Tuesday, August 31, 2010

Alex's Kindergarten Class

We visited Alex's new school today and met his teacher.  She seems nice and open and willing to learn, but she knows nothing about autism spectrum disorders.  When I mentioned "the spectrum" to her on the phone last week she didn't know what I was talking about.  On top of that, there is not a bathroom in the classroom.  They had no idea that Alex had a one-on-one for the last two years and that he can't go to the bathroom by himself.  The aide told me she is not allowed to go into the boys' bathroom with a student.  In Alex's CPSE meeting we made it clear that toileting is one of the things he needs support with.  I feel so sick and so sad and so stressed.  I hate this!

2 comments:

~J~ Diva OfOils said...

Hi Heather!
I just stumbled here through your facebook page and am surprised I didn't find your blog earlier. Well, now I have some catching up to do, but I don't see a subscribe link anywhere. Is my sight failing me or am I looking for the wrong thing?

tinymatters said...

It's the circle with the blue lines at the top right of the page. It looks like it's part of the background. I should probably change that!