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Confidentiality or Cone of Silence??? Open to advice....
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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 530894" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>They absolutely CAN say something and do an educational session IF you give permission. We had that very situation (though it ended up being too vague and just when we were going to do a do-over, we left the school).... it is done for kids on feeding tubes and for kids with autism, or a trach, or electronic communication systems etc. They key is whether or not you give permission. </p><p></p><p>I tell people all the time now. I used to be more secretive but have found that when people understand they are generally kind and accommodating. Especially the kids. Common sense is the key. Would you want to humiliate a child by telling specific challenges like bathroom issues, or fears ...NO... but explaining that Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) makes it harder to learn how to understand what other people are thinking, to follow rules in games, or whatever the issues you have are (so different for different children)....there are even books on it...that tell it in a story format. Depends on the kid...it may or may not be a similar situation so it could help.</p><p></p><p>There is the whole 6th sense series too, but the nurse at our former school said when she does this it works best to have a one page/five minute presentation for the class that just hits the biggest issues. We added for my son's case that though he can be loud and sound like he is scary at times, he does not hurt children and if they ever have a question, they can ask the teacher or me.</p><p></p><p>In my neighborhood I told kids last year. Now, when new kids come I have heard kids pull other kids over to the side and explain in a respectful way! Just a month ago I heard a girl say I dont like him he did X and this girl grabbed her arm and pulled her aside (thank heaven because Q would have defended himself and made it worse). She also saw that I was standing right there and looked very sheepish and tried to say "hi" in a sweet tone to me... but they were good the rest of the night. (this girl has an aspie bro. in the army, a bro. who was in a level 4 EBD class and she herself has language processing problems so their family has a little extra empathy). </p><p></p><p>Anyway, it is tricky and they will be protective of themselves legally but they have no legal right to tell you what YOU can say and if you give permission it is totally fine to do an educational presentation about her disability.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 530894, member: 12886"] They absolutely CAN say something and do an educational session IF you give permission. We had that very situation (though it ended up being too vague and just when we were going to do a do-over, we left the school).... it is done for kids on feeding tubes and for kids with autism, or a trach, or electronic communication systems etc. They key is whether or not you give permission. I tell people all the time now. I used to be more secretive but have found that when people understand they are generally kind and accommodating. Especially the kids. Common sense is the key. Would you want to humiliate a child by telling specific challenges like bathroom issues, or fears ...NO... but explaining that Pervasive Developmental Disorder (PDD) makes it harder to learn how to understand what other people are thinking, to follow rules in games, or whatever the issues you have are (so different for different children)....there are even books on it...that tell it in a story format. Depends on the kid...it may or may not be a similar situation so it could help. There is the whole 6th sense series too, but the nurse at our former school said when she does this it works best to have a one page/five minute presentation for the class that just hits the biggest issues. We added for my son's case that though he can be loud and sound like he is scary at times, he does not hurt children and if they ever have a question, they can ask the teacher or me. In my neighborhood I told kids last year. Now, when new kids come I have heard kids pull other kids over to the side and explain in a respectful way! Just a month ago I heard a girl say I dont like him he did X and this girl grabbed her arm and pulled her aside (thank heaven because Q would have defended himself and made it worse). She also saw that I was standing right there and looked very sheepish and tried to say "hi" in a sweet tone to me... but they were good the rest of the night. (this girl has an aspie bro. in the army, a bro. who was in a level 4 EBD class and she herself has language processing problems so their family has a little extra empathy). Anyway, it is tricky and they will be protective of themselves legally but they have no legal right to tell you what YOU can say and if you give permission it is totally fine to do an educational presentation about her disability. [/QUOTE]
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