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Posted by Roberta on September 30, 2009, 8:56 am
You just sound so happy! Makes me happy too! Every battle was worth
the grief, since it got Ash into such a great place.
Roberta in D
On Wed, 30 Sep 2009 07:01:25 GMT, nightmiste@gmail.com (NightMist)
wrote:
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>Well it has taken some getting used to on all fronts, but I do think
>it is an improvement, so far anyway.
>This is BOCES,
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_cooperative_educational_services
>While they do get stipends from the local districts and the state,
>they also charge the district tuition. The amount depends on the
>services provided.
>Just that difference to us at home is huge. We didn't have to send in
>86 boxes of kleenex, a dozen dry erase markers, 6 boxes of chalk, and
>a years worth of graham crackers, plus whatever they felt Ash himself
>might need. We didn't have to send in anything at all. That was a
>difference felt on the home budget let me tell you! Since DD3
>graduated last year and won't start college until spring, this has
>been the most financially pain free September we have had since 1986
>when DD1 started kindergarten.
>Ash started school on the 9th of this month. They start a few days
>later, end a few days later, and don't have the massive number of
>inservice days that the district does.
>Just two weeks after he started we had the Fall IEP meeting. The state
>requires two, one in the fall and one in the spring. His new teacher
>is totally juiced about him. First off he is the most amiable and
>well behaved kid in his class (of 4), and she believes that this is
>already having a good effect on the other three.
>Then to quote her, "He really does have total recall!". She found
>this out working with flash cards and a dry erase board. She thought
>the word 'refigerator' was too long for him and by the time she had
>refiled it he had written it down, as well as the next word which was
>'unicorn'. Then he refiled 'unicorn' while she was gaping at the
>board, and he was poking her saying 'unicorn' (which is a word he
>knows from his own flash cards). He will say words he has figured out
>how to say, some sounds are easier for him than others. In this case
>he was trying to prompt her for the next word, he does that at home
>all the time. This did allow us to emphasize that for him treating
>words as independent units works better than sounding out, or phonics.
>They are working on trying to sort out which words that he writes he
>actually associates with a meaning. A daunting task. I think it is
>more than we know because he spending more and more time pouring over
>his books rather than just copying out of them.
>They are quickly sorting out which worksheets he has seen before as he
>will fill them out quick as anything if he knows them. They also
>discovered that they have to take the cards out of magazines since
>otherwise he will take them out himself, fill them out, and line them
>up in a row.
>He loves the pool. Since it is a theraputic pool he doesn't even come
>home reeking of chlorine. This is the first time he has ever had
>access to a pool on a regular basis, he goes four times a week. The
>director of the facility feels that learning to swim is an important
>life skill (in this area it is, a great lake, a biggish lake and a
>multitude of smaller bodies of water, rivers, and streams), so she
>tries to make sure that every student in the students with
>disabilities facility learns how to swim. So this is multiplely good
>for our lad. They quickly learned that in the gym as long as he is
>bouncing he is a happy boy. Since they have a trampoline they have
>learned why Ash's independent aide is a needful thing! He can be up on
>the thing and bouncing before they get the door closed if there is
>nobody to hang onto him. So they are going to keep the aide at least
>until after Christmas. They do eventually want to be done with the
>aide, but they are not willing to run risks.
>Naturally practically the first person he made friends with was the
>biggest scariest security guard. Think Wesley Snipes as Blade, only
>he talks less and growls more. One of the things they do the first
>week is introduce all the kids to the security guards (parents got to
>meet them on the introductory tour), so they know the guards and the
>guards know them. Ash clapped eyes on this guy and immediately ran up
>and gave him a hug and looked up at him and said Hi!. The guy smiled
>at him, which just impressed the heck out of the teacher. Ash always
>gives this particular guard a hug and a Hi! every time he sees him.
>Our lad just liked him on sight. When I said hi the guy just nodded
>and sort of rumbled, maybe I should have hugged him?
>NightMist
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Posted by KJ on September 30, 2009, 9:51 am
This is such good news! You must be thrilled. I hope it gets even
better!!
