RE: Wish me luck--meeting today

[Guest guest]

Good luck, Jackie!!

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( ) Wish me luck--meeting today

Wherein we do a behavior plan, a crisis management plan, a recess and

PE plan, and talk about the aide I want.

I have so many printouts to pass out!

A description of a meltdown occurring because the social world is

like a pool and we need to teach him how to swim.

But until he knows how, he's going to wind up in the deep end

sometimes flailing his arms, and we have to play lifeguard.

There will be 9 people there including me.

I'm bringing mini muffins, but I gotta each my quiche fast and take

off right now.

Have a peaceful today, everyone.

Jackie

ph (10, Asperger's/ADHD)

(12, PDD-NOS/ADHD)

[Guest guest]

Jackie,

I hope your meeting went well, and that you got what ph needs. Let us

know how it went. Liz

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> Wherein we do a behavior plan, a crisis management plan, a recess and

> PE plan, and talk about the aide I want.

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> I have so many printouts to pass out!

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> A description of a meltdown occurring because the social world is

> like a pool and we need to teach him how to swim.

> But until he knows how, he's going to wind up in the deep end

> sometimes flailing his arms, and we have to play lifeguard.

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> There will be 9 people there including me.

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> I'm bringing mini muffins, but I gotta each my quiche fast and take

> off right now.

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> Have a peaceful today, everyone.

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> Jackie

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> ph (10, Asperger's/ADHD)

> (12, PDD-NOS/ADHD)

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[Guest guest]

The longest one I've been to. 4.5 hours. I am still not quite

satisfied with the behavior plan and crisis plan.

I will be talking to the principal later this week. There are

issues. But now I have to go on a 3 mile hike

with the Scouts.

Jackie

[Guest guest]

The meeting was 4.5 hours long. We will be having another

meeting. Soon.

Jackie

[Guest guest]

Jackie,

Don't know if I missed your update, but was wondering how it went?!

Jackie Geipel <jackie@...> wrote:

Wherein we do a behavior plan, a crisis management plan, a recess and

PE plan, and talk about the aide I want.

I have so many printouts to pass out!

A description of a meltdown occurring because the social world is

like a pool and we need to teach him how to swim.

But until he knows how, he's going to wind up in the deep end

sometimes flailing his arms, and we have to play lifeguard.

There will be 9 people there including me.

I'm bringing mini muffins, but I gotta each my quiche fast and take

off right now.

Have a peaceful today, everyone.

Jackie

ph (10, Asperger's/ADHD)

(12, PDD-NOS/ADHD)

[Guest guest]

Long, pretty productive, but we need another one very soon to tie

things up.

I talked to the principal this morning in person because DS was having

some big autism last night, and so I've been working in the media center

all morning. He's been doing fine as far as I can tell. Except a

happy LOUD!

I have recess support in his IEP now. A decent behavior plan, but

we'll be

working on it more.

There are still issues, not so much about what I want that they won't

give.

We all sorta agreed he doesn't need 1:1 except recess. But we built

more

scheduled Cool Zone time in at transition times.

I think his classroom teacher is really good this year, but he has

someone

else for math, then specials, too.

For PE, he has such issues we don't really have a solution. His

problem is with

competition. So we are going to try to steer him towards fun and

physical fitness

aspect. He still knows they are keeping score, though. I told 'em

it'd be a slow

road. They can encourage him to play, but don't push too hard.

I am fairly certain the classroom teacher has not been inserviced,

and he doesn't

have the list of triggers I compiled the week before school and gave

to the resource gal.

The math and specials teachers have not been inserviced yet. We are

in week 5, btw.

Jackie

On Sep 12, 2006, at 12:06 PM, Bonnett wrote:

> Jackie,

> Don't know if I missed your update, but was wondering how it went?!

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[Guest guest]

The pool is a great analogy!

Roxanna

( ) Wish me luck--meeting today

Wherein we do a behavior plan, a crisis management plan, a recess and

PE plan, and talk about the aide I want.

I have so many printouts to pass out!

A description of a meltdown occurring because the social world is

like a pool and we need to teach him how to swim.

But until he knows how, he's going to wind up in the deep end

sometimes flailing his arms, and we have to play lifeguard.

There will be 9 people there including me.

I'm bringing mini muffins, but I gotta each my quiche fast and take

off right now.

Have a peaceful today, everyone.

Jackie

ph (10, Asperger's/ADHD)

(12, PDD-NOS/ADHD)

[Guest guest]

Oh geez, that is way too long!

Roxanna

Re: ( ) Wish me luck--meeting today

The meeting was 4.5 hours long. We will be having another

meeting. Soon.

Jackie

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[Guest guest]

On Sep 17, 2006, at 8:42 AM, Roxanna wrote:

> The pool is a great analogy!

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Here's the whole thing. I didn't use it at the first meeting

because we didn't have cover meltdowns to any extent.

Odd since last year was one long meltdown practically.

Here's the whole thing:

School is a very social arena, even in a classroom when everyone is

sitting quietly and doing their work intently. There is much to

know about how to interact (or not interact if it’s not time to do so.)

The social scene is a POOL. In order to function well, he needs to

be comfortable in the POOL. He needs to know how to swim.

Since he’s not a very good SWIMMER and is not very familiar with the

pool, he gets into the deep end without realizing it.

Why does that happen?

--sensory overload—too much noise or motion

--emotional overload—activities cause acute emotional changes

--frustration caused by inability to handle social situations due to

inexperience or misunderstanding

Our ultimate goal—to teach him how to SWIM, all the “strokes”, he

knows a few

--teach him self-awareness of emotional level

--teach him how to handle social situations

--why others behave the way they do

--how to interact with them/what to say

--how to ask for help in interpreting

confusing situations

But until then…he’ll become overwhelmed by situations.

Our job as adults, first and foremost…--SAVE him! Become the

lifeguard. When he gets into the deep end, he’ll be flailing his

arms and won’t even remember he knows how to float on his back.

HELP him get back into the shallow end. Be gentle, slow, and

supportive.

HOW do we do that? WE need to be trained lifeguards with a RESCUE

plan!

Jackie