Elizabeth,

Just a note that once you choose special ed you have a one in a million
chance to go to the regular classroom. Most people will tell you that.
Your child's only chance in an inclusive classroom is to start in
kindergarten. A lot of families repeat either kindergarten or 1st
grade.

I would recommend at least trying the regular classroom.

Laurie Shomo


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1a. Re: choosing special ed. over general ed.
From: Elizabeth Kindler


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1a. Re: choosing special ed. over general ed.
Posted by: "Elizabeth Kindler" elizabethkindler@...
elizabethkindler
Date: Wed Apr 23, 2008 6:10 pm ((PDT))

Julie:

Thanks Julie. I actually have talked with Jenny and it was a great
help. We
haven't made a decision yet, but we hope to soon! Thanks for replying
though!

Elizabeth :)

Julie Tutwiler <julietut@...> wrote:
Elizabeth -

Hopefully someone has had some good advice for you. Sorry I can't help.
Griffin
has been included in inclusive classrooms from the very beginning.

Julie



On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 1:54 PM, elizabethkindler wrote:

I just came from my 5 year old's IEP. They suggested a special
education kindergarten over putting her in general education
kindergarten. She had been in general ed. pre-k for 3 years. I am
not sure if we should keep her in general ed. or put her in a strict
special ed. program. I wondered if other parents have faced this and
if you have suggestions on choosing a special ed. program. Let me
know! Thanks!








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Elizabeth -

Hopefully someone has had some good advice for you. Sorry I can't help. Griffin has been included in inclusive classrooms from the very beginning.

Julie

 

On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at  1:54 PM, elizabethkindler wrote:

I just came from my 5 year old's IEP. They suggested a special

education kindergarten over putting her in general education

kindergarten. She had been in general ed. pre-k for 3 years. I am

not sure if we should keep her in general ed. or put her in a strict

special ed. program. I wondered if other parents have faced this and

if you have suggestions on choosing a special ed. program. Let me

know! Thanks!

I just came from my 5 year old's IEP.  They suggested a special
education kindergarten over putting her in general education
kindergarten.  She had been in general ed. pre-k for 3 years.  I am
not sure if we should keep her in general ed. or put her in a strict
special ed. program.  I wondered if other parents have faced this and
if you have suggestions on choosing a special ed. program.  Let me
know!  Thanks!

Is anyone taking part in this study? I know that Laurie Shomo has
already called and I plan to call tomorrow for the expanded study. Just
wondered who else was doing it and maybe we can carpool.

Julie Tutwiler

Hope to see you there!

Julie Tutwiler

thanks chick

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From: Jenny Bockerstette <jbphoenix@...>
Date: 2008/01/16 Wed PM 07:42:04 CST
To: "DSANI@yahoogroups.com" <DSANI@yahoogroups.com>
Subject: Re: [DSANI] touching


He should just stop in and let them know he's visiting the DSANI office. The
book is on the desk. You might want to send a note to Marsha that you're
borrowing it since there's no card yet to sign out.
Hope it helps 
Jenny 

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On Jan 16, 2008, at 5:42 PM, Julie Tutwiler <julietut@...> wrote:


That would be perfect - that is the book another parent referred me to! I assume
we can still get access during the day - anything special we need to do? I will
send George after it since he is often around the corner at one of the plants.

=====================
From: jbphoenix@...
Date: 2008/01/16 Wed AM 09:14:05 CST
To: DSANI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DSANI] touching

Julie, DSANI just received a complimentary copy of Terri
Couwenhoven'</wbr><wbr>s new book, Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about
their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality: A Guide for Parents and
Professionals.  I don't know if it will help, but it may
be worth a try.  It's on the desk in the DSANI office.  I
don't think Marsha has even had time to process it with the library. Hope
that helps. Jenny

Start the year off right.  Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

     =

That would be perfect - that is the book another parent referred me to! I assume we can still get access during the day - anything special we need to do? I will send George after it since he is often around the corner at one of the plants.

=====================
From: jbphoenix@aol.com
Date: 2008/01/16 Wed AM 09:14:05 CST
To: DSANI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DSANI] touching

Julie, DSANI just received a complimentary copy of Terri Couwenhoven's new book, Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about their Bodies, Boundaries, and Sexuality: A Guide for Parents and Professionals.  I don't know if it will help, but it may be worth a try.  It's on the desk in the DSANI office.  I don't think Marsha has even had time to process it with the library. Hope that helps. Jenny

Start the year off right. Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

That would be perfect - that is the book another parent referred me to! I assume
we can still get access during the day - anything special we need to do? I will
send George after it since he is often around the corner at one of the plants.

=====================
From: jbphoenix@...
Date: 2008/01/16 Wed AM 09:14:05 CST
To: DSANI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [DSANI] touching


Julie, DSANI just received a complimentary copy of Terri Couwenhoven's new
book, Teaching Children with Down Syndrome about their Bodies, Boundaries, and
Sexuality: A Guide for Parents and Professionals.  I don't know if it will
help, but it may be worth a try.  It's on the desk in the DSANI
office.  I don't think Marsha has even had time to process it with the
library. Hope that helps. Jenny


Start the year off right.  Easy ways to stay in shape in the new year.

You are wicked and were WAY drunker than I was at those occassions so I doubt
your ability to remember!


