Jenemmy
05-11-2007, 08:50 AM
Hey guys -- I need you to throw some ideas at me.
One of my kiddos has autism and he has had a very special teacher with him for the last 4 years. She went with him from Kindergarten through third grade. He adores her and rightfully so. She has seen him through tremendous changes and milestones. Under her guidance, my son has been potty trained, started verbalizing, learned sign language and pecs, become infinitely more social and begun reading and writing.
There are 5 students in her class and she is completely invested in her "boys, getting excited and celebrating their victories and being there to help them -- and us parents -- through all of the trials. She has been such a blessing. She doesn't refer to them as her students, she calls them her "kids"
Come to find out yesterday that she will be moving on at the end of the school year. Here I secretly was hoping she would just stay with my son through college -- lol. This is heartbreaking to us, as we just so trust her with our special guy.
I want to send her off right. Give me ideas for something really special. It just so happens, she is a Disney lover (go figure). Wish I could send her to WDW and serve as her tour guide! LOL
Thanks in advance!!
One of my kiddos has autism and he has had a very special teacher with him for the last 4 years. She went with him from Kindergarten through third grade. He adores her and rightfully so. She has seen him through tremendous changes and milestones. Under her guidance, my son has been potty trained, started verbalizing, learned sign language and pecs, become infinitely more social and begun reading and writing.
There are 5 students in her class and she is completely invested in her "boys, getting excited and celebrating their victories and being there to help them -- and us parents -- through all of the trials. She has been such a blessing. She doesn't refer to them as her students, she calls them her "kids"
Come to find out yesterday that she will be moving on at the end of the school year. Here I secretly was hoping she would just stay with my son through college -- lol. This is heartbreaking to us, as we just so trust her with our special guy.
I want to send her off right. Give me ideas for something really special. It just so happens, she is a Disney lover (go figure). Wish I could send her to WDW and serve as her tour guide! LOL
Thanks in advance!!