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June 1993

 

This daily correspondence between schools she attended and us gives you a glimpse of our daily life. Most parents of typical children do not communicate on daily basis with the teachers. This gives a reader an insight to how important daily communication is for a child with autism.

Kat has attended school since she was 3 years old. These are school notes that were result of correspondence with her parents and her teachers. We have made comments at a later date reflecting back on the impact of these events. Kats School Notes Index

 

Date

Notes

Comments

1993-06-01

 

6/1 Danuta ,

Here's a new version of 'Little Miss Muffet " for Kat .

Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet .

Eating her burger and coke

Along came a spider who sat down beside her,

And she studied it under her microscope!

S.K.

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1993-06-02

 

6/2 Dear Tom,

Kat has been working on writing on the board at calendar and sometimes hand-writing . She doesn't have formal spelling, but she may be learning through Edmark & our other reading activities .

C.

 

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1993-06-03

 

6/3 With regards to Field Day tomorrow at N.'s school :

Are parents invited to watch this?

If so could you please send directions to N.'s school ?

Thanks,

Tom

 

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1993-06-04

 

6/4 When Kat was at O.T. on Wednesday the therapist noted that Kat seemed more calm and more tolerant to some of the things she has been doing with her. I was wondering if you seen or noticed any similar situations at school.

Tom

 

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1993-06-06

 

6/6 ? Kat had a good weekend . She is testing our response with lot's of giggles . She does things she's not supposed to in a mischevious way and laughs .

Danuta

PS . see tom? notes on the sheets . I forgot to tell him to fill these out .

 

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1993-06-07

 

6/7 Hi Tom -

Try the enclosed questions w/ Kat tonight - she is VERY excited about this trip ( fairy tales ,nursery rhymes , etc.)

C.

 

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1993-06-14

 

6/14 Hi K. ,

I'm not sure what happened on Fri . I have a note that I crossed out that I did talk to you about rescheduling ?

6/14 Hi Danuta -

We obviously had a communication mix-up on Fri . - it worked out keeping Kat here ( we had field day w/ the 3 - 5 graders & had fun !)

C.

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1993-06-15

 

6/15 K. & C.

I'd like to give Kat Pre-Birthday party at school this thursday at 11:15 lunch . How many children will be there ?

Danuta

6/15 Danuta -

We have about 50 - 60 volunteers just by looking at our sign up list . Ms. H. said a clown , etc is OK and wants to have the party in library .

(Is this too many kids for you?)

K.

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1993-06-16

 

6/16 Hi Danuta -

Am sending home the sign up sheets for party - we have the library for 11:00 tomorrow ( check in main office when you arrive & they will direct you .) It sounds like a great party !

Kat did beautifully today following directions in P . E . - we played "man on mars" which involves colors and taking turns - she did 100% the first time ! !We were all very impressed . . .

C.

 

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1993-06-17

 

6/17 Danuta ,

The kids wanted us to thank you and let you know they had a great time . They wanted to thank you themselves, but you were too busy. It was a lovely party .

 

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1993-06-18

 

6/18 Thanks for all your help .

Danuta

6/18

Danuta ,

Can you send in 1 dozen cookies for Monday?

Thanks ! ( &Thanks for party! )

K.

 

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1993-06-21

 

6/21 Danuta -

glad you could come - hope the photos turn out . I had Kat work today on matching the days of the week (category we're working on ) w/ their abbreviations and she matched 5 out of 7 (Tues & Thurs . were reversed) . I'll make up a worksheet for homework this week .

C.

6/21 C. & K.

Thanks for a great year . Can you straighten me out on what are the days ( hours ) left this school year .

Can you pass this note to J. .

Thank you

Danuta

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1993-06-23

 

6/23 Hi Danuta !

We have sent with our volunteers a copy of your address because we had requests so that they can write to Kat this summer . hope she gets some mail !

C.

* School's out tomorrow at 12:45 .

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1993-06-24

 

6/24 C.,

Can you let me know how Kat hurt her back? Please let me know right away since Kat doesn't tell us and this we did not notice until this morning and it started getting infected .

Thanks,

Danuta

PS . we didn't get a report card didn't I send it back ?

Danuta -

So sorry we didn't write about Kat's bruise/cut . She hurt it sliding down the slide at recess (came over to N. & asked for a hug ) .

We didn't realize it was a cut until she came inside to use the bathroom. We sent her to the nurse who cleaned it ,put a bandaid & said it looked ok. Really sorry we forgot to write it!

K.

P . S . I should be at your house at about 3:45 - 4:00 ok?

 

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