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<blockquote data-quote="Dara" data-source="post: 221395" data-attributes="member: 3572"><p>We are working with someone who does placement for these schools. She talks to us, observes Sammy and gives us her top 3 choices that would fit Sammy best. The school Sammy is at now is not for special needs and they just dont know how to deal with him. They have never dealt with a special needs kid before and they dont adjust their expectations to fit Sammy. They are a great school for the average cookie cutter kid but Sammy isnt one of those. Everyone tells me to go through the school district. he does not qualify for anything from them. He unfortunately, tests too well one on one. the schools we are looking at are for pre-k to high school, they are for kids who hopefully will be able to be mainstreamed so not for severely autistic ordelayed children. Sammy is seemingly normal until you really get to know him and he is quite quirky which I have never considered to be a bad thing. He just is overly anxious and volitile and does not have the common sense that most children have to make good decisions left to his own. Today was great reassurance that we will be doing the right thing with this. i went to talk to his class about Hanukkah and we sat in circle time and read a short story about it. They were telling me about the disruptive noises he made in circle time and I got to see it first hand. This way, instead of getting in trouble for things like this, he will be in a situation that teaches him how to cope with his feelings and excitementand use it the appropriatly. The past 2 days he has been really weepy and I have asked why are you crying and he says he doesnt know</p><p> which I am sure he really doesnt....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dara, post: 221395, member: 3572"] We are working with someone who does placement for these schools. She talks to us, observes Sammy and gives us her top 3 choices that would fit Sammy best. The school Sammy is at now is not for special needs and they just dont know how to deal with him. They have never dealt with a special needs kid before and they dont adjust their expectations to fit Sammy. They are a great school for the average cookie cutter kid but Sammy isnt one of those. Everyone tells me to go through the school district. he does not qualify for anything from them. He unfortunately, tests too well one on one. the schools we are looking at are for pre-k to high school, they are for kids who hopefully will be able to be mainstreamed so not for severely autistic ordelayed children. Sammy is seemingly normal until you really get to know him and he is quite quirky which I have never considered to be a bad thing. He just is overly anxious and volitile and does not have the common sense that most children have to make good decisions left to his own. Today was great reassurance that we will be doing the right thing with this. i went to talk to his class about Hanukkah and we sat in circle time and read a short story about it. They were telling me about the disruptive noises he made in circle time and I got to see it first hand. This way, instead of getting in trouble for things like this, he will be in a situation that teaches him how to cope with his feelings and excitementand use it the appropriatly. The past 2 days he has been really weepy and I have asked why are you crying and he says he doesnt know which I am sure he really doesnt.... [/QUOTE]
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