tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post8912526125087136621..comments2023-11-03T10:44:07.581-05:00Comments on The Accidental Mommy: Just for referenceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-83020571940822961362009-10-01T17:14:12.811-05:002009-10-01T17:14:12.811-05:00That's a wonderful letter. I give all the kid...That's a wonderful letter. I give all the kids' teachers a letter about older adopted kids and English language learning, and I am thinking (after our hideous CPS experience last year, and after reading Lisa's blog) of getting our counselor to write a letter about Anastasia's desire to manufacture dramatic/tragic situations wherein she is a victim. I guess being removed from her home may have been one of the first times in her life when she got a lot of loving-kindness and there is still the idea that she might like a bit of that, especially from people whose attention my waiver from her onto other children (like her teachers).<br />Scary.Anniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12623179886908222942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-17119428722281982622009-10-01T15:47:49.126-05:002009-10-01T15:47:49.126-05:00Yay for great teachers. So few "get" ou...Yay for great teachers. So few "get" our kids that it's a miracle when one actually does.Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16146320008307628429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8484148947744118811.post-6231083459932035902009-10-01T14:07:56.251-05:002009-10-01T14:07:56.251-05:00I reached the same conclusion about the teacher...I reached the same conclusion about the teacher's need to know about P's background after a disastrous grade 1 year in which we did not divulge much (back in the days before we knew about RAD). Grades 2 and 3 we went into the mode of educating P's teachers, principal, assistant principal, resource teacher, music teacher, gym teacher -- anyone who had contact with him in the school. At one point in grade 2, P started paying visits to the custodian whenever he left his class to visit the washroom, and so we felt it was necessary to even semi-educate the custodian. With the exception of P's grade 2 classroom teacher (unfortunately), we have found everyone at the school very appreciative of our divulging this info, and very sensitive about respecting P's feelings and privacy. We have also disclosed various tidbits that our psychologist suggested along the way as well -- usually to the principal. One of these disclosures led to the school matching P with an in-school counselor who meets with him twice a week to practice social skills. Just this one thing alone has been absolutely amazing in terms of the advances P has achieved in this area. All of the reactions combined have helped P even more. <br />Why do your posts always spur such long comments on my part?!BThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11802465316673594087noreply@blogger.com