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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 386972" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>If nothing else is available, try having him carry a box of books from one end of the school to another. My dad's school had NO equipment for this kind of stuff. He had a couple of kids who needed some type of pressure at times, so he and the sp ed teacher would have them carry boxes of books or papers back and forth. he was the ONLY teacher who would take many of the sp ed kids into a mainstream class (I know, not following the IEP/ADA needs/laws, but it was what happened - some of the teachers would refuse to let the sp ed kids into their rooms regardless of what anyone said or did, so many years my dad had ALL the sp ed kids who had mainstream time do it in his science classes) and he worked with the sp ed teacher to do a lot of things. </p><p> </p><p>It didn't matter what his class was doing. A couple of the kids would get into a mood/situation where they NEEDED the pressure so the teacher would send them to my dad's room with a box. He had them put it down and pick up another box to take back to the sp ed teacher. It seemed to really help the kids calm down. Of course this was a school with NO resources - many years the teachers each got one ream of copy paper, 500 sheets, to last the ENTIRE YEAR. Not for each class that they taught, for ALL their classes. Two years before he quit the school year started with no toilet paper and over half the toilets out of order. It took a parent bringing a news crew to the school to get the Board of Ed to give them toilet paper and working toilets. Not even the staff toilets worked. Teachers were supposed to go to nearby stores on their free periods to use the restroom. So they did everything on the super cheap. The boxes the kids carried were not ever opened - they were just carried back and forth to provide a sensory break.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 386972, member: 1233"] If nothing else is available, try having him carry a box of books from one end of the school to another. My dad's school had NO equipment for this kind of stuff. He had a couple of kids who needed some type of pressure at times, so he and the sp ed teacher would have them carry boxes of books or papers back and forth. he was the ONLY teacher who would take many of the sp ed kids into a mainstream class (I know, not following the IEP/ADA needs/laws, but it was what happened - some of the teachers would refuse to let the sp ed kids into their rooms regardless of what anyone said or did, so many years my dad had ALL the sp ed kids who had mainstream time do it in his science classes) and he worked with the sp ed teacher to do a lot of things. It didn't matter what his class was doing. A couple of the kids would get into a mood/situation where they NEEDED the pressure so the teacher would send them to my dad's room with a box. He had them put it down and pick up another box to take back to the sp ed teacher. It seemed to really help the kids calm down. Of course this was a school with NO resources - many years the teachers each got one ream of copy paper, 500 sheets, to last the ENTIRE YEAR. Not for each class that they taught, for ALL their classes. Two years before he quit the school year started with no toilet paper and over half the toilets out of order. It took a parent bringing a news crew to the school to get the Board of Ed to give them toilet paper and working toilets. Not even the staff toilets worked. Teachers were supposed to go to nearby stores on their free periods to use the restroom. So they did everything on the super cheap. The boxes the kids carried were not ever opened - they were just carried back and forth to provide a sensory break. [/QUOTE]
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