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Miriam:

This is sooooo great! I'm so happy for you and . I especially want to

thank you for sharing about a great jr. high teacher, as I ofetn worry about

what it will be like for him and whether his teachers will understand and have

patience with him at that level.

You've inspired me to share my own success story.

My son started 2nd grade this year, and I have to say that his teacher is a

BLESSING. I gave her a packet on Asperger's and how it " looks " with my son,

along with some " Strategies that Work " , as well as some visual cues I made and

laminated, his " question stick " (popsicle sticks

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That is wonderful! That's exactly what we all want for our kids.SuzanneSent on the Sprint® Now Network from my BlackBerry®From: "Gladys" <glad1@...>Sender: Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2010 03:14:12 -0000< >Reply Subject: ( ) Re: off to a great start Miriam:This is sooooo great! I'm so happy for you and . I especially want to thank you for sharing about a great jr. high teacher, as I ofetn worry about what it will be like for him and whether his teachers will understand and have patience with him at that level.You've inspired me to share my own success story. :)My son started 2nd grade this year, and I have to say that his teacher is a BLESSING. I gave her a packet on Asperger's and how it " looks " with my son, along with some " Strategies that Work " , as well as some visual cues I made and laminated, his " question stick " (popsicle sticks he uses to help him " budget " the number of questions he ask her), his behavior chart bookmarks, and some other helpful tools I made for him in a Welcome Back basket that I give his teachers at the beginning of every year (includes stickers, awards, stamps & stamp pad, cute " teacher " stationary, etc.).She sent me an email right away thanking me for the information and letting me know that she was so excited about having my son in her class. The first week was WONDERFUL. The second week was AMAZING.After the Open House last week, she and the student teacher stayed for 20 minutes talking to me about all of the cute things he says and does and about how sweet he is. I got emotional, b/c I had been so worried about this year. His 1st grade teacher was so great with him, and I was afraid it was a " one-shot deal. " I was WRONG! I told her how 3 people had told me last year that I should request her, but I never got a chance to speak to the principal about it. Then she told me that she would tell my son's teacher all the time last year " I want him in my class next year. " I thanked both her and the student teacher for everything they have done and will do to make this a great year for him, and I got choked up. His teacher hugged me and whispered in my ear, " I can't even imagine my class without him in it. " (Wow!)We talk after school every day, and she always has a cute/funny story to tell me, and she lets my son know that she's not laughing at him by always ending the story with " I love you, Nico " or " You are so cute. " He's just as smitten by her as she is him, and I am just so thankful for answered prayers! :)Gladys> >> > Yeah! This is one of those " high " moments I was talking about!> > > > Vicki > > > > -- ( ) off to a great start> > > > > > started school last wednesday. He is in 8th grade. Despite having a> > terrible time with pre-algebra last year, tested into Algebra this year> > My husband tutored him over the summer. I was skeptical but we decided it> > would be easier to start him in the upper level class and put him in pre-al> > later if he seemed to be struggling. I don't think the special ed teacher> > wanted us to do it but we decided should move on to Algebra. So far it> > seems like it was an excellent choice. has a very good rapport with his> > Algebra teacher who is, I believe, much older than most of the teachers. He> > retired from being a principal and then got bored and went back to teach> > math. All the kids LOVE him. He told me that he raised a disabled son> > himself and had an asperger kid last year who ended up at the top of the> > class. participated more in class yesterday than he ever did last year.> > I'm so happy about this.> > > > Miriam> >>