Kathyl
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Posted by Taria on September 30, 2009, 10:03 am
I'm sitting here with tears in my eyes to read this NM.
I am thrilled to read your report and so happy for Ash.
Thank you for the update and the good news.
Hugs, Taria
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> Well it has taken some getting used to on all fronts, but I do think
> it is an improvement, so far anyway.
> This is BOCES,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_cooperative_educational_services
> While they do get stipends from the local districts and the state,
> they also charge the district tuition. The amount depends on the
> services provided.
> Just that difference to us at home is huge. We didn't have to send in
> 86 boxes of kleenex, a dozen dry erase markers, 6 boxes of chalk, and
> a years worth of graham crackers, plus whatever they felt Ash himself
> might need. We didn't have to send in anything at all. That was a
> difference felt on the home budget let me tell you! Since DD3
> graduated last year and won't start college until spring, this has
> been the most financially pain free September we have had since 1986
> when DD1 started kindergarten.
> Ash started school on the 9th of this month. They start a few days
> later, end a few days later, and don't have the massive number of
> inservice days that the district does.
> Just two weeks after he started we had the Fall IEP meeting. The state
> requires two, one in the fall and one in the spring. His new teacher
> is totally juiced about him. First off he is the most amiable and
> well behaved kid in his class (of 4), and she believes that this is
> already having a good effect on the other three.
> Then to quote her, "He really does have total recall!". She found
> this out working with flash cards and a dry erase board. She thought
> the word 'refigerator' was too long for him and by the time she had
> refiled it he had written it down, as well as the next word which was
> 'unicorn'. Then he refiled 'unicorn' while she was gaping at the
> board, and he was poking her saying 'unicorn' (which is a word he
> knows from his own flash cards). He will say words he has figured out
> how to say, some sounds are easier for him than others. In this case
> he was trying to prompt her for the next word, he does that at home
> all the time. This did allow us to emphasize that for him treating
> words as independent units works better than sounding out, or phonics.
> They are working on trying to sort out which words that he writes he
> actually associates with a meaning. A daunting task. I think it is
> more than we know because he spending more and more time pouring over
> his books rather than just copying out of them.
> They are quickly sorting out which worksheets he has seen before as he
> will fill them out quick as anything if he knows them. They also
> discovered that they have to take the cards out of magazines since
> otherwise he will take them out himself, fill them out, and line them
> up in a row.
> He loves the pool. Since it is a theraputic pool he doesn't even come
> home reeking of chlorine. This is the first time he has ever had
> access to a pool on a regular basis, he goes four times a week. The
> director of the facility feels that learning to swim is an important
> life skill (in this area it is, a great lake, a biggish lake and a
> multitude of smaller bodies of water, rivers, and streams), so she
> tries to make sure that every student in the students with
> disabilities facility learns how to swim. So this is multiplely good
> for our lad. They quickly learned that in the gym as long as he is
> bouncing he is a happy boy. Since they have a trampoline they have
> learned why Ash's independent aide is a needful thing! He can be up on
> the thing and bouncing before they get the door closed if there is
> nobody to hang onto him. So they are going to keep the aide at least
> until after Christmas. They do eventually want to be done with the
> aide, but they are not willing to run risks.
> Naturally practically the first person he made friends with was the
> biggest scariest security guard. Think Wesley Snipes as Blade, only
> he talks less and growls more. One of the things they do the first
> week is introduce all the kids to the security guards (parents got to
> meet them on the introductory tour), so they know the guards and the
> guards know them. Ash clapped eyes on this guy and immediately ran up
> and gave him a hug and looked up at him and said Hi!. The guy smiled
> at him, which just impressed the heck out of the teacher. Ash always
> gives this particular guard a hug and a Hi! every time he sees him.
> Our lad just liked him on sight. When I said hi the guy just nodded
> and sort of rumbled, maybe I should have hugged him?
> NightMist
> --
> Legolas is my house elf
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Posted by teleflora on September 30, 2009, 11:48 am
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> Well it has taken some getting used to on all fronts, but I do think
> it is an improvement, so far anyway.
