High Honors and Top Performance
In the fall, we "taught" the new teachers how to teach him by giving them copies of successful tests, notes, outlines, and guidelines used in classes where he had been successful in the past. We held…
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President's Award for Academic Excellence
How it happened was we didn't stop advocating. We finally got a new diagnosis, the right person to work with him for speech, and the right supports in place. We were blessed with a team that finally …
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Fifth Grade Social Studies Award Winner
For the Wax Museum, the "typical" reading & writing teachers did not automatically include him, b/c he does those subjects 1:1 in the Resource Room. When I saw their timeline for the project in the 5…
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Kinder Student of the Year
The teacher allows the class to elect the winner and she says they are never wrong. Even though he pays little attention to his classmates, they love him and can sense his sweet nature. The girls esp…
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Speaking for Herself
Angela is part of SOS players (Skits and Outreach Services) in Hudson Wisconsin. She is the only child with a disability in the organization of 40 kids. They do skits and one-act plays dealing with s…
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Giving Help
I love it when my child, who has Down syndrome, can *give* help and not just *get* help! It is so empowering! She has strong and weak areas, just like any child, and it is lovely for that to be recog…
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Raising Money for Haiti
She tries to find solutions when something bothers her. She is proud of herself, although she doesn't feel that she did much. This was her project, the only help she got was a ride to the store and I…
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Success at the Social Studies Fair
One of his "special interests" is comic books; so we took that and made the project "How Comic Books Reflect American Culture." With his talent for words, he loved researching and writing for the pro…
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