The speaker at last Monday's staff meeting was an Autism Specialist from Special School District. The Autism Walk is tomorrow, so I thought the timing of the Autism Specialist was perfect.
She had a lot of information. I really appreciated her telling us that autism is not curable.....no matter what Jenny McCarthy says. She also stressed that autism is a communication disorder, not a behavior disorder. Unfortunately, she only had an hour, so she was forced to just run through her information. She had told us we would do have some interaction parts, but it ended up just being "sit and get."
At the end she gave up 10 strategies to use with kids with autism. I can tell you that we use all 10 in this house. Also, many of my friends in the meeting were able to recall the strategies being used with the boys so they had good examples in their minds.
I am grateful that our administration recognizes the need for this inservice. These kiddos are coming......
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