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seahawk7

seahawk7

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donaldtoo said:
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What happens at 3:55?
 
StarWarsGirl

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Gabe1 said:
Yeah, some will never be dog or cat people ever. Service dogs are anything but unpredictable. They are actually animals that autistic children have complete control over, they generally bring down the anxiety level. It is a neutralizer for these kids in our system, their constant.

I can't tell you the meetings we had over the first Pup that came into our system. All the fears never materialized. The second, we knew what we were doing. The third, it was like, OK we have a third. They stick to their people like glue and their people stick with them. If you ever get the opportunity to observe autistic kids with their Pups go for it. It is genuinely remarkable.
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It is true that animals can help children on the autism spectrum.

Not ones who are generally afraid of animals, though. It would be nice if my brother were less afraid, but honestly, it's more trouble than it's worth, at least in his case. Being around dogs (or most animals for that matter) makes his anxiety level go up. Even cats make him somewhat anxious (he thinks they'll bite, except he knows that Belle would never nip him, so he's fine around her. Others that he knows will not nip him he's fine around too). For some though, it works great.

That's the tricky thing about autism; what might be fine for one person on the spectrum may not work for another. For my brother, and many others, going to WDW or DL is it's own kind of therapy. He's able to go and the stimulation is good for him, he makes progress in school upon returning, and his verbal communication skills improve. It's an opportunity to practice skills that they teach in class (saying hello to people, saying please/thank you, ordering meals at restaurants, etc.) For other kids, they might never be able to experience WDW/DL because the stimulation would be too overwhelming for them.

Autism is just one big puzzle that no one has been able to solve yet.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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StarWarsGirl95 said:
It is true that animals can help children on the autism spectrum.

Not ones who are generally afraid of animals, though. It would be nice if my brother were less afraid, but honestly, it's more trouble than it's worth, at least in his case. Being around dogs (or most animals for that matter) makes his anxiety level go up. Even cats make him somewhat anxious (he thinks they'll bite, except he knows that Belle would never nip him, so he's fine around her. Others that he knows will not nip him he's fine around too). For some though, it works great.

That's the tricky thing about autism; what might be fine for one person on the spectrum may not work for another. For my brother, and many others, going to WDW or DL is it's own kind of therapy. He's able to go and the stimulation is good for him, he makes progress in school upon returning, and his verbal communication skills improve. It's an opportunity to practice skills that they teach in class (saying hello to people, saying please/thank you, ordering meals at restaurants, etc.) For other kids, they might never be able to experience WDW/DL because the stimulation would be too overwhelming for them.

Autism is just one big puzzle that no one has been able to solve yet.
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I so agree with all of that. I think why the Pups work in the classroom is the Pups are escorting students are inclusion classrooms. We've only had one general students parent take him out of the classroom and into another over fear of the Pup. Actually she was the fearful, the kid didn't want to go. Since their are not any other inclusion students in the classroom individual services are not trying to balance how any other inclusion students react to the Pup. While we are rarely in the school classrooms during teaching hours (we tend to be a disruption) the few times I've been able to observe I'm over the top impressed with the students progress with the Pups. Walk away with warm and fuzzies. Bonus is it is a bonding thing when the Pup is in relax mode and the student who has control allows other students to Pet the Pup or lets another student go on the recess walk. It helps with that socialization and communication skills. But like you have said, what works for some doesn't work for others.
We have some of our students in contained classrooms in our multi-district co-op that placing a Pup in that situation would be very chaotic.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

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And as much as I like to think the schools really want kids to excel in their education I have to slam my head into a wall when the highly educated administrators demonstrate how poor their judgement is. Yep, another administrator got hit in the head with the stupid stick.

In Kermit Texas (just the name makes you want to believe this story is fake) a 9 year old 4th grade boy was Suspended by administration. The boy had Seen the Hobbit: the Battle of the Five Armies over the weekend with his folks and told another student he could make him invisible with his fictional "One Ring."

Principal suspended the boy for alleged "terroristic threat." Yep, Terroristic Threat. :facepalm: Just demonstrates how easily someone gets labeled as a terrorist these days and the word is loosing its meaning. Dad reacted saying “Kids act out movies that they see. When I watched Superman as a kid, I went outside and tried to fly,” Steward says, adding, “I assure you my son lacks the magical powers necessary to threaten his friend’s existence. If he did, I’m sure he’d bring him right back.” Even the US Department of Education has said these suspensions are getting out of hand.

These little Disney Princesses best watch out while dancing and singing Let it Go, they best not pretend to Freeze their little friends.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
The Humanity! A truck rolls on the icy road last night carrying 40,000 pounds of cheese in Wisconsin. "The sight alone might have been enough to cause the hearts of true cheeseheads to skip a beat." said said Fox News adding it was unclear if anyone was injured. :eek:

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Hope the driver and the cheese escaped without harm.
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
JenniferS said:
Today was BOGO day.
The two working boys both owe me money ($520/$2220) and today was their pay day.

I stuck my hand out, and waited to see what they each paid me. I encouraged them to be generous.
After I had finagled as much as I could ($100/$200) I let them know that it was double credit day.

Oh yeah, then they wanted to pay more, but I said nope, 5-minute deal, blue light special.
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Did the adopted boy not move out afterall?
 
Gabe1

Gabe1

Ivory Tower Squabble EST 2011. WINDMILL SURVIVOR
Breaks my heart.:( 1 person in Illinois had the measles up to now. Now there are 5 babies under the age of one from a KinderCare daycare center in the same general vicinity as the other infected person.

This is bad. :arghh:
 

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