a blue square of paper on his desk and that is is cue to get back to

work.

As far as music time, my son is very sensitive to noise (for many years I could

not run the vaccume with him home and we couldn't even go into Safeway because

of the fake " thunder storm " in the produce department.) I suggested ear plugs or

head phones for music times to help it be not so overwhelming for him. The head

phones also worked well for fire drills (which usually caused major meltdowns.)

As for your problem with your son's school, I think you should request a meeting

with his teachers and any assistants, therapists, and the school psychologist

and go over all of your concerns. There is no reason they should expect you to

change him to fit into their school system. They need to change their ways to

fit to your son. This is public school, right? You pay taxes that fund them. It

is your right to expect quality schooling that addresses your son's needs and

limitations.

If you still having problems with them, or just need some extra support, I know

in my area (Washington state) there are organizations that will help you with

situations like these, where their representatives will even attend these types

of meetings with you to help advocate for your son. I found a group in my area

by searching through an Autism website for the Washington state area. Whether

your son is Asperger's or not, it is still under the spectrum of autism so you

have just as many rights to those services as anyone else. Start with

www.autism-society.org. Good luck!

therealgnu <lenoreboyle@...<mailto:lenoreboyle@...>> wrote:

I am new to this group. My son Devin is 5 and has been diagnosed about 6

months ago. I had him in a 4 year old program along with extra resource

help three days a week. I had to have him go through all of the school

system stuff for this year. Meeting after meeting. I felt like I was on

trial or something. He just started school this week. I do not think

that the teachers are very fimialar with AS. He has a regular class and

then goes to a resource room for the " learning " part of the day for

extra help. Well, three days have passed and everyday something new from

the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions better " ,

the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " , then

yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story time " . I

really don't know what to tell these teachers. These are all typical

behavior patterns that I thought I had made aparent to the teachers

during all of the meetings last year. I can not change him and I think

the teachers think I can sit Devin down and say now stop that. Does

anybody have any advise for me. I have three other children along with

my school at nights and I really think my meltdown is about to happen.

Thanks, Lenore

~Fantasy

P.S. Check out http://360./fantasykay<http://360./fantasykay>

to get to know me better.

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Lenore,

we had these teachers in grade 5. They called us in to a meeting and then

proceeded to tell us our kid was having all these problems which was just a list

of problems kids with autism would have. We were given no warning that he was

having these problems in the classes although it would have surprised me if he

wasn't. I just tend to think the teacher will tell us if she can't handle

something. At any rate, this was not a good meeting. My husband yelled, " Gee,

ya think he's autistic? " That shut them up because he went on to ask them where

the hell the autism consultant was at anyway. It went downhill from there!

I don't recommend you do it that way of course! lol. I just wanted you to know

that you are not alone in having this experience. It DOES get tiring having to

repeat things every year. However, you have to get used to doing just that.

Many times, you can type up a neat little " report " on your child - problems he

usually has at school, ways to handle things that worked in the past, things he

does well and ways to give him an opportunity to use his good skills as well. I

would request a meeting asap and sit down with the teacher and go over your list

with her. Then give her a copy to keep. But definitely let her know that you

want to help. Also, ask if your school has an autism consultant who can come

and work with the teacher on ideas for dealing with difficult behaviors. There

are also a million webpages on the internet that she can look up/google to find

out even more information.

Of course, you know he doesn't play well with others, you know he has trouble

following directions, etc. It is not enough to complain to you about it. She

needs to work with you to develop ways to address these issues and improve his

skills in these areas. Does he have an IEP yet? I assume he does because he

goes to a resource room for part of the day. These kinds of issues should be

worked on and in the IEP. They should also work together (the resource people

and the reg. ed. teacher) to work on problems to solve them.

Roxanna

( ) First week of school

I am new to this group. My son Devin is 5 and has been diagnosed about 6

months ago. I had him in a 4 year old program along with extra resource

help three days a week. I had to have him go through all of the school

system stuff for this year. Meeting after meeting. I felt like I was on

trial or something. He just started school this week. I do not think

that the teachers are very fimialar with AS. He has a regular class and

then goes to a resource room for the " learning " part of the day for

extra help. Well, three days have passed and everyday something new from

the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions better " ,

the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " , then

yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story time " . I

really don't know what to tell these teachers. These are all typical

behavior patterns that I thought I had made aparent to the teachers

during all of the meetings last year. I can not change him and I think

the teachers think I can sit Devin down and say now stop that. Does

anybody have any advise for me. I have three other children along with

my school at nights and I really think my meltdown is about to happen.

Thanks, Lenore

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[Guest guest]

Aha, I just wrote an email saying to do this. So you already have. I would

meet again and discuss it yet again. Keep pushing the fact that they have to

learn more about AS and learn about teaching kids with AS. If the teacher was

at the meetings last year, I don't know then why she is so surprised this year.

She probably didn't take it seriously? Well, keep meeting with her until she

does or get someone to come in and do inservicing on AS.

Roxanna

Re: ( ) First week of school

Both of these women were present during the meetings. I also took it

upon my self to make print outs about AS. I really think that the

school system is not educated on this subject. I am sure it is not the

teachers fault but that doesn't make this any eaiser.

