TRYING TO BE CREATIVE

SCHOOL STARTED THIS MONDAY  I AM NOT EXCITED  EXCEPT FOR THE FACT THAT IT IS POTENTIALLY  DAKOTAS  LAST YEAR. I JUST FEEL THAT I HAVE SPUN MY WHEELS THRU MOST OF SCHOOL AND HAVE FOUGHT AND FOUGHT TO NOT SEE MUCH ACCOMPLISHED.

IT IS TOTALLY FRUSTRATING BECAUSE YOU WANT TO THINK THE BEST AND YOU WANT TO STRIVE FOR YOUR KID TO GETQUALITY INSTRUCTIONAL TIME BUT THE REALITY IS THAT IS THEY ARE NOT IN "TYPICAL " CLASSROOMS  THE EDUCATIONAL VALUE IS DIMINISHED GREATLY AND SOMETIME NOT BY ANYONES FAULT INCLUDING THE TEACHER  JUST THE ENVIROMENT ALONE LENDS ITSELF TO DISASTER AFTER DISASTER -- EACH OF THE 14 TO 18 KIDS ALL HAVE SEPARATE NEEDS AND HOW CAN MUCH OF ANYTH9NG BE ACCOMPLISHED WHEN THIS IS A DAILY  STRUGGLE.....

GETTING THAT OFF OF MY CHEST  I WILL MOVE FORWARD WITH MY LATESTCHALLENGE AND SOLUTION:

DAKOTA IS STILL SPORTING A CAM-WALKER WHICH IS LIKE A BIG SKI BOOT  IT IS QUITE AWKWARD AND FOR SOMEONE WHO ALREADY HAS MOTOR PLANNING ISSUES IT HAS BEEN  AN OBSTACLE TO SAY THE LEAST    WHEN I TOO DAKOTA TO SCHOOL ON MONDAY I SOON REALIZED THAT THERE WOULD BE ALOT OF RESTRICTIONS WITH THE CAM WALKER BUT THE ONE THAT WAS MOST PROMINENT WAS BOARDING THE BUS THE SIMPLE CLIMBING REQUIRED TO GET INTO THE BUS WAS A HUGE  ROADBLOCK--I ALSO REALIZED THAT WITH ALL THE KIDSAROUND AND THE HEAT AND THE END OF THE SCHOOL DAY BEING A PRESSURE SITUATION THIS WAS NOT THE APPROPRIATE ENVIROMENT FOR A TEACHING SITUATION

SOOOOOOOOO I CALLED UP THE HEAD OF TRANSPORTATION AND EXPLAINED THE THE SITUATION AND ASKED IF I COULD BRING DAK DOWN TO THE  BUS COMPOUND WHERE HE COULD PRACTICES GETTING IN AND OUT OF THE BUS WITHOUT ALL THE HUB-BUB THAT WAS GOING ON AT SCHOOL  SHE WAS VERY GRACIOUS AND TOLD US TO COME ON DOWN  AND SHE WOULD BE GLAD TO HELP US

DAKOTA WENT DOWN THERE AND ACED IT RIGHT AWAY  I WAS SURE HE WOULD BE OPK BUT I JUST WANTED TO RE ASSURE HIM THAT HE COULD DO THIS AND THE VERY NEXT DAY WE HAD A CONVERSATION ABOUT BEING ABLE TO GET IN THE BUS AND DOING IT ON HIS OWN AND --BINGO  HE WAS ON THE BUS THE VERY NEXT DAY AND SIMPLY PUT NO ANXIETY AND NO PROBLEM

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