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Autism Class Assignment

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Introduction on child: I have learned that this year in my classroom I have a student with Autism and he is an English Language Learner. This students name is Joe and he is five years old. I have never taught a child with Autism and I haven’t been exposed to this type of disability with other individuals in college or workshops. Joe’s mother has recently emigrated from Puerto Rico so therefore Joe’s mother has different cultural values and beliefs and does not speak English, which is my only spoken language. As a teacher I am nervous and also excited to be working with Joe this year because I know that I will learn a lot from him and also his mother because I will for the first time be exposed to an individual with Autism and also working with …show more content…

A way that I will do this is that I will send home newsletters every week during the year. The newsletters will contain what we are doing during the week in the class when it comes to lesson plans, fun free time activities etc. These newsletters will also include events at the school, which may include concerts, parent’s night, plays, music and chorus concerts etc. Another way of communicating with the families in the classroom that I could establish everyday is that I could send home folders of student’s work they did during the day. These could include worksheets from lesson plans or even just simple free work they do during the school day. One other way as a teacher I am able to communicate with the families is that if I notice the students behave well during the day or give compliments to other students or to teachers I will call up the parent and let them know about the progress in both these areas. Finally the last way as a teacher I am able to communicate with the families is by organizing monthly parent conferences with the student’s parents to update them on the behavior of their child and also what there goals and weaknesses are in the classroom with their peers and schoolwork. I want to be the teacher to tell parents how their child is doing because that all comes down to their success in …show more content…

Joe’s mother does struggle with taking care of her child because she is a single mom and is culturally and linguistically diverse. The mother of Joe is an English language learner. Joe’s mother only speaks Spanish so as a teacher it is a bit of struggle to communicate with her since she doesn’t know any English. Joe’s mother is also a single parent and struggles with making enough money to provide for him. Since she is a single parent she is stressed out most of the time because she doesn’t have a spouse to help her with Joe with his schooling and also doesn’t make enough money to support them. As a teacher I bet that Joe’s mother doesn’t get any free time because she has to work two jobs to support him. She has personally told me that she has a hard time balancing both jobs and taking care of her son. Since she does struggle to take care of her son at times I as a teacher will do anything to help him during the day at school by providing him with a good lunch and breakfast, and enough play time outside and inside for him personally and the whole

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