Today was wonderful!!! I was able to bring a student in bright and early to work on an assessment for my purposes. I wanted to have personal documentation of where she was in her reading. Although I have worked with her I wanted concrete evidence.
A few minutes before the bell rang, our child from yesterday came in. He was happy coming in and although didn't get right to work, there was little aggression. I offered him a surprise for coming in so well which seemed to brighten his mood, even if only for a moment.
We went back into our main class this morning, after confirming the child with Autism was doing well. Back in the class we had a very rough day. Students were so far behind in their workbooks that the teacher had given them, because she never went over them and checked what they were doing. I found myself a bit annoyed at the situation when I asked if they were supposed to have done it and she said that they were supposed to and she didn't understand why it wasn't done. I wanted to yell and say they can't read those directions becuase they are in the first grade. The kids themselves were very scattered today and more wild than normal. Hopefully tomorrow will be a better day in their class.
One of the students in that class also has Austim, but is very smart and seems as though he isn't challenged enough ever. The teacher was having problems with him and asked my ST for some help in dealing with him. She and I sat down and came up with some behavior plans such as sitting him closer to her, assigning him a peer tutor, and having a signal to tell him when his behavior is inappropriate. Hopefully this will help her with him, but also with some of his peers.
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