Guest guest Posted November 7, 2006 Report Share Posted November 7, 2006 My son is 17 we are worried about where he will fit in as an adult. we still need to tell him to shower, brush teeth etc. are there any ideas on indepentent living. what about jobs marcus has had 3 jobs but cant keep them because he is so detached from others and has his own sence of priorities. cant seem to follow direction in a timely manor. mara Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 9, 2006 Report Share Posted November 9, 2006 Pat, what a great sounding school. That's exactly what kind of help my 18 yo boys need. Help with day to day things.How lucky you and Josh are to have such a good school and Josh likes his job too. *That's* what we need more of for our kids on the spectrum.. Toni Re: ( ) older child > My son, Josh, is also 17. He's a junior in high school this year. We've > just switched schools this last month and I'm very impressed with the > Spec. Ed. classroom at this school. They try to teach the kids life > skills while the're in the classroom. This room has a full kitchen, > including a dishwasher and garbage disposal! They even have a washing > machine and dryer! The kids plan and cook their own lunches. There's > also a transition house in the next town (same county) run by the Spec. > Ed. unit for the county that does basically the same thing for the young > adults. > Once the kids are old enough to work, they join the Workability Program > and get jobs out in the town. They try to match kids to jobs that go with > their strengths. Josh is a strong reader, so they have him working at the > county library, reshelving books and doing searches. At his IEP a couple > of weeks ago they mentioned eventually hooking him up with a computer > programmer (his other main interest) or maybe training to be a copy editor > at the local paper. > I'm not sure what's available in your area, but there may be resources > out there that can help you. Also, figuring out what his strengths are > can go a long way towards placing him in a job that he will enjoy and want > to hang on to. Josh's first job was at a pizza parlor, where he wiped off > tables and refilled the ice bins (with his motor problems, I bet that was > a nightmare!<g>) He'd go to work, but only because he had to. With his > new job at the library, he wants to go to school on work days even when > he's sick, 'cause he loves his job! > Hope this helps. Good Luck! > > Pat-Mom to Josh and Sara (17 yo and 14 yo, both AS) > > poodle1947 <poodle1947@...> wrote: > My son is 17 we are worried about where he will fit in as an > adult. we > still need to tell him to shower, brush teeth etc. are there any > ideas on indepentent living. what about jobs marcus has had 3 jobs > but cant keep them because he is so detached from others and has his > own sence of priorities. cant seem to follow direction in a timely > manor. mara > > > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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