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11 minutes ago, Old#7 said:

Tomorrow I start a volunteer position at the local elementary school. It's a partnership between work and school. Every other Friday morning I read to a group of three or four kindergarteners for about half an hour in the cafeteria. This will be fun. I'll report back tomorrow.

Wow, that sounds like fun. Maybe I should have looked into something like that before I got involved in what I do?

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11 minutes ago, airinpie said:

It's a big commitment and somewhat scary to me. 

The scarier it is the more potential reward there. I'm waiting on a breakthrough with my 16 year old non-verbal autism boy. He is big and strong and I can see he has a lot going on in his head, he just needs to figure out how to untangle the connections in brain.

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53 minutes ago, Longjohn said:

The scarier it is the more potential reward there. I'm waiting on a breakthrough with my 16 year old non-verbal autism boy. He is big and strong and I can see he has a lot going on in his head, he just needs to figure out how to untangle the connections in brain.

Have you watched that new show "the good doctor"? There's really a lot of teaching moments. I'm learning things about autism I didn't know. 

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2 hours ago, airinpie said:

Have you watched that new show "the good doctor"? There's really a lot of teaching moments. I'm learning things about autism I didn't know. 

I don’t watch tv but I am reading books about autism. One book I read about a boy who overcame autism as an adult. I met this man by “coincidence” when I started talking about the boy I am working with.

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3 minutes ago, donkpow said:

My sister used to volunteer some time teaching tweens art at the local school. During the clay sculpture classes one of boys made a giant penis out of clay. My sister tried to council the boy and ended up reporting him to the administration. 

It is sad when teachers no longer tolerate penises. :(

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29 minutes ago, donkpow said:

My sister used to volunteer some time teaching tweens art at the local school. During the clay sculpture classes one of boys made a giant penis out of clay. My sister tried to council the boy and ended up reporting him to the administration. 

I have seen some of his work out where I kayak along the beach. Someone sculpted a very large erect one and it was standing erect on a big rock. 

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