Guest guest Posted February 25, 2009 Report Share Posted February 25, 2009 My son is in middle school and struggles with the cafeteria at lunch time. The noise, crowd and social issues are all such an ordeal for him. Does anyone have special accommodations at lunch for their kiddos? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 My son is also in middle school. There is a classroom open for him and several other kids to eat in. I don't know how much social interaction there was, but the TV was on, and a computer game would also be available. My son felt comfortable with this smaller place to go everyday at lunch. I think the room was one of the special ed. classrooms, with the teacher eating lunch there also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 mblaman2001 wrote: My Asperger son is in middle school and struggles with the cafeteria at lunch time. The noise, crowd and social issues are all such an ordeal for him. Does anyone have special accommodations at lunch for their kiddos? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! thanks! When Louie was that age, he had the same problem. We got him a little Walkman radio with earbuds to help him regulate the sound coming in from the cafeteria, plus wrap-around sunglasses to help him cope with the florescent lights. Of course, we cleared this first with the school administration. The crowding was never a problem because, well, Louie's always been a loner and has no problem establishing personal space (he generally would just stand until the crowd moved around him like a rock in a stream). And the social issues were somewhat ameliorated just by his appearance with the earbuds and shades; he evidently "looked cool." Eventually, he started turning the sound on his radio down, little by little, until by the time he hit 7th grade he didn't need it anymore and could even handle the State Fair with no meltdowns. But he kept the sunglasses; as I said, cool is cool. Hope this helps! Annie annie@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2009 Report Share Posted February 26, 2009 My son can choose to eat in the " support " classroom or what might be called " resource room " at another school. It's his special ed teacher's classroom. Sometimes he eats in the cafeteria but he prefers the resource room. He has had no aggression this year and I think it is because he gets choices about where he eats and what he does on recess. I wish he'd get more exercise because his school's PE schedule is terrible. They do 30 days of PE every single day then they switch from PE to ART or something else for 30 days. I think they should be doing PE more often. I hope they'll do something better at the middle school level. is in what is called " intermediate school " here. It's just 5th and 6th graders. It gives the kids a little more time to transition to middle school. Then middle school is 7th and 8th. can choose to go outside with all the kids at recess or can go to the " courtyard " which has a swingset and is completely walled in. He can bring a friend or just go with his 1:1 support person. On some days he can stay inside and go to Chess, Checkers and More which is a room for kids who want to play board games or do legos. That's on wednesdays and fridays. Miriam > > My son is in middle school and struggles with the cafeteria at lunch > time. The noise, crowd and social issues are all such an ordeal for > him. Does anyone have special accommodations at lunch for their > kiddos? any suggestions would be greatly appreciated! > > thanks! > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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