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] Date Posted: 16:29:49 11/27/07 Tue In reply to: Sasha 's message, "taking a deeeep breath innn.......now exhalinggggg" on 17:12:15 11/26/07 Mon Oh what an exhale that was Sasha!!! Ya know, as a mom, and I can relate well to the endurance one has to have to keep up to a child that has challenges. It's never and easy feat, but it's well worth it in the end. This is ONE of the moments, that you wear proudly, and rightly so. I for one, have never heard of a Haka, and that in itself has blessed me, in watching the video to get a bigger impact of what you witnessed that day for Julian, for Jesse and for all the mom's that love unconditonally and eternally. Kudos to you! I often wished there was a "transition" school for kids here like that, and in a way, I suppose there is, but it would be called a Detention hall, or similar. Yet, the focus is to mainstream the kids there, and here the focus is well, we've got to radically change you kid attitude. Striking similarities in children, and vast difference in methods of embracing, accepting and helping children from here to there. I can't tell you how this has touched me. My own son having had troubles, with aggression, anger and the likes, yet never has he been diagnosed with anything, other than blame! Which I find to be the true shame in all of this. My son, whom I've watched from a young tender age struggle with concetration, focus ability, and reading. Low self-esteem when no one listened to him, or me. I always told them he was a visual learner, and couldn't do much auditively. Yet, they ignored that fact and in grade 4, he came home totally devastated, and feeling about as worthless as a slug when he failed to be able to handle 20 words a week for spelling tests. So, to prove them wrong, I took the time each week and made flash cards. Nice contrasting flash cards, using colored construction paper, and two different colored markers. Wrote his words out, and had him stare at it for 30 seconds. Then I told him to close his eyes, and try and see the imprint behind his closed eyelids. Asked him to spell it out loud what he saw. Each time he succeeded. But to further help his confidence, as he felt this wasn't enough, we also used American Sign Language techniques, by finger spelling the words. This way if he couldn't retrieve it mentally, he could use his hands under his desk to form the letter sequences of each word. Ya know what??? He came home with a perfect spelling test each week! And they say mom's don't know anything about their child. I say, just because someone has a Ph.D. or a Bachelor's or Master's degree in anything, does not make them the wiser one. Mom's know their children...as you do yours. THAT is the deciding factor on how far a child can go, when he has the love and support of a wonderful MOM. LIKE JESSE AND YOU! KUDOS TO YOU BOTH! I love stories like this, sorry to ramble on, but I had to share..it was bubbling out of me here. I am so happy for him, for you and for the accomplishment. Love to you both! Tammy [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] |
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Date Posted: 12:49:34 12/07/07 Fri Quote: _________________________________________________ So, to prove them wrong, I took the time each week and made flash cards. Nice contrasting flash cards, using colored construction paper, and two different colored markers. Wrote his words out, and had him stare at it for 30 seconds. Then I told him to close his eyes, and try and see the imprint behind his closed eyelids. Asked him to spell it out loud what he saw. Each time he succeeded. But to further help his confidence, as he felt this wasn't enough, we also used American Sign Language techniques, by finger spelling the words. This way if he couldn't retrieve it mentally, he could use his hands under his desk to form the letter sequences of each word. Ya know what??? He came home with a perfect spelling test each week! And they say mom's don't know anything about their child. _________________________________________________ ~ that is so wonderful, Tamz....I'm so thrilled that you shared your story with me/us I love it when parents never give up, no matter how rough it gets because at the end of the day our children are WORTH all the late nights, all the warn out days, all the physical and mental exhaustion, we may experience...they enrich our lives so deeply I simply can't describe in words... I loved reading this, this morning...thanks so much for sharing *warm hugs* Sash xx  . |
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Author: Tammy [ Edit | View ] |
Date Posted: 13:23:16 12/07/07 Fri Oh yeah...at the end of the day...they ARE so WORTH it! AMEN! Glad you enjoyed my share with you all. Hugs and love, Tammy |
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