son handle a bad situation well!

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Miriam

--- On Thu, 7/30/09, Miriam Banash

From: Miriam Banash <mimbanash@...>Subject: son handle a bad situation well!"Asperger" < >Date: Thursday, July 30, 2009, 7:57 AM

has extended school year for social skills. This involves him going to a camp for typical kids with a 1:1 support person. The district buys slots for all the kids who need social skills ESY. He has done extremely well this year. His 1:1 paraprofessional from school actually worked at camp with him this year. That ROCKS! Anyway, yesterday and another kid were playing around and the kid did something didn't like. said "Stop, cut it out." Totally appropriate! And the kid hit in the face which isn't great. kicked the kid and camp felt very much it was a self-defense move so that was good. Once the kid who hit was removed from the situation just moved on. He was only a little upset for a few seconds and then he moved on. This really is such a great thing. I'm okay with self-defense. It's kind of a tough call. If

kicked someone because they took something from him it would be retaliation and not great but being hit is a physical attack. Anyway, I don't WANT him kicking people but if any time is appropriate for it, it would be when one is being physically attacked. Last year would have been screaming and kicking and going nuts for a while and asking to come home and trying to run away. So this is a vast improvement!

Miriam