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Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs. My brother loved that book and often checked it out of the library in Fairhaven. However, Sammy seems to have some sort of mental block with reading. He CAN do it word by word but ins…
Parent/Teacher Conference Report

Yesterday I spent an hour and a half with James' teacher, talking about his work, personality, and ideas for improvement. I feel so lucky, to be working with a teacher who listens to me, even encourages me, as I talk…
Being an Effective Educator to an Autistic Student

I have a question about autism and education. First of all I'm a teacher candidate and I just got completed my first placement. I will be returning to the school. In one of my classes I just found out that one of my…
Autism and Sensory Processing Disorder: An Overwhelming Experience

Shopping, crowds, people, change, unexpected sights, loud sounds, balloons popping, trolleys hustling, keys cutting, hip hip hooray and happy birthday. Going out with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Sensory Processing Di…
Bad Behaviour

The Boy's TAC meeting took place on Wednesday. We have once more met, the group of health professionals that work or have worked with The Boy, as well as myself, the school SENco, his class teacher and myself. This t…
Left handed?

A YES! moment: James' teacher, aide, and O/T are finally coming around to looking into the possibility that James might be left handed. We are going to start trying to encourage his left hand for writing. This is tot…
The Happiness Project

One of the things I like to do for myself is read wonderful blogs written by wonderful women. You can of course find some of them on my side bar. One of those that I enjoy immensely is Aspie Teacher, written by Sandy…
Moving on and Growing Up

Many people mark their calendars by the cycle of the school year. I tend to do the same. The year is finally coming to a close, and it has been a horrible year. Now, not that we didn’t have cooperative schools a…
Great tips for teachers!

I found this great post through Autisable called Setting Up an Autism Classroom on a Budget that has pretty good and well explained tips on how to set up an Autism friendly classroom on a budget. I think it actually m…
Meet Jon and Family

Jonathan "Jon" Barsotti is an autistic teenager who lives in Southern California with his mom, dad, brother, and sister. He attends a public high school where he is in the only special education class on campus. Duri…