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<blockquote data-quote="BusynMember" data-source="post: 604580" data-attributes="member: 1550"><p>My son had an aide who was in the classroom if he needed her, but she tried to step back and let him do what he could by himself. And he learned to ask for help if he needed it, which I felt was a positive (he was adopted too and had similar issues to your son). The aide, however, did not have to worry about him acting out in the classroom because he never did, so that's a big difference...</p><p></p><p>I think it helped my son that he was also in a Special Education class for half the day. It was mostly for kids with mild cognitive delays, but they all had different problems. In THAT class, he emerged as a leader and did not have anyone sitting beside h im and he flourished. At almost twenty years old now, he is almost completely independent. He will need a little help as an adult, but he will work, live alone, and have his own place. He has job help and a caseworker who keeps an eye on him, but he is doing much better than we ever dreamed when he first came to us at two years old.</p><p></p><p>These early years, especially if parents did drugs while pregnant do strange things to our kids. And your little guy was also institutionalized where I am guessing he was told what to do for everything. (We also adopted a child from Hong Kong who spent his first six years in an orphanage). All kids respond differently to their early starts in life. The boy from Hong Kong was independent from Day One and brilliant and today he owns his own company, but he couldn't attach and we don't see him anymore.</p><p></p><p>Your child is wired differently on many levels and you k ind of have to experiment to see what works for HIM. There are no easy answers. I wanted Sonic in Special Education because the awesome teacher let him work at his own pace and he learned to do things himself. He also mad friends, both special needs and some who were "typical." But he was also mainstreamed for several classes.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BusynMember, post: 604580, member: 1550"] My son had an aide who was in the classroom if he needed her, but she tried to step back and let him do what he could by himself. And he learned to ask for help if he needed it, which I felt was a positive (he was adopted too and had similar issues to your son). The aide, however, did not have to worry about him acting out in the classroom because he never did, so that's a big difference... I think it helped my son that he was also in a Special Education class for half the day. It was mostly for kids with mild cognitive delays, but they all had different problems. In THAT class, he emerged as a leader and did not have anyone sitting beside h im and he flourished. At almost twenty years old now, he is almost completely independent. He will need a little help as an adult, but he will work, live alone, and have his own place. He has job help and a caseworker who keeps an eye on him, but he is doing much better than we ever dreamed when he first came to us at two years old. These early years, especially if parents did drugs while pregnant do strange things to our kids. And your little guy was also institutionalized where I am guessing he was told what to do for everything. (We also adopted a child from Hong Kong who spent his first six years in an orphanage). All kids respond differently to their early starts in life. The boy from Hong Kong was independent from Day One and brilliant and today he owns his own company, but he couldn't attach and we don't see him anymore. Your child is wired differently on many levels and you k ind of have to experiment to see what works for HIM. There are no easy answers. I wanted Sonic in Special Education because the awesome teacher let him work at his own pace and he learned to do things himself. He also mad friends, both special needs and some who were "typical." But he was also mainstreamed for several classes. [/QUOTE]
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