Michelle Livesley talks about good person-centred paperwork
Read Helen’s blog on Learning with Ellen
Jane’s guest blogger this month, is her sister Jo – A cancer co-survivor story
Charlotte is speaking at the Annual Supported Living Conference on the 28th June 2012
Helen’s guest blogger this month is Caroline Tomlinson – Extending the breadth of circles of support
16 December 2011
When Ben was three, I developed a one pager for him to take to his new preschool teachers. It turned out Ben was more interested in his page than his teachers. It had pictures of dinosaurs and whales on it. As I look back at his three year old page, I see many similarities - hugs for teachers is still one of the highlights of Ben's day, dinosaurs, whales and now prehistoric sharks are passions of his…and we are just beginning to get into dragons.
What has changed, is him
seeing himself as an "expert" in all things dinosaurs and really
prehistoric life. Every year at his school, there is a dinosuar
week - for two weeks! These two weeks are the highlight of Ben's
year other than his birthday and Christmas. He has been reading
about all things prehistoric since he was 2 ½ (well Mom has been
reading to him). He is quite the expert among other five year olds
and some teachers. He brings some of his dinosaur books, fossilized
shark teeth, and fossilized whale/dolphin bones home with him.
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