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Yes. I teach in a grade 3-5 classroom for "high functioning students on the autism spectrum." It is technically a BD room, but our methods are very different from tradition behavior rooms. Social and language skills have 1st priority, the acedemics come in second. Reading writing and math are important, but knowing how to express your needs and interact with other people is vital. Of my 7 students (all boys) 5 of them are very intelligent, and the other 2 are about average intelligence. All of them are rather far behind in some areas of their academics, but only because their issues interfere with their learning. One little guy refused to do/learn how to write or spell because he was such a perfectionist, and if he couldn't get it 100% right, he wasn't going to try. He got onto a new med, and we went through 3 years of spelling in 3 months. That was fun! I love working with them because they are so truly unique. There is nobody even 'sort of' like them. I also have a 22 year old son with some asperger's traits, although we did not realize this until I started teaching spectrum kids. It sure helped me understand him better. I used to be really mad at him because I couldn't get him to go with me to visit my mom. He didn't like the smell of her cigarettes. After she died he felt really guilty. Now that we both understand so much more about sensory issues, he no longer feels like he was a rotten grandson. It wasn't his fault. |
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