Daily Archive for November 20th, 2008

Teaching them matters

Published on 20 November 2008 in Acting out, ADHD, Behavior management, Conduct disorder, Musings, News, Research, The press and Treatment. 0 Comments Tags: , .

In “Failing Sam,” Jessica Shyu—who taught special education for two years at an American Indian reservation school in New Mexico—makes an important point about what we provide educationally for students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Teachers may become lulled by having a quiet, disruption-free classroom and overlook the need to provide beneficial instruction. She recalls a particularly challenging student named “Sam.”

His reputation preceded him. A week before he even arrived at school, the teachers were eagerly sharing horror stories they’d heard about the 12-year-old. It was a mix of rumor and truth. They told me about his alcohol problem. They told me about how he doused his cousin with gasoline and lit her on fire. They told me I would be lucky to get him to sit down and not hurt anyone.

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AEAA

Published on 20 November 2008 in Autism, Families, News and The press. 0 Comments

Thanks to Christina Samuels, I’ve learned of a resource that I didn’t know previously. It’s called Act Early Against Autism Blog and it looks like a winner. AEAA Blog is the product of a parent, Jayne Lytel, who took the plunge and began to blog during the summer of 2007.

I am the mother of two little boys, now eight and ten years old. My book, Act Early Against Autism: Give Your Child a Fighting Chance from the Start (Penguin-Perigee 2008), traces the arc of my journey—the four worst years of my life—when my younger son, Leo, began to show unexplainable behavior after his first birthday and subsequently was diagnosed with autism, a horrible brain disorder.

There might have been a bit of over-reach in the early posts (e.g., “Act Early Against Autism is the leading source of new information on early intervention techniques”), and then she disappeared for a year. But Ms. Lytel provides important perspectives, views that deserve mention because she examines ideas perspicaciously and writes about them clearly. To be sure, she’s hawking her book, but that’s O.K. We can hear what she has to say.

So slip on over to “Act Early Against Autism and poke around. Then check back on it and see how things develop. Thanks, Christina.

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