Ok, I’d like to believe that every education-related professional that reads this blog actually took my advice and joined HARO. I’m a realist, though, and realize that you probably didn’t. Here’s why you should have:
There’s a HARO request today for teachers who work with children with Asperger’s - the query states:
“Hello, I am looking for a teacher who has taught a child with
Asperger’s. The article is in a magazine for teachers. You’d need
to be able to say your school district and discuss what worked for
you and any possible challenges that can come up. “
I recently wrote about some excellent parenting blogs that deal with autism and Asperger’s and know there must be some excellent educators out there writing about this topic as well. If you aren’t on HARO yet and want info on answering the query, just leave a comment here or email me at kolson29 at gmail dot com. I wasn’t sure if it was ok to actually post all the query info, but I’d be glad to forward the email to you. In addition, JOIN HARO.
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I joined HARO, but missed this query. I had an Asperger student at the college level for one semester. (Probably have had more, but only this one told me about it.) Anyway, this young man was unable to keep his deadlines and ultimately was asked to leave the school. It’s too bad because he could have made an amazing software engineer.
I think part of it was a result of too much of a focus throughout his life on his disabilities rather than on his abilities. (Mom was a big-time helicopter parent.)
Anyway, my experience is probably too limited to answer the query, but my approach was to privately share some of my own challenges that we had in common and also share ideas about compensating for apparent weaknesses.
I also shared this story (http://tinyurl.com/5azc5o) about a man who works at my school and how he compensates with Aspergers.
I would tell teachers to encourage these kids, but don’t rescue them or continually cut them slack because they are different. Help them to understand themselves and help develop strategies for compensating. My student was a casualty of constant rescuing, so he really had problems with responsibility when he reached college.
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