A different perspective

We range from being able to play UNO to needing everything in a box, go fish is fun though we cheat, card holders are helpful to us, able to read to no letters, 2nd grade gen ed math to counting to 3. As you know, some of us do not know our name. We are all "verbal" though we really do range. One of us is in the process of getting a talker (device). We are 2nd and 3rd graders, mod md. No real physical needs besides limited steps and two runners, one whom Galvin worries about. Project Lifesaver is our friend and life skills are important, so are manners. One of us is a perfectionist, Galvin and him seem to understand each other!
Some of us have some behavior concerns but we tend to be angels if we are going to get 1:1 attention. Ms. Galvin is currently going with Love and Logic, physically removing either the problem or the rest of the class and not paying any attention to us - which really makes us mad. We have 5 pennies velcroed to our desk and as long as we are good we do not lose them. We have reward twice a day. We feed off of each other but are also there for each other when one of us gets to being mean or loud. Raising our hands is a tough concept, very tough. Two of us are very very hard to understand, especially if you are not around us all the time. This makes one of us mad and the other one of us is really ok with a smile and a nod of your head.
6 of us are independent in bathrooming, one needs to be prompted because the auto flush toilets are a bit scary; 2 of us are in pull-ups though Ms Galvin is pretty sure big girl pants is in one of our futures real soon and the other is not real far behind. Visual MJ line drawing schedules run our lives, and we can't really function without a few 5 pt. timers. Some of us like the time timer but it can only be thrown across the room so many times before it does not work :-). Velcro is our friend as two of us need a pull off schedule, one more than the other. We love to be read to! Between speech and integration and two aids, Ms. Galvin has a tendency to go a bit crazy at times.
Some of us need adult support in Gen. Ed. One of us is going to try a mild placement starting in the fall while three of us could be in s/p. We all love food though one of us is a real choking concern, while another one of us could be if we are not careful. We will be very very excited when Ms Galvin decides to tell us about our trip to see you, though she won't tell us for a while :-).