Re: Re: Lock

Posted ByStill Worried on September 30, 1999 at 12:32:02:

In Reply to: Re: Lock posted byKim Goodall on September 29, 1999 at 13:37:25:

: If Charlotte went to school & found those surroundings different & unfamiliar, she may want to run from their too- I'm sure she wouldn't be allowed just to walk out the door!She also would have to stay until the school day had finished- someone else would be deciding for her when she could leave. It's the same as locking her in a room- only it would be called a school. Many people would be comfortable with that- not me.

Me neither, but why are you uncomfortable with it in a school, but comfortable with it in Son-Rise? If a kid finds an environment different and unfamiliar, shouldn't they be allowed to acclimatize at their own pace instead of having it forced on them?

As it happens, I've recently been observing one special school for kids with autism deal with a new arrival who had been traumatized by bad experiences at his previous school. Each day, he came in for as much or as little as he could cope with (at first just visiting for a matter of minutes), with his mum with him for when he needed her. Knowing he could leave whenever he needed to made it possible for him to gradually stay longer and longer until he was staying for a full day. Most importantly, he learnt that it was a safe place where he wouldn't be forced into anything.

If a school can do that, why can't a Son-Rise program?

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Comments:: : If Charlotte went to school & found those surroundings different & unfamiliar, she may want to run from their too- I'm sure she wouldn't be allowed just to walk out the door!She also would have to stay until the school day had finished- someone else would be deciding for her when she could leave. It's the same as locking her in a room- only it would be called a school. Many people would be comfortable with that- not me. : Me neither, but why are you uncomfortable with it in a school, but comfortable with it in Son-Rise? If a kid finds an environment different and unfamiliar, shouldn't they be allowed to acclimatize at their own pace instead of having it forced on them? : As it happens, I've recently been observing one special school for kids with autism deal with a new arrival who had been traumatized by bad experiences at his previous school. Each day, he came in for as much or as little as he could cope with (at first just visiting for a matter of minutes), with his mum with him for when he needed her. Knowing he could leave whenever he needed to made it possible for him to gradually stay longer and longer until he was staying for a full day. Most importantly, he learnt that it was a safe place where he wouldn't be forced into anything. : If a school can do that, why can't a Son-Rise program?