In the middle of another hectic week we finally had a chance to hang out after school and play on the playground. This is one of my few opportunities to see how my daughter is navigating through the social challenge that the asphalt schoolyard can bring to a kid on the autism spectrum. After a…
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Unexpected Snow Days Require An Arsenal
Today is a snow day. I remember snow days fondly as days when the world was wide open. It was a free day to catch up and do whatever my childish heart desired; reading, sledding, throwing snowballs endlessly which would, for me, end up in freezing fingers needing swirls of mildly warm water to run…
Home Is Where The Jello Is
The two sides of J seem to be school J and home J. In school, J has one-on-one attention…well, mostly, but that’s another story. He has a strict schedule he follows, every minute of the day essentially accounted for. Though there’s a definitive concern for his growth and successes in academic and daily living goals,…
First day of preschool
A couple of weeks ago, Esther-Faith started preschool. At a special needs preschool we selected during the IEP process. As with just about everything here at the HennHouse, we photographed it. (She really just thinks the cameras are part of our hands, anyway.) It would be strange NOT to take pictures. On the way…
The Problem Isn’t Really The Problem
Don’t get me wrong, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome presents itself in the form of many problems for my son and our family. But sometimes, well, sometimes the problem isn’t really the problem. We are a homeschool family and over the past year we have not seemed to accomplish much. It was decided that Lee was the…
Try This Tuesday #29: Communicating with Teachers and Paraprofessionals
If you’d like to join in but aren’t sure what to write about, try the topic suggestion for this week: Communicating with Teachers and Paraprofessionals – how do you create and maintain a good relationship with your child’s team? What methods seem to work best for you? Our Communication Plan When my son was moving…
And We Have A Schedule
One of the supports listed in my son’s IEP is the use of a visual schedule. Although it took almost two weeks, this is now in place and it is working beautifully. The SLP (Speech-Language Pathologist) actually made a different one for each of the five cycle days; here is one of them: Each schedule…
Try This Tuesday #5: Preparing for Kindergarten
My son has been showing some nervousness about starting kindergarten next week. Although there is an open house tonight for the students from his class and their parents, I was concerned that it would be too overwhelming for him to really take in much information. After getting some input from the autism consultant last week,…