Comments on: Smile! http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/09/smile/ Girl in a Party Hat Mon, 02 May 2022 06:16:31 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: kathymonkman http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/09/smile/comment-page-1/#comment-8495 Fri, 09 Sep 2011 16:08:08 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3756#comment-8495 fantastic (love the first one the best).

Good luck today! <3

]]> By: Heather B. W. http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/09/smile/comment-page-1/#comment-8493 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 21:12:15 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3756#comment-8493 The pictures are great! It is so good to see YOU!

]]> By: Jaida http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/09/smile/comment-page-1/#comment-8492 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 17:37:59 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3756#comment-8492 Wow, Poke Princess sounds like she’s been around this block a few times. Great advice.

I have a similar pit in my stomach…just met my son’s preschool teacher this morning. He’ll be in an inclusion classroom for the first time at this school and I’m really nervous. It’s such a big year – almost an audition for his kindergarten year and listening to the curriculum I just felt my stomach clench. No reason to expect problems, but it’s new territory. I’m thankful his IEP date falls next month so we have some time to get him settled and then set realistic goals.

Once again, thanks for sharing your experiences. It so helps to have a little picture of what’s to come.

]]> By: Poke Princess http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/09/smile/comment-page-1/#comment-8482 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:46:06 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3756#comment-8482 How about “sharing the problem,” a technique that I like to use when I know we are supposed to pretend to be cooperative, but we all know that we aren’t. So you lay out your observations (Sophie seems to be slipping, you are concerned because of x, y and z) and then you say “I have some ideas about how we might address this, and I am very interested to hear your ideas as well. I am sure that working together we can come up with a plan.” That way, you are moving immediately to constructive problem solving, and you discourage a debate about whether your observations are right. They just are right. And you’ve moved the discussion to how to move things along. Just an idea, for whatever it’s worth.

]]> By: deborah http://girlinapartyhat.com/index.php/2011/09/smile/comment-page-1/#comment-8481 Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:24:37 +0000 http://girlinapartyhat.com/?p=3756#comment-8481 i love these photos. love love love love love.

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