I did receive the assesment paper. I emailed it to you just now. I hope
what I filled in comes to you. Thanks. I am looking forward to metting
you.
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From: "Ronda" <rmetzger@...>
To: <PLAYNET_parentslearningadvocacyyouth@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 12:32 PM
Subject: [PLAYNET_parentslearningadvocacyyouth] Welcome Misty!


> Hi Misty,
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> My name is Ronda and I am one of the co-founders of PLAYNET and a
> Moderator of this site. My son David is in 1st grade at Linton
> Elementary and is Autistic. He is participating in a first grade
> classroom for Math, Reading, and Spelling and doing other one on one
> work in the Special Education classroom the rest of the day including
> a wonderful sight word based reading program,The Edmark Reading
> Program, and some Speech and OT time during the week. He is
> non-verbal and uses Signed Exact English to communicate and read. His
> fine motor and self help skills also are lagging behind, but
> communication is the most severe issue at the present time. He is the
> reason I have become immersed in the issues at hand for the PLAYNET
> group -- everything related to a diverse variety of disability issues.
> Our members will be dealing with anything from speech delay, food
> allergy, ADD/ADHD, to Autism and others. One common thread is that we
> have EXTRA things to think about and work through each and every day.
> It is tiring and overwhelming at times and hopefully together we can
> learn about and explore options and resources that can help bring
> improvements for our children, and some peace and control in our
> lives. I look forward to meeting you Misty and hope this group will ba
> a help to you. Dod you receive the "Needs Assessment" form? The form
> is supposed to automatically be sent to those who join the list as a
> way to see where your interest and needs lie. I am just getting the
> hand of the Yahoo files and don't know if it is set properly to get
> that out. Let me know if you didn't get it and I will see that you
> receive one. WELCOME!!!!
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> Ronda
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