I Take You Home - Autism

10/12/2023

Really happy with my planner and student record. Working in SEN school I find hard to keep track of all the targets, planning, reports, assessments, meetings, behaviour plans, intimate care plans, speech&language plans, referrals, etc and the combination of these two is just perfect to not miss a thing✨

17/01/2023

What was your favourite subject when you were at school? // ¿Cuál era tu asignatura favorita en el cole?

I am currently in my second placement in a mainstream school. As part of my training to become a teacher I have to spend eight weeks in a mainstream school and then I'll be back in my special school where I'll stay. This school is incredibly beautiful, their resources are amazing and the whole place...

17/01/2023

Remember my story of Year 2 children learning about .design?? They’ve used now tape, papier mâché and wire to sculpt their insects 🐜 🐞 🐝 ✨

30/12/2022

¡Esta soy yo! Hablemos de TDAH (Trastorno de Hiperactividad y déficit de atención). Nuevo post en mi blog al que puedes ir dándole al link de mi perfil!!

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This is me! Let’s talk about ADHD (Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder). New post on my blog that you can check clicking in the link on my bio!!

19/12/2022

After my first term as trainee teacher I have some time to write posts again before my second placement. I'm back!!

"Why do you never shout?" This is a question I have heard a number of times, and it has always caught me by surprise. I am a firm teacher or teaching assistant when I have to be and a really fun and silly one when I have to be as well. You will not find me shouting at children as other people might....

19/12/2022

“Why do you never shout at us?” A question I’ve had to face a couple of times… New post in the blog to read more about helping children without raising voices.

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“¿Por qué nunca nos gritas?” Una pregunta que he tenido que enfrentar un par de veces… Nuevo post en el blog si queréis leear más sobre como ayudar a niños sin levantar la voz.

02/08/2022

[Misconception of the day]
Karen👹: Oh…. Autistic children don’t have feelings bless them….
Me👩🏻‍🦳: Look, can you see how half of this tree has no branches or bark? It’s dying and half of it it’s already slowly disappearing…
One of my au-some boys🧑🏾‍🦱: Oh…. *proceeds to give it a hug and a kiss* I love you tree. I will give you medicine… *hugs tighter*

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[Idea equivocada de día]
Karen👹: Oh…. Los niños autistas no sienten emociones pobres….
Me👩🏻‍🦳: Mira, ¿puedes ver como esa mitad del árbol no tiene ramas o corteza? se está muriendo… y la mitad del árbol esta desapareciendo lentamente ya…
Uno de mis increíbles autistas🧑🏾‍🦱: Oh…. *va a dare un abrazo y un beso al árbol* Te quiero árbol. Te dare medicina… *lo abraza mas fuerte*

03/07/2022

Lately I’ve been struggling with my health. Covid ate my iron and my body seems unable to produce iron properly again which makes me extremely tired, get big bruises for nothing, dizzy and prone to get sick quicker. I’ve never been off and this past few months I have been off sick quite a lot. I always feel guilty for not going to work, I don’t like it, but the other day it made me feel the love and appreciation that “my” children have when sneakily one of them was trying to log in my computer using “I missed you when you weren’t here yesterday” as username 💚

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Últimamente estoy luchando con mi salud. El covid se comió mi hierro y parece que mi cuerpo es incapaz de producirlo otra vez haciéndome estar muy, muy cansada, me salen moretones grandes por nada, me mareo y me pongo mala mucho mas rápido. Nunca he sido de faltar al trabajo pero últimamente he tenido que faltar bastante por estar mala. Siempre me diento un poco culpable por no ir, no me gusta, pero el otro día me dejó ver el cariño y aprecio de uno de mis “niños” que sutilmente intentó iniciar sesión en mi ordenador escribiendo “te eché de menos ayer cuando no estabas” como usuario 💚

28/05/2022

I know I’m the one supposed to teach them but… they are teaching me many, many more lessons. Wouldn’t change any minute with them. They’re au-some.

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Se que yo soy la que se supone que les enseña cosas pero…. Ellos me enseñan muchas, muchas mas lecciones que yo a ellos. No cambiaría ni un momento de los que estoy con ellos. Son increíbles.

09/05/2022

Sometimes astronauts (the children I work with) find a bit difficult to separate what it’s real and what it’s their imagination. When they have to write stories they find it tricky to create something new and not something they’ve seen before or related to their favourite topic. Today we created an immersive experience where I was pretend-killed (worked a lot on emotions and pretend play there) and they have to find out who did it and why (theory of mind) and write about it and their experience.

Will share how it goes 👮🏻‍♀️

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A veces a astronautas (los niños con los que trabajo) les cuesta separar lo que es real de lo que es su imaginación. Cuando escriben historias les cuesta crear algo nuevo y no algo que hayan visto ya o que no tenga que ver con sus temas favoritos. Hoy hemos creado una experiencia de inmersión donde he pretendido que alguien cometía un crimen (hemos trabajado mucho las emociones y el juego imaginario cuando me han visto en el suelo) y tienen que averiguar quien y por qué (teoría de la mente) y escribir sobre ello y su experiencia.

Compartiré como va yendo 👮🏻‍♀️