@MattHinkley1@chrisdavlewis @themomessence I'm sure the emotionally dysregulated, tantruming toddler would take note of your judgment on the way out the door and immediately reflect, correct and learn. Who needs parents when a complete stranger is so much more effective?
As a teacher at a high school for students with learning differences, I love this thought. I think your last line is giong up on the wall in my classroom.
My daughter reads at 12th percentile. Her spelling is terrible.
She loves reading. She is writing a book.
Lets be careful when we look at struggling readers as unteachable or uninterested in literacy.
Some of us can struggle and thrive at the same time...
@EllenNotbohm Yoo'll have to incorporate Greta Thunberg's take on autism into your conversation. She calls autism her “superpower” precisely because of that ability to focus on what's important to her. It helps her activism.