Dawn has agreed to blog and answer any questions you might have! Feel free to comment here for start a new post! I appreciate Dawn coming and bringing Jack to class. It helps all of us understand much better the special gifts and abilities children with intellectual and developmental delays bring to the classroom.
The specific examples of Jack's work with semantics and sight word cards was a great connection for us. The video of Jack reading demonstrated that reading IS a realistic expectation for children with intellectual delays. Another REAL WORLD connection was the idea of speech acts and how Jack has grown developmentally this year in this area. So many ways we could learn from Jack and our understanding of children is greater because of our time with him!
Thanks, Jack! Thanks, Dawn!
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I finally made it! :) Thank you ALL for the opportunity to share Jack with you all last week! I'm an open book, so ask me anything that may be on your mind! Jack has his IEP meeting next Monday (it's also his 7th B-day)....I'd be glad to share some of his goals and objectives if you all are interested in that...?
ReplyDeleteYes i am very interested in knowing what kind of goals are set up for him. It was wonderful meeting you and Jake and his jouney through life. He is absolutely adorable. Wish him Happy Birthday from me :-)
ReplyDeleteDawn how did the meeting go? I want to stay in touch with you so that I can find out more about Jack. He is so smart AND cute. Hard to find both qualities in a guy. HAHAHA!!!
ReplyDeleteI will talk to you Tuesday if you do not read this before then.
How did the IEP meeting go? I have a cousin who is MR and the school actually told my cousin's mother when he was in fourth grade that he had reached a ceiling in his education and they could not do anything else for him.
ReplyDeleteThank Dawn for being on your blog and answering our questions and also giving us information that will be useful to use as future educators. I really enjoyed having Jack and you in our classroom. It definately made the class exciting and interesting to hear from someone who has a child that is special needs. Thanks again!
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