Social Skills Class Placement

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Registered: 08-26-2005
Social Skills Class Placement
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Thu, 10-25-2007 - 5:09pm

Hey everyone,


Haven't been around much lately but life is crazy busy as per usual. Jake is doing alright at school. Teacher has zero interest in helping him and seems to leave it all up to his aide to sort out any problem that comes up. He still can't remember anyones name except for the other red head in his class and i think that's only because that kids hair is something distinctive that Jake can remember. He goes to a social skills class once a week through the school district. The kids in his class are mostly AS and even though Jakes developmental ped changed his DX to AS from Pdd-nos, watching these other kids in his social skills class I'm not so sure Jake really is AS. I know it's all on the spectrum but he seem much more unaware socially than the other kids. Today when I picked him up his social skills teacher thought I might want to look at there social group for autistic group of kids in our district. It would meet 3 times a week rather than the once a week he is getting right now. I don't know what to do. Should I put him in the class with the kids who seem to be more impaired

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Registered: 09-21-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 8:59pm

Teresa,


I think I mentioned this before but you may also want to consider signing him up for collage.

 

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Registered: 08-26-2005
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 9:42pm

Hi Tina,


How are things with you? I took Jake to COLLAGE in Newtown Square for an interview and met with a guy from that group. I had a really bad experience there. Basically it was the first time this guy had ever met Jake and while I was talking with him Jake started to mess around with a fire alarm that had a key atttached to it. The key dropped to the floor and the guy roared at Jake to apologise to me for doing that. Jake took of running because he was so scared and hid behind a chair, I was so mad I could hardly speak but I did call back the next day and spoke with the guy to let him know how I felt. I just didn't feel comfortable placing Jake with that guy. My sister was taking her little girl to wannaplay. Was that where you were taking Bobby? Jake does Vicky Lewis class out at the I.U in the Roosevelt school in Media. How are kids doing?


Teresa