Yeah, yeah, I know I said I'd be better at posting, but, well life happened. I have a permanent job working with a group of Medically Fragile/Developmentally Delayed students at a local Special Needs school as an Aide,,,I love it. I do come home exhausted pretty much every day, but it is so worth it. We have a classroom of great students and wonderful staff.
Kid Jedi started the year with a lot of behavior problems, calling out, arguing, wanting to do whatever it is he wanted to, etc. Now we are mostly just dealing with arguing and temper tantrums. It's very difficult for him to understand that he has to do his work when it's assigned, not when he wants and though it's not causing issues now, we are working on him understanding that when he throws these temper tantrums, it makes it seem to the other students that he thinks he deserves special treatment...not a good thing.
We are working on getting a schedule for home, I'll post more on that later. And we got a family gift for Christmas of an iPOD touch which we are looking through to see what apps we can use to help Kid Jedi with his Asperger's and determine if we want to get an iPAD eventually.
Saturday, January 7, 2012
Saturday, October 1, 2011
Into Routines
Wow, it's been well over a month since I posted last. I knew it had been a while, but it's been a month and a half. I guess I need to start planning my blog posts and doing this more. Things have been hectic here, between getting Kid Jedi ready for back to school, heading back to subbing for me and still looking for a full-time job, and, well, the normal things that happen with an Aspie in your life.
So, we've been back to school/work for almost a month now and Kid Jedi is getting into a routine, doing well with his homework, not calling out as much in class now and FINALLY listening to his teacher, so he's adjusted. The wonderful thing about having a child with Asperger's is you know the beginning of each school year is going to be rough, and I don't mean you have to start getting them up earlier and they fight you and you have to settle into routines, I mean you get notes home that your child is talking when the class is told to do something silently and calling out in class and talking and not listening to directions and talking. I find that as much as teachers are really starting to get to know about Asperger's, ADHD and ASDs, they still have a hard time understanding that as long as they stick with their routine, these kids will figure out the new routine and comply, it is all about rules after all. They may need some modifications, like being sent on errands to get a break, or a more frequent reward system at the beginning of the school year, but they will work it out.
And Kid Jedi did, after having to stay in at recess one day because of the one day that he called out so many times he lost 2 sticks, then decided that when the class was told to get up silently from the rug to go back to their seats was the time to say hello to his teacher and lost another stick. He tests, all kids do, but a neurotypical child knows when to stop, he tests boundaries until they break, or almost do then he becomes the rule follower who will tell his classmates that they are doing something wrong, and need to be reminded that he needs to worry about himself or he'll get in trouble.
The funny thing is, he loves school, loves his teacher, and loves his aide, but the beginning of school is always an adventure. We're to the point now where he is getting his reward every day, and now his Behavior Therapist is looking at his other behaviors to help him socially...now that calling out is under control (they fixed this by giving him M&M's), they are working on him picking his nose which I really wish them luck on, I've been trying to get rid of this habit since it started at 4!!
We'll see...
So, we've been back to school/work for almost a month now and Kid Jedi is getting into a routine, doing well with his homework, not calling out as much in class now and FINALLY listening to his teacher, so he's adjusted. The wonderful thing about having a child with Asperger's is you know the beginning of each school year is going to be rough, and I don't mean you have to start getting them up earlier and they fight you and you have to settle into routines, I mean you get notes home that your child is talking when the class is told to do something silently and calling out in class and talking and not listening to directions and talking. I find that as much as teachers are really starting to get to know about Asperger's, ADHD and ASDs, they still have a hard time understanding that as long as they stick with their routine, these kids will figure out the new routine and comply, it is all about rules after all. They may need some modifications, like being sent on errands to get a break, or a more frequent reward system at the beginning of the school year, but they will work it out.
And Kid Jedi did, after having to stay in at recess one day because of the one day that he called out so many times he lost 2 sticks, then decided that when the class was told to get up silently from the rug to go back to their seats was the time to say hello to his teacher and lost another stick. He tests, all kids do, but a neurotypical child knows when to stop, he tests boundaries until they break, or almost do then he becomes the rule follower who will tell his classmates that they are doing something wrong, and need to be reminded that he needs to worry about himself or he'll get in trouble.
The funny thing is, he loves school, loves his teacher, and loves his aide, but the beginning of school is always an adventure. We're to the point now where he is getting his reward every day, and now his Behavior Therapist is looking at his other behaviors to help him socially...now that calling out is under control (they fixed this by giving him M&M's), they are working on him picking his nose which I really wish them luck on, I've been trying to get rid of this habit since it started at 4!!
We'll see...
Tuesday, August 16, 2011
My not so great day
I won't be going into this a lot, but I did not have a good day today. Kid Jedi and I were down the shore the end of last week, I came home on Sunday so I could clean his room. I wound up with 3 bags of clothes to donate to VVA, and 2 bags that I put aside for friends. Today I went through books. I've been applying for jobs too, 4 yesterday, 2 today...not bad so far, right.
Well, I took a break around 3:30 to do some laundry, and, well my dryer died. And, of course with me being out of work and all, things are really tight here, so no new dryer is on the horizon. The hubster checked it out and it's not getting fixed, so we are out a dryer...fortunately my in-laws offered up their washer/dryer for us to come over and use, so I'll be doing laundry once a week instead of daily or I'll be hanging everything and using my iron a lot (little secret, I actually like ironing).
Well, in the midst of all this I got a call from my Mom that my aunt passed away, really my great aunt and she's been sick, but it doesn't make it any easier.
Oh, and to top it off, I have sinus pain...in my ear! So, I took an allergy pill and will probably not make my blogging class tonight, but at least I won't feel like I'm being stabbed in the ear.
Now, I'm off to knit Kid Jedi some mittens for the winter.
Well, I took a break around 3:30 to do some laundry, and, well my dryer died. And, of course with me being out of work and all, things are really tight here, so no new dryer is on the horizon. The hubster checked it out and it's not getting fixed, so we are out a dryer...fortunately my in-laws offered up their washer/dryer for us to come over and use, so I'll be doing laundry once a week instead of daily or I'll be hanging everything and using my iron a lot (little secret, I actually like ironing).
Well, in the midst of all this I got a call from my Mom that my aunt passed away, really my great aunt and she's been sick, but it doesn't make it any easier.
Oh, and to top it off, I have sinus pain...in my ear! So, I took an allergy pill and will probably not make my blogging class tonight, but at least I won't feel like I'm being stabbed in the ear.
Now, I'm off to knit Kid Jedi some mittens for the winter.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Dancing with my Favorite Aunt
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