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From: Joe Meares <joemeares@...>
Date: 2008/01/16 Wed AM 07:02:18 CST
To: DSANI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [DSANI] touching



I don’t think the behavior is related toDs, but may be a heredity issue or
related to alcohol consumption. I havewitnessed similar behavior with G’s
mother in St Louis,DC, Indianapolis,etc., late in the evening. I also noticed
the behavior just corrected itselfthe following morning.
 
Hope I’ve been helpful,
 
Joe
 
United Tire
and---D.A.D.S.,Best Buddies, IITDA and IDSF

 
Joe Meares
United Tire
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         Indianapolis, Indiana 46236
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           317 377 1101
           317 523 5888



 

Always    have my latest info
Want    a signature like this?

 
From:DSANI@yahoogroups.com [mailto:DSANI@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Julie
Tutwiler
Sent: Tuesday, January 15, 20086:42 PM
To:DownSyndromeInfoExchange@yahoogroups.com;
dsani@yahoogroups.com;indianadownsyndromecoalition@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSANI] touching
 
Hello all-

My 10 year old son w/ Ds is doing some personal "touching" if youknow what I
mean. My concern is he doesn't seem to hide to do it and will do infront of
others. He hasn't taken it to "completion" that I know if(again if you know what
I mean). I had an email from his Special Needs teacherthat she is concerned
about the bathrooms at school.

I am only letting him wear jeans at school - seems to make the touchy
feelyharder to do than with sweats or athletic pants. We are using verbal
prompts of"no touching."

Any advice or other ideas? Things that worked for others?

Julie

Hello all -

My 10 year old son w/ Ds is doing some personal "touching" if you know what I
mean. My concern is he doesn't seem to hide to do it and will do in front of
others. He hasn't taken it to "completion" that I know if (again if you know
what I mean). I had an email from his Special Needs teacher that she is
concerned about the bathrooms at school.

I am only letting him wear jeans at school - seems to make the touchy feely
harder to do than with sweats or athletic pants. We are using verbal prompts of
"no touching."

Any advice or other ideas? Things that worked for others?

Julie

Laurie -- This is on the DSANI group or if you meant something to the membership
list Marilyn can send out (and she gets this loop). And Marsha Scheitlin had
expressed interest in organizing some sib groups and spoke to someone with the
autism group I believe. Why not contact her and see what she knows so we don't
duplicate efforts? I would love to see a sibling group start - our kids have
moved into that need area.

Julie

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From: Lashomo@...
Date: 2007/02/15 Thu PM 07:25:06 CST
To: DSANI@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSANI] Out of the box


I have never heard of it either.

On another note, Autumn has been reading, again, and came across something on
sib shops. 

I talked to Turnstone and they would be willing to get one together if we can
generate some interest.

Julie can you post to Dsani and see if anyone else is interested?

Thanks,

Laurie

Sorry never heard of it.

Julie

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From: "Denise P." <dpequignot@...>
Date: 2007/02/14 Wed AM 11:16:05 CST
To: dsani4u@..., DSTNI@yahoogroups.com, DSANI@yahoogroups.com,
	 idsfdirector@...
Subject: [DSANI] Out of the box program



Have any of you seen or used this product,thinking of purchasing for my
daughter, Sydney who is three.  There is aworkshop in Cleveland, OH in March but
that is 4hours away.
Thanks for any info you may have.
Denise Pequignot
NE Indiana
www.caringbridge.org/in/sydneylynne
 
 
 
The program is Out of the Box.  U can find themat
http://www.outofthebox-earlyreading.com 
They have e-mail links on the website.  When I hadquestions, Denise e-mailed me
back, quickly.
 
 

I can't remember the brand that Griffin had but he was in a seat that was a
booster with a 5 point harness - think it was a Graco. It then converted to use
with a regular shoulder seat belt. He is now in the seat kind (just the bottom
with the armrests) and a seatbelt.

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From: "Denise P." <dpequignot@...>
Date: 2006/12/13 Wed AM 10:09:40 CST
To: DSANI@yahoogroups.com, DSTNI@yahoogroups.com,
	 MichianaDownSyndrome@yahoogroups.com, DSALF@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSANI] Bigger car seats



Sydney is reaching the 40lb mark and weare looking for a new carseat.  The
carseat we have now we bought atrecommendations of others, it is a Britax
Roundabout and did cost more, but hasturned out to be a wonderful easy to clean
carseat.  At 40 they can use abooster and seatbelt, but I still feel she should
have the 5pt harness, justseems like with their lower tone.  She is 3.5yrs old,
any suggestions?
Thanks,
Denise
NE Indiana
www.caringbridge.org/in/sydneylynne
 

very interesting -- I had always heard the statistics of that most males w/ Ds
are infertile and the ones that are would always result in a child with Ds -
very interesting indeed!

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From: Lashomo@...
Date: 2006/12/07 Thu PM 08:35:48 CST
To: dsani@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [DSANI] Fwd: [IDSFparents] FW: Male fertility in DS: updated


Thought you might be interested in this! Laurie

Passing this on from down-syn.
kathyR

-----Original Message-----
From: Down Syndrome [mailto:DOWN-SYN@...] On Behalf Of Len
Leshin
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2006 10:31 AM
To: DOWN-SYN@...
Subject: Male fertility in DS: updated

FYI:

To date, there had been only two documented cases of men with DS
fathering pregnancies. There is now a third. A paper was just
published from India about a 26 year old man with nonmosaic DS
married to a 22 year old female with normal chromosomes. They had a
normal baby boy.


Len Leshin, M.D., F.A.A.P.
Father to Avi, 13 y/o with DS
Down Syndrome: Health Issues  http://www.ds-health.com





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