Vision lady was at school Friday
@GardenGerty (169406)
United States
October 1, 2022 8:03pm CST
My student gets vision services for about two hours a month from a contracted specialist.
We are trying to facilitate communication, so often there is a matter of choices.
At recess we gave him the choice of going outside, or to the PT room which is where he has some toys and a spot to rest. He chose the icon for the PT room and enjoyed laying on the mini trampoline and getting blocks off the shelf.
Ms. Eyeball, as I refer to her for my kid even showed me how to play tic tac toe with him.
Many people do not believe he knows as much as he does. We are getting there, though.
Building relationships facilitates learning.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
I did not necessarily plan to do this kind of work, but I have always been the type that believes we can do more, or they can do more, than we expected to.
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@CarolDM (203396)
• Nashville, Tennessee
8 Oct 22
@GardenGerty The world needs more dedicated people like you.
@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
We need to have people believing and practicing with him so that he learns to communicate what he wants.
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@RebeccasFarm (91299)
• United States
3 Oct 22
That is very good that she comes.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
It is exciting to see what she pulls out of him.
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@RasmaSandra (97912)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Oct 22
You are doing a wonderful job with these children,
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
For this student, school is a happy place to be, because people believe he can do things and encourage him to try.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
Even as a kid I liked the children who had challenges.
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@changjiangzhibin89 (17239)
• China
2 Oct 22
You do have a way with your student.It is hard to work with disable student.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
Mostly it just forces us to think of things in other ways.
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
He has what is called "cortical vision impairment". His eyes are healthy and can do all that eyes need to do, but there is a switch in his brain, kind of like a short circuit, thatj causes his vision to kind of switch off. He has to practice working around that problem.
@andriaperry (118793)
• Anniston, Alabama
2 Oct 22
You're a good teacher for him
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@GardenGerty (169406)
• United States
8 Oct 22
Mostly it takes some one who believes that there are possibilities.
