tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947964490177680498.post5472775803884901578..comments2023-09-30T08:18:57.378-05:00Comments on Pipecleaner Dreams: Junk DrawersAshley's Momhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05621835327282616218noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-947964490177680498.post-41984104735721675382009-05-14T07:45:00.000-05:002009-05-14T07:45:00.000-05:00This is so true. My son just had an "evaluation" ...This is so true. My son just had an "evaluation" done at his out of district school with staff from his old school to see if he can use an assistive technology device to communicate. It has been about 5 years since these people worked with him and they walked into his classroom and immediately expected to see his failure to progress. They had read an inadequate speech eval from 2 years ago that made him look stupid. They couldn't understand how he would be able to use a technical device if he wasn't already using PECS (uses them for task schedule but doesn't like them for communication). UNTIL... They saw him doing his work. And the teacher explained that he had picked up another students device and was able to use it without any instruction. And that he uses computers. And by the time they left could see he had made a lot of progress since they had worked with him.<br /><br />They assumed that once he was out of district that he had been sitting in a classroom somewhere twiddling his thumbs because THEY were weren't able to make much progress with him. They assumed he couldn't learn since they had failed him so thoroughly. They assumed he was just wasting away somewhere, out of sight and out of mind. It was so satisfying to see them proved wrong! <br /><br />His teacher is an angel straight from heaven : ) They tried to throw away my little boy like garbage and he has gone above and beyond their very low expectations. I hope our children keep proving everybody wrong and show them they do not belong in a "junk drawer". God bless : )Queenbuv3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10767805292831696201noreply@blogger.com