Thursday, 17 September 2009

• Heart Warming Stories from a Teacher - Dinner Party

  From: AutismToday.com
  These stories were submitted to me to share with our readers.  They are written through the eyes of a teacher.  Please enjoy and comment!
  
  Dinner Party
  

  Between Five and Six years ago I met an angry young man who nearly killed me the first time I took him into the time out room. He was eight years old and as he entered the time out room he grabbed a metal file and through it in the air it hit ceiling panels above my head and almost hit me in the head on its way down. His anger changed the way the timeout room was furnished, nothing that he could pick-up or turnover could be in the room.

  Later that same year this student accidentally hit me in the mouth with a putter while playing Putt-Putt Golf. During the years we have both learned from each other. I have learned how to challenge his thinking without making him physically violent. He has learned that it is possible to have an opinion other than his. Although this has not come without pain not only on his and my part but on the part of almost everyone who knows him but as he puts it he has grown. 
  

  Last night his parents held a combination fund raiser and anniversary party. My student was in attendance with a number of his friends. My student was outstanding in his ability to handle the number of guests and to play host not only to his friends that he introduced to me and to everyone else in attendance. He was remarkable in his self confidence and in his presence of mind in making sure his friends were comfortable. I cannot tell you about how much progress this student has made since he started at our school. To see him walking around introducing a little girl that he held when she was only two days old to everyone. She is only half his age but they are friends. I enjoyed the party mainly because I got to see my student’s social skills bloom beyond anything that I could have ever imagined.

  
  

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