Why I love Plano Schools...

Dawson and another class member have been having some problems. The other boy is autistic, and throws things and does inappropriate things. Dawson can't just ignore him, if the boy throws something on the floor, Dawson has to run over there, pick it up, and tell him not to do it. This boy writes on Dawson and runs around the class. Dawson's special ed teacher has been discussing this problem with me for awhile and has been discussing possible scenarios. While the other children can ignore this disruptive behavior, Dawson can not.

This is why I love Plano schools, today the principal called me and asked if it would be alright for Dawson to switch classrooms and that she would only approve it if I said it was OK. She said the other boy would have a harder time transitioning to a new class. She also reassured me that Dawson would have his aide that he loves, Ms. Adriana. Ms. Adriana loves Dawson too, she bought him a star wars ship and blocks for River for Christmas. Mrs. Salzman will come in as well to work with Dawson. Then the principal told me that his new teacher, Mrs. Neid was making a book for him. She took pictures of herself, bathroom, lockers, books, tables, and a lot of the things he was going to need to know. Then she printed out the pages, wrote a story describing it all, laminated it, and bound it into a book. Then the principal told me that she would deliver it to the school where I teach. Dawson is excited for his new class, I made it sound like a really exciting thing. He does pretty well with new situations and the book helped a lot.

Cute things my kids do: Dawson recently heard me tell someone that we live in a town home. So now when we drive into the complex, he says this "This is Dawson Town, and this is my home. Look at all of the houses in Dawson Town!"

I love that River tells me when he gets hurt, then holds out his knee (or whatever was hurt) and waits for me to kiss it. Then it's better, it's cute!