Parent Training At Boston Higashi School?
Q: Parent training at Boston Higashi School? Last night my husband and I went to the school for the Parent Training. I was very interesting. We have been before but this was the most insight into what they do with Abbie. The subject was the physical Exercise and the things they do in Physical Education. I can out thinking that if Abbie had been in this program years ago (preschool) she would be so far ahead and so would we as a family. We were showed (and had to do !) many of the exercise activities they do with her division. The teacher (PE TEACHER) was Japanese and she was very energetic. The rest of the staff for the younger division is made up of Japanese and American staff. We were first shown the exercises that make up the program (including those they use for behavior management that teaches the child to control their own behaviors such as self abuse and stimming) Then they did the jogging with us around the Gym. I did pretty well with this considering how I do not jog. We then held hands (they have the children do this to learn social skills) and run around the gym. The gym is very large . We ran around and around and then in one direction and in another direction. Then forward then in reverse. Then we did exercises standing in place again with the ones they do for behavior management (called the three poses) All of this done to MUSIC by the way which Abbie loves. Then we did things with balls. We got into teams and did a thing in twos running in relay with balls . It was great and I can see how Abbie is really able to learn. This exercise is somehow rewiring her brain and opening her up to want to do the academics. She sleeps through the night now (boy do I know why since I did also last night) and is calm and happier What a contrast to sitting in that public school in CIRCLE time at 10 1/2 years old signing WHEELS on the BUS and GOOD MORNING SONG etc doing mundane table work with beans and colored shapes over and over again each day. The teachers walking around in the public school class treating them like imbeciles and like they were deaf because most were non verbal. I know not all public school programs for autistic children are not like that (or at least I hope not) No wonder Abbie freaked out last year when I stupidly agreed to put her in that class. Anybody help me Management Parent Training?
A: - I found this post so interesting. When Benji's oldest sister was little she had a lot of problems concentrating in class. She was written up and the principal went to the class to observe her. His notes read: Tiffany is squirming, Tiffany is playing with her braids, Tiffany drops her pencil, Tiffany looks out the window, Tiffany is squirming again. They had an evaluator at the school who was not thought of particularly highly by the other staff because they felt she had strange ideas. She was from Japan. She asked if Tiffany could be put in a group that she had meeting in the evenings at the school. There was no charge. We felt it certainly couldn't hurt so we took her