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Concern about school

Charjofilit

My daughter went back to school last week. I finally got chance to speak to one of her teachers today. 

The teacher advised that Wren had some difficulties today when starting a new subject, ICT. Nothing unusual about this, especially being a Monday. Mondays are not good, usually.

Then the teacher told me that she said to Wren that she had to stop crying and had to be more grown up. Also, on the way home, Wren told me that her teacher told her to stop being a baby. That's when I started getting concerned.

I mean, I'm new this. Most of the time I think that teachers know what they are doing, and do thier best. But today I'm questioning thier professionalism and wondering if I need to call in for a meeting to discuss this? I'm not sure what to say if I do.

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  • Check out the teaching environment for ICT. You ought to be allowed to view a typical teaching room.

    A bank of computer terminals is a noisy environment - might not seem like it to a non-autistic person, but they can be grim environments for someone on the spectrum.

    Has she her own terminal to work at or are they shared? The latter often causes problems.

    Is she free to sit where she wants or obliged to be in the crowd? Kids will be leaning across to look at adjacent screens and a teacher may be moving around close in. If your daughter is sensitive to close proximity with lots of people it aint gonna be fun for her.

    Is she being told in a collective environment to do certain key sequences or instructions which, because of autistic spectrum, she finds hard to take in? Is there any laughter or ridicule if she cannot keep up?

    Teaching environments for ITC vary depending on school resources. Typically though you may find them down one wall, or in rows. Seating is generally more cramped. The room may be very hot with all the terminals working simultaneously, also they tend to result in a lot of overriding noise from cooling fans. Air conditioning will add to this. Terminals will emit sounds to let you know how you are progressing - being in a room with twenty monitors sounding off in this way will be really noisy. Lighting may be far from ideal, and visual stimuli excessive.

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  • Check out the teaching environment for ICT. You ought to be allowed to view a typical teaching room.

    A bank of computer terminals is a noisy environment - might not seem like it to a non-autistic person, but they can be grim environments for someone on the spectrum.

    Has she her own terminal to work at or are they shared? The latter often causes problems.

    Is she free to sit where she wants or obliged to be in the crowd? Kids will be leaning across to look at adjacent screens and a teacher may be moving around close in. If your daughter is sensitive to close proximity with lots of people it aint gonna be fun for her.

    Is she being told in a collective environment to do certain key sequences or instructions which, because of autistic spectrum, she finds hard to take in? Is there any laughter or ridicule if she cannot keep up?

    Teaching environments for ITC vary depending on school resources. Typically though you may find them down one wall, or in rows. Seating is generally more cramped. The room may be very hot with all the terminals working simultaneously, also they tend to result in a lot of overriding noise from cooling fans. Air conditioning will add to this. Terminals will emit sounds to let you know how you are progressing - being in a room with twenty monitors sounding off in this way will be really noisy. Lighting may be far from ideal, and visual stimuli excessive.

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