Wordless Wednesday: You Make a Difference
Wednesday November 5, 2008
Okay, so it's not precisely "wordless" -- it's a wordy image from my Love Notes for Special Parents collection of inspirational messages. But on this day when many are celebrating a difference made in the United States, and others mourn the fact that their voice and their vote did not help the election go their way, it seemed like a good time to celebrate the way parents of children with special needs make a difference every day, in ways small and large, personal and public. One way or another, we're all a force for change.
I am currently writing a book for student teachers; a large section of this book will be dedicated to teaching children with special needs. I am looking for parents to write short testimonials that can be featured within the text. If you are interested in writing something..even a few sentences..please contact me at k2broome@wmich.edu
Tell me about your child’s experience in an inclusive classroom
or
how you help the teacher prepare for your child’s special needs
or
how hard it is to leave your child in the morning for school
or
how important parent-teacher communication really is
All of these things are so important for our teachers to know. Please help me to educate our future teachers!
Thank You!
Love this post – thank you so much for the reminder and encouragement. I need to look for this book!
For the other comment – parent/teacher communications are PARAMOUNT to success in school. Yet it is SOOOO difficult sometimes. It all has to do with who is representing whom… is the teacher first and foremost an advocate for the student? or the principal or the school system, etc.? You can imagine the issues involved. The poor teachers can be caught between groups with conflicting interests and working in an environment where they are under resourced, over worked, under paid, and the special-needs child and parents are asking for more? Are we crazy? It can be a difficult relationship, so communication cannot be taken for granted. My number one recommendation? a notebook that goes back and forth every day – for quick notes, longer discussions, and general tracking of progress, moods, challenges, meeting times, questions, concerns, etc.