Intro letter for my daughter's new teachers-any suggestions?

[Guest guest]

Talk about waiting till the last minute! Tomorrow is my little Aspie's first day

of 1st grade. The teacher was hired only days ago (up until then, we had no 1st

grade teacher-this is a VERY small school) and couldn't be there for the meet

and greet due to a prior commitment, so I didn't have the change to give her

what I call the 'liese disclaimer'.

I want to be sure she doesn't start off by thinking my daughter is simply a

behavior problem. The child has a lot of anxiety, and she acts like a total

spaz when she's anxious.. so I'm sure tomorrow will be quite an experience for

her as well as everyone else in the classroom. I want to be sure the teacher

explains to the other students that they need to practice a lot of tolerance

with her, and that the teacher herself understands this.

Anyone have any suggestions? She will also have new PE, art, and music

teachers, so this letter should cover all bases.

Thanks to all of you! I read somewhere that an intro letter is suggested with an

Aspie child - does anyone actually have one? I'd love to see it, so I can get an

idea of where to start.

Andie

[Guest guest]

my daughter just started a new school - 7th grade--. i did a summary sheet that

i handed to each teacher as we did a pre first day walk thru. i kept it short

and explained as i handed it over that this is an introduction to my daughter

and i emphasized the improtance of daily communication, especially in the

beginning as we see what problems may arise. i broke the list down to two

parts. part one was entitled " challenges " which listed 6 items including

aspergers, anxiety, audio processing, etc. the second section was entitled

" assistance and understanding required " . here i listed items that i needed from

the teacher such as preferential seating, expectations need to be written, etc.

i kept each line of information as brief as possible and set it up in outline

form so it was easy to read. i also attached a copy of her IEP.

good luck,

melody

good luck, melody

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> Talk about waiting till the last minute! Tomorrow is my little Aspie's first

day of 1st grade. The teacher was hired only days ago (up until then, we had no

1st grade teacher-this is a VERY small school) and couldn't be there for the

meet and greet due to a prior commitment, so I didn't have the change to give

her what I call the 'liese disclaimer'.

>

> I want to be sure she doesn't start off by thinking my daughter is simply a

behavior problem. The child has a lot of anxiety, and she acts like a total

spaz when she's anxious.. so I'm sure tomorrow will be quite an experience for

her as well as everyone else in the classroom. I want to be sure the teacher

explains to the other students that they need to practice a lot of tolerance

with her, and that the teacher herself understands this.

>

> Anyone have any suggestions? She will also have new PE, art, and music

teachers, so this letter should cover all bases.

>

> Thanks to all of you! I read somewhere that an intro letter is suggested with

an Aspie child - does anyone actually have one? I'd love to see it, so I can get

an idea of where to start.

>

> Andie

>

[Guest guest]

Sorry I am a day late on this one, but I always hand out this letter I got from

an email a few years back. I give it to the teachers the first few weeks of

school.

The letter is only a one pager called 15 things about me. The school my kids go

to love this letter.

http://www.nlconcepts.com/autism-teacherletter.htm

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> Talk about waiting till the last minute! Tomorrow is my little Aspie's first

day of 1st grade. The teacher was hired only days ago (up until then, we had no

1st grade teacher-this is a VERY small school) and couldn't be there for the

meet and greet due to a prior commitment, so I didn't have the change to give

her what I call the 'liese disclaimer'.

>

> I want to be sure she doesn't start off by thinking my daughter is simply a

behavior problem. The child has a lot of anxiety, and she acts like a total

spaz when she's anxious.. so I'm sure tomorrow will be quite an experience for

her as well as everyone else in the classroom. I want to be sure the teacher

explains to the other students that they need to practice a lot of tolerance

with her, and that the teacher herself understands this.

>

> Anyone have any suggestions? She will also have new PE, art, and music

teachers, so this letter should cover all bases.

>

> Thanks to all of you! I read somewhere that an intro letter is suggested with

an Aspie child - does anyone actually have one? I'd love to see it, so I can get

an idea of where to start.

>

> Andie

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