Jane’s Comments (group member since Aug 05, 2010)

Jane’s comments from the Special Educators group.

Good! I just had a student join my caseload who came from and ED classroom. I'm planning on trying to get the social thinking curriculum approved and ordered for him as well as some of my other students. It's a great program.

Jamie aka JK Rolling wrote: "I am currently reading as much as I can about FAS as I can. I have a student that is tremendously effected by this syndrome and I defiantly need some ideas.

Has anyone found a book that gives id..."

I just realized these posts are very old. So this may be mute but this is a great social learning curriculum. In case you could still use it! http://www.socialthinking.com/index.p...

I have been a substitute teacher for six years; 2 yrs in Gwinnett Co. GA, and 4 yrs in Johnson Co. KS. I have taught all ages of exceptional kids, including Deaf/Hard of Hearing, Dual Sensory(Deaf and Blind), LD, BD, ED, and Lifeskills mostly at the elementary but occasionally on the middle school and high school levels. My original bachelor's is English Lit. I completed a program for teacher licensure in May and began my masters at the University of KS about a year and a half ago. I was just hired 3 weeks ago to teach in a resource room/learning center in Kansas City. I will be teaching 3rd and 4th graders reading, language arts, math, and some science and social studies intervention as well as a few behavior situations. I'm very excited to have my own classroom and would love any advice from this forum. So glad I found you all! Thanks for starting this group!

Oh and I know it's not a book but I would recommend that if you haven't seen the movie I Am Sam, with Sean Penn and Michelle Pfeiffer it is a must see. Poignant illustration of how we all have our quirks and how we all need eachother.

Wow! I just got hired to teach in a special ed resource room/learning center here in KS. I'm thrilled to find this group. Al Capone Does My Shirts is an excellent book... ummm...upper elementary to YA. I've read several of the ones listed so far but am so glad to have other recommendations. I'm out of town just now but will post more when I get home and can check my shelves. Thanks everyone!