I finished a 3-day workshop this past week.... Phew! It was a good one....it refreshed my brain, getting it thinking again on ways to help my students. It's called TEACCH. I'm not real happy with the name of it, as it doesn't use People First Language in the name, but the training was good. Like I said, it reenergized my brain, giving me ideas, knowledge, and new contacts for help. I did have some difficulty with some other special educators attending it though. A great many of them (I won't say all, but it sure seemed like it) didn't use People First Language and would say things like "autistic kid" and "he belongs in the autistic class." Then, when I'd have a comment towards placing a child with autism in a general ed. classroom it was like open season on me. Wow, did the other teachers go after that, saying things like "he can't" but never giving me an actual reason that it wouldn't work. I think that I may approach the special education director about the lack of people first language in our district by special educators.....
Another year upon us!
Happy New Year! How many times have you heard this so far this month? I think one thing this time of year and that phrase causes me to do is think about what will it take to have a happy year? Many times I think we see the new year as a new chance to start something, learn something, etc. Look at gym memberships - they will increase in January as people start getting fit. Why do we choose to put it off and wait until another year? Why not the next month..or next week? Or better yet, the next day? If it's something you want to do or want to achieve, just start. ...this is all sounding good to me, but yet this year... well, about halfway through the year, something changed. I don't know what - haven't figured that out. Something changed and the momentum I had gained in working out consistently and starting to plan and cook more at home hit a huge wall... a wall I am having trouble getting over. Every day my intention is to do better, but then I find myself disappoi...
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