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| Thu, 05-26-2005 - 8:09am |
I'm a little sad today because my 7yo, 1st grade AS son has awards day and he will not be receiving one. He gets 'A's' in everything except handwriting and has not changed his light(green-yellow-red) in a month and a half. It feels petty, considering the passing of my neighbor's son, but he works so hards that it seems as though he really deserves it. And maybe it's just the grief finding a place to leak out, I'm not sure. What do you guys think? What has been your experience with mainstream classrooms? Regards, Vicky
ps. This will be very emotional day as they will be awarding the little boy who passed away his awards today and naming a Peacebuilders award in his name.

(((hugs)))) I think your son has been working very hard and needs to be at least recognized. It will be a very emotional day for him esp since his friend that just died will recieve awards. Sometime positive would be a good thing for him. I totally understand how you feel!
My ASD son, Weston, did not get recognized this year in the "caught being good" program. I know he is a good boy and does good things and is not really a behavior problem in the classroom. Mostly I think he's often lost in the shuffle of things. The hardest thing is that both of his sisters that are in the same school got the award 2x. Contrary to their opinion, he does notice these things and it does upset him-- even though he doesn't show this kind of emotion to them-- only to mom.
Betsy
Vicky,
First, I just wanted to say how sorry I am about your friend's little boy. I've been real busy lately, and didn't get a chance to respond to your previous post. It brought tears to my eyes and made all my problems seem so trivial.
Anyway, Nathan's school gives out little awards daily. Like in music or PE, for being good, or listening well...that sort of thing. It's a little piece of paper congratulating them on a "job well done" and it has their name on it too. My other son is in 2nd grade, and his school doesn't do awards like you mentioned. If they reach a personal goal, like in reading or something, they get candy or a prize. I can see how devastating it would be to not be "recognized" for doing something. I'm switching Tyler over to Nathan's school next year.....so I'll see what they do there for the older grades. Nathan is just in kindergarten this year, so it will be interesting to see what 1st grade will be like for him.
Michelle
I feel like such an idiot now. Went to awards ceremony and Chase ends up getting two awards. They always send home a slip of paper to let the parents know but we didn't get one. Knowing Chase he probably misplaced it. He was so excited he literally bounced up there to shake the principal's hand.
Also, they honored our little neighbor that passed away one week ago by creating a Peacebuilders Award. His 2nd grade classmates had written about ways Mark had been nice to them. Things like "you sat with me at lunch when no one else would", and "when I was too afaid to go into the snake exhibit at the zoo, you said you would stay with me while the other kids went in." It was so moving and meant so much to his mom and dad. The entire school gave them a standing ovation in honor of little Mark. Thanks for the kind words,Michelle. It has been a really tough week but because of my friend's strong faith Mark's passing has changed alot of people. Vicky