Sherri

[Guest guest]

The trampling issue is about our biggest worry with having Olivia

at school but we just got some more good news! At the (hopefully)

last case conference we discovered that Olivia qualified for another

1 on 1 aide. The last 2 years at school she has had a 1 on 1 aide

to help with everything but with Olivia being so independant the

aide didn't have to do much for her in the last few months. Now at

the new school she still qualified but we have it written the the

aide will not " hover " over Olivia but just be aware of her safety

and redirect her for proper OT/PT practices. For out of classroom

safety the aide is going to focus a lot on self awarness with olivia

like waiting until the herd has passed and then going down the

stairs, etc. It really puts my mine at ease to know that there will

be someone watching her around the big doors and climbing equipment

outside!

Have a great day!!!

Leah, mom to 9yrs and Olivia 4.5yrs, RSS, OI, 19lbs, 33 "

[Guest guest]

Leah,

Congratulations on the new aide! The " no hovering " piece will be

great. It sounds like Olivia is a lot like Abby, very independent -

she likes to do things on her own without interference.

Focusing on the self awareness angle sounds like a wonderful idea.

Teaching our kids to watch out for themselves is one of the best ways

to protect them. Your message reminds me I need to work more on this

with Abby. We took a quick trip over the weekend to do some fun

things with the kids and were constantly on alert trying to keep the

kids, especially Abby, protected. Other kids, and adults, just don't

seem to realize how small she is and that she can easily be

trampled. This is especially so when you get a bunch of tourists

together trying to fit in everything they want to do!

Sherri

Mom to 6 year old twins - Abby (RSS) & Sam (nonRSS)

>

> The trampling issue is about our biggest worry with having Olivia

> at school but we just got some more good news! At the (hopefully)

> last case conference we discovered that Olivia qualified for

another

> 1 on 1 aide. The last 2 years at school she has had a 1 on 1 aide

> to help with everything but with Olivia being so independant the

> aide didn't have to do much for her in the last few months. Now at

> the new school she still qualified but we have it written the the

> aide will not " hover " over Olivia but just be aware of her safety

> and redirect her for proper OT/PT practices. For out of classroom

> safety the aide is going to focus a lot on self awarness with

olivia

> like waiting until the herd has passed and then going down the

> stairs, etc. It really puts my mine at ease to know that there

will

> be someone watching her around the big doors and climbing equipment

> outside!

>

> Have a great day!!!

>

> Leah, mom to 9yrs and Olivia 4.5yrs, RSS, OI, 19lbs, 33 "