> This is BOCES,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_cooperative_educational_services
> While they do get stipends from the local districts and the state,
> they also charge the district tuition. The amount depends on the
> services provided.
> Just that difference to us at home is huge. We didn't have to send in
> 86 boxes of kleenex, a dozen dry erase markers, 6 boxes of chalk, and
> a years worth of graham crackers, plus whatever they felt Ash himself
> might need. We didn't have to send in anything at all. That was a
> difference felt on the home budget let me tell you! Since DD3
> graduated last year and won't start college until spring, this has
> been the most financially pain free September we have had since 1986
> when DD1 started kindergarten.
> Ash started school on the 9th of this month. They start a few days
> later, end a few days later, and don't have the massive number of
> inservice days that the district does.
> Just two weeks after he started we had the Fall IEP meeting. The state
> requires two, one in the fall and one in the spring. His new teacher
> is totally juiced about him. First off he is the most amiable and
> well behaved kid in his class (of 4), and she believes that this is
> already having a good effect on the other three.
> Then to quote her, "He really does have total recall!". She found
> this out working with flash cards and a dry erase board. She thought
> the word 'refigerator' was too long for him and by the time she had
> refiled it he had written it down, as well as the next word which was
> 'unicorn'. Then he refiled 'unicorn' while she was gaping at the
> board, and he was poking her saying 'unicorn' (which is a word he
> knows from his own flash cards). He will say words he has figured out
> how to say, some sounds are easier for him than others. In this case
> he was trying to prompt her for the next word, he does that at home
> all the time. This did allow us to emphasize that for him treating
> words as independent units works better than sounding out, or phonics.
> They are working on trying to sort out which words that he writes he
> actually associates with a meaning. A daunting task. I think it is
> more than we know because he spending more and more time pouring over
> his books rather than just copying out of them.
> They are quickly sorting out which worksheets he has seen before as he
> will fill them out quick as anything if he knows them. They also
> discovered that they have to take the cards out of magazines since
> otherwise he will take them out himself, fill them out, and line them
> up in a row.
> He loves the pool. Since it is a theraputic pool he doesn't even come
> home reeking of chlorine. This is the first time he has ever had
> access to a pool on a regular basis, he goes four times a week. The
> director of the facility feels that learning to swim is an important
> life skill (in this area it is, a great lake, a biggish lake and a
> multitude of smaller bodies of water, rivers, and streams), so she
> tries to make sure that every student in the students with
> disabilities facility learns how to swim. So this is multiplely good
> for our lad. They quickly learned that in the gym as long as he is
> bouncing he is a happy boy. Since they have a trampoline they have
> learned why Ash's independent aide is a needful thing! He can be up on
> the thing and bouncing before they get the door closed if there is
> nobody to hang onto him. So they are going to keep the aide at least
> until after Christmas. They do eventually want to be done with the
> aide, but they are not willing to run risks.
> Naturally practically the first person he made friends with was the
> biggest scariest security guard. Think Wesley Snipes as Blade, only
> he talks less and growls more. One of the things they do the first
> week is introduce all the kids to the security guards (parents got to
> meet them on the introductory tour), so they know the guards and the
> guards know them. Ash clapped eyes on this guy and immediately ran up
> and gave him a hug and looked up at him and said Hi!. The guy smiled
> at him, which just impressed the heck out of the teacher. Ash always
> gives this particular guard a hug and a Hi! every time he sees him.
> Our lad just liked him on sight. When I said hi the guy just nodded
> and sort of rumbled, maybe I should have hugged him?
> NightMist
I bet you feel like hugging yourself, as well, huh?
WHAT a change. And what an exciting time for Ash and his family. I hope the
program keeps the funding that it needs and that it continues to go well for
all of you.
Cindy
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Posted by M Enneking on September 30, 2009, 8:46 pm
It's so good to hear such a good outcome after all your struggles. Our
oldest son was born with multiple handicaps, the worst being severe hearing
impairment. That was not diagnosed until he was four years old, although we
had him tested several times earlier. He could hear some things and would
respond, so it was assumed he could hear but just was not interested in
talking.
When he started school, he did all right in some subjects, poorly in others.
