2011 March « Bumble Bee Learns to Fly ….. a blog

My Sister, Gay’s, Fifth Installment: Stepping Out On the Water February 23, 2012

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Someone Comes Along February 17, 2012

Every now and then, someone comes along who changes everything. I was in my late twenties when a woman I’d come to know through my aerobics class then a small Sunday school class came up to me and said with a gentle firmness, “God is calling me to support you in ministry.” It was the [...]

Beth

My Sister Gay’s Fourth Installment: “Like Sunlight Burning at Midnight” February 13, 2012

First Installment: Meet My Sister Second Installment: The Functioning Years Third Installment: The Maelstrom From Gay’s heart to yours… Gregg Taylor, my pastor and sweet, sweet friend, said in a sermon one night at Mercy Street that “the person who has a WHY to live can bear with almost any HOW.” He was quoting Victor [...]

Beth

A Program That I Like

Posted on March 29, 2011 by Kristine

Students with high functioning autism struggle to apply pragmatic language skills in authentic social situations. In other words, when participating in a social skills class, students with autism can recite back the concepts they have been taught about reciprocity in conversation, the importance of body language, and remedial strategies to read nonverbal cues. However, when [...]

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Mainstreaming Versus Inclusion

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Kristine

My understanding is that mainstreaming children with disabilities simply means to place them alongside their typically developing peers in a regular education classroom. Inclusion looks different. Inclusion is a lot of work and it is expensive. Instructional assistants are used when necessary; staff is trained to meet the needs of the child; and problem solving [...]

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Not Received

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Kristine

The autism specialist came into the classroom to explain my son’s differences to his peers. We’re hoping they will support him as he practices the social skills that he is learning in the resource room three times per week. The classroom teacher makes special accommodation for him to help him to be more successful, and [...]

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Beginning Again

Posted on March 26, 2011 by Kristine

I am nervous this sunny September afternoon as I watch my eight-year-old son play outside. He will start school again tomorrow. We have enrolled him at a small charter school in a multiage classroom hoping that being a third grader in a first through third grade class will make up for the maturity gap he [...]

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