Hi.. I found this video while watching a video on a autistic basketball player...

The video is on the bottom of the page to the right....

http://www.cbs2chicago.com/video/?id=20597@wbbm.dayport.com

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Thanks Kathy!

great video! I showed it to my mom...*hint hint mom*

Good for them! Thanks for sharing!

Kelli

Okay, if no one else is gonna ask, I will.... Why were you watching the autistic basketball player?

I have a son with cerebral palsy... and I started a yahoo group for parents with special needs children on the east end of Long Island... one of the moms on the group posted the link to the video on the boy with autism..I saw the link to the lapband video while I was looking at the other video.

Thanks Kathy, I think it's wonderful that lap band is being researched for teens. It's a awesome tool and I look forward to seeing many teen and young adult successes.

Tammy

Ahhh, thanks. I just finished a class on exceptional children and special needs. Very enlightening. I will eventually be teaching 6-8th grade emotionally disabled when I complete my certification next year. I am going to be doing a self-study over the summer at a camp for special needs. Each week is dedicated to a different group of needs. To be honest, I am so nervous about it but at the same time excited at the challenge and experience. I just am nervous that parents are entrusting me with those children and I am afraid if something were to happen to them. I am going to be a wreck worry-wort all summer long.

Hi Jenna...

Wow... you are taking on a biggie... emotionally disabled children can be a real challange!... there are a few in Mikey's class this year... he is in a self contained.. 8-1-2 this year... I give you a lot of credit.. there aren't a lot of people who would go into teaching any child who is emotionally anything!.. You must be a really special person... thank you...!

Either that, or I am a bit loopy myself I think!! I think that I am drawn to the Behavior and Emotionally challenged simply because from my substituting in classes, student teaching, and practicums it always seem like they gravitate towards me for support and seem to do really well. I hadn't really ever thought about it until after the third teacher commented on it and it got me thinking.

I don't know why, and please don't take this the wrong way, but students with severe disabilities make me very nervous and anxious. I guess I am just afraid that they are delicate and I would hurt them, kinda like butterflies is how I think of it. Plus, it frustrates me that I can't see any understanding sometimes. And it makes me sad at the same time. The real special teachers in my eyes are the ones that work in the severe MR or self contained HC rooms. I don't know how they do it day after day, year after year. For me, those rooms are emotionally and physically draining after each day. For the BD and ED kids, there is nothing that they can do that I haven't already seen or done, so bring it on!

So this summer will definitely be a challenge. I still have yet to hear about my spot open. I hope I don't have to wait until next year.