I was told my expectations for him were too high, and that it was unlikely
he would ever graduate, and would probably have to do something like
janitorial work. My husband and I wanted to have him enrolled in a school
for hearing impaired students, but our local school officials did not want
to cooperate, because it was located 70 miles from our home town, and the
expense to transport him would be considerable, along with the other tolls
it would take. So we left him in the local school through second grade. On
the end of year achievement tests he got 100% in math and spelling, and
failed the reading and language portions. His classroom teacher went to bat
for us, saying they were not doing all they should be for him, if could do
so well in math and spelling, he should be able to do better at language
arts. Based on her insistence, he began the long commute and after a few
days there he realized how much it was helping him. It was the best thing
that could have happened. He was able to come back and complete the last two
years of high school locally, and graduated with honors. He is now almost
forty years old, owns his home and has a job with a large bank in Columbus.
He regularly goes to different areas of the country to help with training
and bank conversions. Not bad compared to the predictions from the county
psychologist.
Linda
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> Well it has taken some getting used to on all fronts, but I do think
> it is an improvement, so far anyway.
> This is BOCES,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_cooperative_educational_services
> While they do get stipends from the local districts and the state,
> they also charge the district tuition. The amount depends on the
> services provided.
> Just that difference to us at home is huge. We didn't have to send in
> 86 boxes of kleenex, a dozen dry erase markers, 6 boxes of chalk, and
> a years worth of graham crackers, plus whatever they felt Ash himself
> might need. We didn't have to send in anything at all. That was a
> difference felt on the home budget let me tell you! Since DD3
> graduated last year and won't start college until spring, this has
> been the most financially pain free September we have had since 1986
> when DD1 started kindergarten.
> Ash started school on the 9th of this month. They start a few days
> later, end a few days later, and don't have the massive number of
> inservice days that the district does.
> Just two weeks after he started we had the Fall IEP meeting. The state
> requires two, one in the fall and one in the spring. His new teacher
> is totally juiced about him. First off he is the most amiable and
> well behaved kid in his class (of 4), and she believes that this is
> already having a good effect on the other three.
> Then to quote her, "He really does have total recall!". She found
> this out working with flash cards and a dry erase board. She thought
> the word 'refigerator' was too long for him and by the time she had
> refiled it he had written it down, as well as the next word which was
> 'unicorn'. Then he refiled 'unicorn' while she was gaping at the
> board, and he was poking her saying 'unicorn' (which is a word he
> knows from his own flash cards). He will say words he has figured out
> how to say, some sounds are easier for him than others. In this case
> he was trying to prompt her for the next word, he does that at home
> all the time. This did allow us to emphasize that for him treating
> words as independent units works better than sounding out, or phonics.
> They are working on trying to sort out which words that he writes he
> actually associates with a meaning. A daunting task. I think it is
> more than we know because he spending more and more time pouring over
> his books rather than just copying out of them.
> They are quickly sorting out which worksheets he has seen before as he
> will fill them out quick as anything if he knows them. They also
> discovered that they have to take the cards out of magazines since
> otherwise he will take them out himself, fill them out, and line them
> up in a row.
> He loves the pool. Since it is a theraputic pool he doesn't even come
> home reeking of chlorine. This is the first time he has ever had
> access to a pool on a regular basis, he goes four times a week. The
> director of the facility feels that learning to swim is an important
> life skill (in this area it is, a great lake, a biggish lake and a
> multitude of smaller bodies of water, rivers, and streams), so she
> tries to make sure that every student in the students with
> disabilities facility learns how to swim. So this is multiplely good
> for our lad. They quickly learned that in the gym as long as he is
> bouncing he is a happy boy. Since they have a trampoline they have
> learned why Ash's independent aide is a needful thing! He can be up on
> the thing and bouncing before they get the door closed if there is
> nobody to hang onto him. So they are going to keep the aide at least
> until after Christmas. They do eventually want to be done with the
> aide, but they are not willing to run risks.
