Guest guest Posted January 18, 2003 Report Share Posted January 18, 2003 Amen to that! My latest venture, non-athlete that I am, is organizing Danny's Challenger baseball team. He looks forward to baseball more than any other activity. The former LL board member/manager moved, so I had to take up where she left off or the team folds. It's going to be a comedy act when I try to teach kids how to bat! Bev -----Original Message----- From: linman42@... [mailto:linman42@...] I just dont have the energy to arrange yet one more thing. Someday, maybe i will... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 , I agree. It is a balancing act we do. Jasmine is in a self-contained class at school, but she meets other typical kids in the classes she is mailstreamed in to. She is fully includded at church-Sunday School, Kids Church, and Kids Choir, Bible Quiz Team, Missionettes on Wed. night, and any social function that goes on there. She has quite an enterage of friends there. They genuinely like her. She is in a reg. Girl Scout troop, earnig the badges right along with the other girls. Some of the requirements have to be modified a little, but not as many as I thought would have to be for a Junior GS program. She goes to Girl Scout camp in the summer with typical scout friends that love and accept her-not her usual troop friends, a different group that she goes to resident camp with every year. She also goes to a special needs day camp every summer where there are kids of all different disabilities and levels of functioning. It is based on a theraputic horseriding theme, and they also do swimming,(like learnig how to swim) singing, crafts,playground time, and they learn the parts of the horse and equippment and how to care for the horses. She has a well rounded group of friends form school, church, GS, and " A Leg Up " camp. I believe she is happy. I want all three of my kids to be happy. I think I am succeding with that. When I'm not, she's quick to let me know!!!! Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 19, 2003 Report Share Posted January 19, 2003 Oh yeah. I forgot. Jasmine just joined the Upward Cheerleading team this fall!!!! She is with a group of kids that have never met her and they have accepted her and welcomed her in to the group! Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 In a message dated 1/20/2003 12:41:27 PM Eastern Standard Time, seads1@... writes: > . It was fun to see the lights turn on! Great story, great moment! ;-) Cheryl in VA Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 We had a little lesson in inclusion at church yesterday. Kaitlyn is the age where the kids become acolytes during church. Yesterday was training. Well, when Kaitlyn took her turn practicing lighting the candle, we discovered that she is just a little bit short to reach comfortably. I was starting to feel a she's too short she cant do it vibe. So, I started looking for our minister's little box. He also is not a tall person and at one time he had a wooden box under the lectern that he stood on. Well, we couldn't find it but they jumped on board and have commissioned one of our members to make a box for Kaitlyn to stand on so she can reach the candles. It was fun to see the lights turn on! Darcy, mom to 12, Kaitlyn 9, and Grant 6. Re: Re: inclusion or not , I agree. It is a balancing act we do. Jasmine is in a self-contained class at school, but she meets other typical kids in the classes she is mailstreamed in to. She is fully includded at church-Sunday School, Kids Church, and Kids Choir, Bible Quiz Team, Missionettes on Wed. night, and any social function that goes on there. She has quite an enterage of friends there. They genuinely like her. She is in a reg. Girl Scout troop, earnig the badges right along with the other girls. Some of the requirements have to be modified a little, but not as many as I thought would have to be for a Junior GS program. She goes to Girl Scout camp in the summer with typical scout friends that love and accept her-not her usual troop friends, a different group that she goes to resident camp with every year. She also goes to a special needs day camp every summer where there are kids of all different disabilities and levels of functioning. It is based on a theraputic horseriding theme, and they also do swimming,(like learnig how to swim) singing, crafts,playground time, and they learn the parts of the horse and equippment and how to care for the horses. She has a well rounded group of friends form school, church, GS, and " A Leg Up " camp. I believe she is happy. I want all three of my kids to be happy. I think I am succeding with that. When I'm not, she's quick to let me know!!!! Toni Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 20, 2003 Report Share Posted January 20, 2003 Bev, I would love to see you coaching that team! You go Bev! hey we gotta get a good cheer for you and Danny's team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Toni, Jasmine sounds like she's doing some really great things! i like the way you said she's included in outside activities and at school shes in a self contained class. was in self contained in pre school and for one year (1st time grade 1). But I made sure there was lots of activites for her where she could be with typical kids. desperately wants to go to camp with her typical friends and where her brother goes, but I dont feel they have enough supports for her there including medical supervision. We are considering sending her to a camp which is mainstreamed - it has both special needs kids and typical kids. I think her needs will be met better there, but i feel bad she wont be able to go with her friends. ~ Mom to 12 DS and Diabetes Type 1 and 8 NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 In a message dated 1/20/03 4:47:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, writes: > Kaitlyn is the age where the kids become acolytes during church. Oh gosh, flash back to the days when Sheila was an acolyte. I was sure she was going to burn the church down. As a choir member I stood in the back of the church and another mom would light the taper, but Sheila would trot up the steps (lord, was she going to trip over the too long robe. was she going to fall down the steps on the way back. was she going to light the banner behind the candle. lol) Somehow we all managed to survive the years she served as an acolyte. And the church is still standing. lol nancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Ok.. not to sound dumb but what is an acolyte? Judi - Proud mother to Jordan 7, ds and Savannah 10 weeks, nda Where ever you go.... There you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Maybe we can give you a demo of my baseball comedy act at the Suaree, (that is, if we get to have it.) Bev Re: Inclusion or not Bev, I would love to see you coaching that team! You go Bev! hey we gotta get a good cheer for you and Danny's team! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 In our church, they have two children each Sunday, who process the isle and light the candles on the alter. Then at the end of the service they come forward and put out the flame. They have to carry these heavy brass candle lighter things. It is a way to get the younger members involved in the worship service. Darcy From: Judi Scarpelli ; NEHolroyd@... Sent: Tuesday, January 21, 2003 3:56 PM Subject: Re: Re: inclusion or not Ok.. not to sound dumb but what is an acolyte? Judi - Proud mother to Jordan 7, ds and Savannah 10 weeks, nda Where ever you go.... There you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 21, 2003 Report Share Posted January 21, 2003 Are those the things that look like they have a bell on the end that goes over the candle to extinguish it? I've seen those in church when I was a kid. I just never knew there was a name the kids were called. Neat. Judi - Proud mother to Jordan 7, ds and Savannah 10 weeks, nda Where ever you go.... There you are Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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