This October has been a busy month for promoting awareness of people with disabilities, including our 11th annual Triangle Run/Walk for Autism, the Fourth Annual National Bullying Prevention Awareness Week, and the entire month is Disability Awareness Month for all North Carolina schools.Ā And, just 2 weeks ago, President Obama proclaimed October 2009 as National…
Organizing for upper grades (middle and high school)…
Hereās advice from my teenage son: Letās face it. Back to school is never easy. But here are a few hints and tips to help make things easier for when that first day comes around. First off, get to know your teachers. If you canāt arrange a talk with your teacher, at least get a…
Positive Student Profile ā Helping Teachers Get To Know Your Child
As the school year begins, it is important to āintroduceā your child to his new teachers and other adults that your child encounters at school.Ā Creating a Positive Student Profile (http://www.cpacinc.org/pdfs/Positive_Student_Profile.pdf) will help you communicate your childās strengths, interests, successes, as well as the challenges. Autism is a spectrum disorder.Ā As we like to say,…
School Transportation
Back to Schoolā¦and transportation Do You Talk to Bus Drivers about Your Child? When we think of communicating with schools about our children with autism, we often think of the principal and teachers. There are many other staff members who come in contact with our children, and bus drivers (or other providers of transportation) are…