> Naturally practically the first person he made friends with was the
> biggest scariest security guard. Think Wesley Snipes as Blade, only
> he talks less and growls more. One of the things they do the first
> week is introduce all the kids to the security guards (parents got to
> meet them on the introductory tour), so they know the guards and the
> guards know them. Ash clapped eyes on this guy and immediately ran up
> and gave him a hug and looked up at him and said Hi!. The guy smiled
> at him, which just impressed the heck out of the teacher. Ash always
> gives this particular guard a hug and a Hi! every time he sees him.
> Our lad just liked him on sight. When I said hi the guy just nodded
> and sort of rumbled, maybe I should have hugged him?
> NightMist
> --
> Legolas is my house elf
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>it is an improvement, so far anyway.
>This is BOCES,
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Board_of_cooperative_educational_services
>While they do get stipends from the local districts and the state,
>they also charge the district tuition. The amount depends on the
>services provided.
>Just that difference to us at home is huge. We didn't have to send in
>86 boxes of kleenex, a dozen dry erase markers, 6 boxes of chalk, and
>a years worth of graham crackers, plus whatever they felt Ash himself
>might need. We didn't have to send in anything at all. That was a
>difference felt on the home budget let me tell you! Since DD3
>graduated last year and won't start college until spring, this has
>been the most financially pain free September we have had since 1986
>when DD1 started kindergarten.
>Ash started school on the 9th of this month. They start a few days
>later, end a few days later, and don't have the massive number of
>inservice days that the district does.
>Just two weeks after he started we had the Fall IEP meeting. The state
>requires two, one in the fall and one in the spring. His new teacher
>is totally juiced about him. First off he is the most amiable and
>well behaved kid in his class (of 4), and she believes that this is
>already having a good effect on the other three.
>Then to quote her, "He really does have total recall!". She found
>this out working with flash cards and a dry erase board. She thought
>the word 'refigerator' was too long for him and by the time she had
>refiled it he had written it down, as well as the next word which was
>'unicorn'. Then he refiled 'unicorn' while she was gaping at the
>board, and he was poking her saying 'unicorn' (which is a word he
>knows from his own flash cards). He will say words he has figured out
>how to say, some sounds are easier for him than others. In this case
>he was trying to prompt her for the next word, he does that at home
>all the time. This did allow us to emphasize that for him treating
>words as independent units works better than sounding out, or phonics.
>They are working on trying to sort out which words that he writes he
>actually associates with a meaning. A daunting task. I think it is
>more than we know because he spending more and more time pouring over
>his books rather than just copying out of them.
>They are quickly sorting out which worksheets he has seen before as he
>will fill them out quick as anything if he knows them. They also
>discovered that they have to take the cards out of magazines since
>otherwise he will take them out himself, fill them out, and line them
>up in a row.
>He loves the pool. Since it is a theraputic pool he doesn't even come
>home reeking of chlorine. This is the first time he has ever had
>access to a pool on a regular basis, he goes four times a week. The
>director of the facility feels that learning to swim is an important
>life skill (in this area it is, a great lake, a biggish lake and a
>multitude of smaller bodies of water, rivers, and streams), so she
>tries to make sure that every student in the students with
>disabilities facility learns how to swim. So this is multiplely good
>for our lad. They quickly learned that in the gym as long as he is
>bouncing he is a happy boy. Since they have a trampoline they have
>learned why Ash's independent aide is a needful thing! He can be up on
>the thing and bouncing before they get the door closed if there is
>nobody to hang onto him. So they are going to keep the aide at least
>until after Christmas. They do eventually want to be done with the
>aide, but they are not willing to run risks.
>Naturally practically the first person he made friends with was the
>biggest scariest security guard. Think Wesley Snipes as Blade, only
>he talks less and growls more. One of the things they do the first
>week is introduce all the kids to the security guards (parents got to
>meet them on the introductory tour), so they know the guards and the
>guards know them. Ash clapped eyes on this guy and immediately ran up
>and gave him a hug and looked up at him and said Hi!. The guy smiled
>at him, which just impressed the heck out of the teacher. Ash always
>gives this particular guard a hug and a Hi! every time he sees him.
>Our lad just liked him on sight. When I said hi the guy just nodded
>and sort of rumbled, maybe I should have hugged him?
>NightMist