This whole week Bill has been training with Delta. I sit at home waiting until around midnight for him to come home. He has two more weeks of training and then he'll have a normal shift. We are so grateful that we both have jobs. Bill's brings us flight benefits, while mine gives us laughs.
I cannot believe how fast this year has gone by, seriously Thanksgiving is in a week and half! AND I get the whole week of Thanksgiving off!!! The perks of working in a school system. I'll spend part of it with my parents and the other half with my extended family in IN...actually while in IN I'll probably spend most of my time at the Olive Twist. It is an olive oil and balsamic vinegar tasting bar that my aunt opened a year ago. It is very tasty and because of this becomes very busy during the holiday season, thus needing my help. I don't mind, though, I stock up on olive oil when I visit. This is what the Olive Twist looks like:
Above is my aunt and uncle.
These canisters are full of olive oil and balsamic vinegar. We fill bottles from these! Also, customers are free to taste anything!
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Hey!!! Well, I work with three kids with autism at the middle-school level. Wordless motions, symbols that are simple on cards (that say commands like "sit down" or "no talking"), and signs work BEST with them. You still have to be firm with them even when they melt down. They still have to obey the rules just like everyone else. When a meltdown happens, the way to calm them down is NOT to shout at them (because it will basically be ineffective), DO NOT TOUCH THEM, and point to what you want them to do. You can also use bribes, like giving them a scarf to feel, a toy to "fidget" with (that is kid-safe that they won't eat), or have a 5-part goal "puzzle" that earns them a reward at the end of the day (like 10 min. of TV. Our "puzzle" is in the shape of a TV and has "10 min" written above it. When a kid gets all the puzzle pieces from the day, he/she gets the reward.)
That is what works with our two middle-functioning autistic kids, and our high-functioning is pretty much self-regulated. The hard thing about autism is how VASTLY DIFFERENT each kid can be. Talk to your kids' behavior specialist to get some hints on what to do with each specific kid with his/her specific form of autism.
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