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Post by trinkle on Nov 27, 2006 23:07:00 GMT
William is due to start school nursery in Sept and will be statemented soon. Does anyone who has a child at school nursery or in mainstream school have any tips on what I should be doing with the school, i.e any leaflets/ book/videos worth getting to give to the head etc. Have seen a video on the DS education site £15 and one on dsrf for £26 ish anyone know if they are worth buying?
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becki
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Post by becki on Dec 8, 2006 23:29:13 GMT
i work at my moms mainstream secondry school a few days a week working with special needs/statemented children. ive had no official training but the special needs teachers have. there was a girl of 16 called kimberly <she has downs> who also had a scocial worker with her helping her also. personaly i wouldnt bother with the videos but maybe have a chat with the head just to put your mind at ease. im asuming that if he might be going to a mainstream that all his teachers will be trained in his needs. hope i havnt confused you and helped a little bit.
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Post by jenny on Dec 12, 2006 19:10:46 GMT
Hi Trinkle I'm glad you have asked that question! I have just bought the new dvd about inclusion from the Downs Syndrome Educational trust (find it here shop.downsed.org/practice/). IMO it is definitely worth buying and giving to the school. The more prepared they are the better. I am a primary school teacher, as well as a parent, and from conversations with a lot of primary teachers - old and young - I don't think any of them have ever been trained in the needs of children with Downs Syndrome. Whilst all our children are unique and will have different personalities there is a lot of stuff that is relevant to them all. If you haven't discovered it already the downsed folk also produce a lot of very useful literature (see here: www.downsed.org/Publishing/dsii/education/packs/.)Again in my experience the ideas put forward by the downsed folk are brilliant - practical, sensible advice that works! I bought the first set and then have added to it as my DD got older. I have lent them to her Learning Support Assistants and they say the same - they are excellent. One of my DD's LSA's also went on a 4 day course organised by the DSA and run by people from Downsed - it helped her - and as a result our DD - enormously. Hope that helps. It sounds as if you have got the ball rolling with statementing which is excellent - assuming you get support for william that should give the school plenty of time to advertise for the right helper(s). I hope you find a school which is willing to involve you and communicate with you as that seems to be essential.
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Post by pinktorontogirl on Dec 12, 2006 19:11:58 GMT
whats DD?
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Post by heather1979 on Dec 12, 2006 19:16:23 GMT
think it means dear daughter
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jenny
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Post by jenny on Dec 12, 2006 19:30:22 GMT
well done heather! sorry - I thought things like DD, DS, DH, DW etc were standard jargon on forums - but maybe they are just peculiar to the other forum I belong to! I have been trying to work out what LO means on this one!
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Post by lizzymd² on Dec 12, 2006 22:03:49 GMT
LO is Little one
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Post by heather1979 on Dec 12, 2006 22:43:13 GMT
Hi Jenny,think lizzymd has answered that one for you (little one).Is everything still ok for us to go to SNAP on thurs?? Hope your all ok .Speak soon Heather.
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