Lenore

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Roxanna

He does have an IEP. The day after I posted I was waiting for my

boys to get off of the bus and apparently they lost Devin. My 7 year

old son was hysterically crying because he really thought Devin was

lost forever. I had to gather all of my other children and rush to

the school to find him. Lucky (for the school) they had found him.

We had a meeting the next day about all of the meetings we had last

year along with the losing of my AS child. I did have to point out

that " Duh, he's autistic " . After this the teachers have really been

working with me. I really think that they had never dealt with a

child like him before now. I have been emailing his teacher everyday

since about how the day went and she has been educating herself

alot. I am very happy that she has taken it upon herself to do so. I

also got the booklet posted on this list " A guide to AS " and passed

it on. I am hoping next week will be a little better.

Lenore

>

> Lenore,

> we had these teachers in grade 5. They called us in to a meeting

and then proceeded to tell us our kid was having all these problems

which was just a list of problems kids with autism would have. We

were given no warning that he was having these problems in the

classes although it would have surprised me if he wasn't. I just

tend to think the teacher will tell us if she can't handle

something. At any rate, this was not a good meeting. My husband

yelled, " Gee, ya think he's autistic? " That shut them up because he

went on to ask them where the hell the autism consultant was at

anyway. It went downhill from there!

>

> I don't recommend you do it that way of course! lol. I just

wanted you to know that you are not alone in having this

experience. It DOES get tiring having to repeat things every year.

However, you have to get used to doing just that. Many times, you

can type up a neat little " report " on your child - problems he

usually has at school, ways to handle things that worked in the

past, things he does well and ways to give him an opportunity to use

his good skills as well. I would request a meeting asap and sit

down with the teacher and go over your list with her. Then give her

a copy to keep. But definitely let her know that you want to help.

Also, ask if your school has an autism consultant who can come and

work with the teacher on ideas for dealing with difficult

behaviors. There are also a million webpages on the internet that

she can look up/google to find out even more information.

>

> Of course, you know he doesn't play well with others, you know he

has trouble following directions, etc. It is not enough to complain

to you about it. She needs to work with you to develop ways to

address these issues and improve his skills in these areas. Does he

have an IEP yet? I assume he does because he goes to a resource

room for part of the day. These kinds of issues should be worked on

and in the IEP. They should also work together (the resource people

and the reg. ed. teacher) to work on problems to solve them.

>

> Roxanna

> ( ) First week of school

>

>

>

> I am new to this group. My son Devin is 5 and has been diagnosed

about 6

> months ago. I had him in a 4 year old program along with extra

resource

> help three days a week. I had to have him go through all of the

school

> system stuff for this year. Meeting after meeting. I felt like I

was on

> trial or something. He just started school this week. I do not

think

> that the teachers are very fimialar with AS. He has a regular

class and

> then goes to a resource room for the " learning " part of the day

for

> extra help. Well, three days have passed and everyday something

new from

> the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions

better " ,

> the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " ,

then

> yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story

time " . I

> really don't know what to tell these teachers. These are all

typical

> behavior patterns that I thought I had made aparent to the

teachers

> during all of the meetings last year. I can not change him and I

think

> the teachers think I can sit Devin down and say now stop that.

Does

> anybody have any advise for me. I have three other children

along with

> my school at nights and I really think my meltdown is about to

happen.

>

> Thanks, Lenore

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

Good news then! I hope next week is better too! And it is nice that the

teacher is learning. That is half the battle!

Roxanna

( ) First week of school

>

>

>

> I am new to this group. My son Devin is 5 and has been diagnosed

about 6

> months ago. I had him in a 4 year old program along with extra

resource

> help three days a week. I had to have him go through all of the

school

> system stuff for this year. Meeting after meeting. I felt like I

was on

> trial or something. He just started school this week. I do not

think

> that the teachers are very fimialar with AS. He has a regular

class and

> then goes to a resource room for the " learning " part of the day

for

> extra help. Well, three days have passed and everyday something

new from

> the teachers. The first day was " he needs to follow directions

better " ,

> the second day " he doesn't play well with the other children " ,

then

> yesterday " he would not share and made loud noises during story

time " . I

> really don't know what to tell these teachers. These are all

typical

> behavior patterns that I thought I had made aparent to the

teachers

> during all of the meetings last year. I can not change him and I

think

> the teachers think I can sit Devin down and say now stop that.

Does

> anybody have any advise for me. I have three other children

along with

> my school at nights and I really think my meltdown is about to

happen.

>

> Thanks, Lenore

>

>

>

>

>

>

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[Guest guest]

I just wanted to say thank you so much for passing along this link. I printed

out most of the pages to give to my son's teacher tommorow (first day of 4th

grade) so she/he has an idea about him until we can get an IEP in. The way the

tips is written is absolutly perfect.

ppanda65@... wrote: This is a great resource that you can buy or

print out to give to

teachers/assistants, etc. I think I am going to buy one to give to my son's

teachers

at his first IEP meeting (he now has a 504). Pam

_Book Order: Unlocking the Puzzle_ (http://aspergertips.com/bookorder.html?)