Discovery Child Care Centre

Harpreet

This is a great post and sums up my feelings about the sutoatiin exactly. It does bother me that we never asked Emma what her goals were in previous years prior to these IEP meetings. Thank god we're doing it now, even though that prospect fills me with trepidation. What if she ignores our questions or her answers are unclear or seem unrelated? Yes, that's going to bother us too, but at least we will have asked. More importantly, no matter what her response is, we still have to, speak to her as though she does understand. After having read the post and written the above, the difference between parenting an autistic child and a neuro-typical child initially felt like we live in two completely different worlds. Want to know the goals of your 11 year old kid? Just ask them. But even though parents of neuro-typical children never have to wring their hands wondering what their child wants if they can't verbalize it, they still have other concerns: Are their kids being completely honest? Are they saying what they think their parents want to hear? Are they giving in to peer pressure? Echoing the goals of their friends? Do they feel that their parents wouldn't be supportive if they knew what they really wanted?Different folks, different issues. Communication can be difficult at times, even under the best conditions. Parenting is hard. I'm just grateful to have a partner that even bothers to ask the tough questions. I'm doubly blessed to have a partner who will stop at nothing to find the best answers.

Was this review helpful to you?   Rating [ 2.85 ]

1     1       Inappropriate comment