Day 29 – Today I proudly introduce you to Avin’s Tribe. That is the name of the group text we are all
on where the back and forth happens that puts everybody on the same page in the
Book of Baby Girl. “Did she have her
medicine today?” “She’s having a great day today!” “Yesterday she told me I was
soft and sweet.” “Seems agitated today…” “Ate a plain tortilla shell for lunch
today.” “She just ate half the fruit off
my plate and all the ham!!” If I published this running text it could be its
own blog! These are the people she
spends a great portion of her waking school days with. This is her Para (who happens to be the Mama
of one of her Big Sissy’s friends growing up) her two Regular Education Teachers
(who are the perfect mix of skill and sweetness) and her SUPER crazy FUN
Special Education Teacher (who happened to work in her Big Sissy’s third grade
classroom and I also taught one of her daughters in Kindergarten). They picked up right where her dream team
from Kindergarten and First Grade left off and have loved and stretched her
into a strong Second Grader who is fast approaching her next year with them as
a terrific Third Grader. They have
embraced all her quirks and encouraged her strengths with just the right
amounts of compassion and structure. They
have tried things, thrown them out when they didn’t work, tried again, taken
their time, been patient, celebrated, cried, tried something else, praised,
started over, been firm, used another strategy, stood their ground, asked
questions, found answers, hugged, LOVED. I am beyond grateful to know she is in their care
each day! #30facesofautism
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