Please Come And Give Me A Teacher's Perspective On This

[Inge]

Not commented yet , but you have had a lot of good support.. jsut remember you are tne mum and know your child better than anyone else and her needs.. just unfortunate we have to fight for them ..

 

as to the workstation.. I have used similar in preschool with a 4 yr old with ASD worked really well, we used coloured trays, green for to do and red completed.. they continued it at school

[Guest]

Thanks Missblinx! A space of her own without distractions would be perfect for her. Another subject to broach gently with the teacher tomorrow.

 

Good luck!

Do you have a specialist support school near you? The school I work at is one and we offer outreach to all the mainstream schools in our area where we go and visit them and they come and visit us so we can help them with ideas/ resources etc. I think it would really benefit G's teacher to visit somewhere like our school and see all the ideas in action and have some support in implementing them. It also might help her to be a bit more open minded! x

[Upsy Daisy]

Good luck!

Do you have a specialist support school near you? The school I work at is one and we offer outreach to all the mainstream schools in our area where we go and visit them and they come and visit us so we can help them with ideas/ resources etc. I think it would really benefit G's teacher to visit somewhere like our school and see all the ideas in action and have some support in implementing them. It also might help her to be a bit more open minded! x

 

 

I think there's one whose staff have been out to Early Years settings to give support. I'll look into that, thanks.

[Guest]

I hope your meeting went well Upsy Daisy!

 

I too have seen workstations before although a slightly less 'intense' (if that's the right word) version. This was just a seperate table in the classroom with picture cues for how to start and finish work (ie get a pencil) and then sometimes extra cards to show how to go about the piece of work. These can be written or pictoral depending on the reading level but for say a maths activity might go:

 

"To complete a number sentence:

 

Get out the number line.

Decide whether you are going to hop forwards or backwards.

Put your finger on the first number of the number sentence on the number line.

Hop forwards or backwards along the number line the amount shown by the second number.

The number you land on is the answer."

 

Obviously that isn't the best wording but I am just writing a quick example there!

[Upsy Daisy]

Thanks Kariana,

 

The meeting was a bit of a mixed bag with lots of comments about her choosing not to work interspersed with acknowledgements that there are aspects which she finds impossible. It did get quite tense but the school are calling in more support and are addressing some issues that they can without outside support.

 

I have left a message with an outreach worker at a local special school who may be able to help too.

 

The workstation idea is a work in progress!

 

I am just taking a break from making a boy's costume for the school play. One of the other girls will be wearing the lovely dress we already had in the wardrobe!

[Guest]

It sounds like you've at least made a bit of progress with them upsy, well done for sticking to your guns. Hopefully if they get advise from other agencies they will start to see that not only will it make G's life easier but also theirs if they just put in a little effort and understanding xxx

[Beau]

I'm popping in late here but glad to hear that your tricky meeting went as well as you might've expected. I had to laugh at the bit about your daughter not being aware of the impact of her support on her peers. I'm sure that many 7 year olds are totally unaware of the needs and feelings of others, without having all the issues your daughter faces. What a ridiculous thing to say!

 

You have some wonderful advice offered here which I'm sure will help at future meetings. Sadly I've always found that the parents who push hardest get their childs needs met more effectively - school resources and a teachers time are limited and even those highly sympathetic may struggle. Keep on fighting, it will be worth it in the end.