Someone posted on Facebook about their relationship with their FASD child and what they have gone through etc. I think about Brandon and what I want for him and what does he need from us.
School thinks he does just fine because with FASD they hide what they don't know or understand very well. They can mimic someone else to get by but how long can this last?
In Kindergarten Brandon used to go to the library once a week. Every week he brought home a book BUT it was the same book.. "In a People House" by Dr. Suess. He didn't bring any other book home. He had learned to go to the library and pick out a book and check out. What he couldn't figure out was that he could check out anybook. He has his structure and routine on what to do and he kept it the same.
In first grade he had a pal named Tracy who helped him out and kept him organized. I think she picked out his books and showed him what to do. I believe the first week of school he brought home the book "In a People House" by Dr. Suess. After that, he had a helper in the library and had different books.
Second Grade came along and he would pick out a book and each week it was a different book and he didn't have a helper, was he getting it? Not really because now he was getting the exact same book that his brother had got from the week before. He was literally seeing his brother come home with a different book so he realized he could but didn't know which book so he got the same one his brother had got from the prior week. He was mimicing his brother.
By fourth grade he was bringing home books that were so far advanced for him but they were the books he saw other kids get. He would want the BIG chapter books but could not keep focus on one sentence if the printing was small. Thank goodness we were getting books at the school library and regular library. He was not reading any of the books he brought home.
Now he is in 8th grade, he doesn't have library time or books and he reads books that are simple and he reads the same chapter over and over and reads where ever he thinks he should. He does not read from chapter 1 to chapter 2, he reads a chapter anywhere in the book, so if I want to know how far he is.. he picks a chapter and reads it.. , I have tried to introduce some chapter books but that doesn't work too well with him. He mainly is reading graphic novel and comic books, over and over.
However, I have notice that he can have someone read to him and he can understand it pretty good. Considering he can't follow a two step instruction and seem to listen to any direction he can understand someone reading a book to him. Does that make sense?
School thinks he does just fine because with FASD they hide what they don't know or understand very well. They can mimic someone else to get by but how long can this last?
In Kindergarten Brandon used to go to the library once a week. Every week he brought home a book BUT it was the same book.. "In a People House" by Dr. Suess. He didn't bring any other book home. He had learned to go to the library and pick out a book and check out. What he couldn't figure out was that he could check out anybook. He has his structure and routine on what to do and he kept it the same.
In first grade he had a pal named Tracy who helped him out and kept him organized. I think she picked out his books and showed him what to do. I believe the first week of school he brought home the book "In a People House" by Dr. Suess. After that, he had a helper in the library and had different books.
Second Grade came along and he would pick out a book and each week it was a different book and he didn't have a helper, was he getting it? Not really because now he was getting the exact same book that his brother had got from the week before. He was literally seeing his brother come home with a different book so he realized he could but didn't know which book so he got the same one his brother had got from the prior week. He was mimicing his brother.
By fourth grade he was bringing home books that were so far advanced for him but they were the books he saw other kids get. He would want the BIG chapter books but could not keep focus on one sentence if the printing was small. Thank goodness we were getting books at the school library and regular library. He was not reading any of the books he brought home.
Now he is in 8th grade, he doesn't have library time or books and he reads books that are simple and he reads the same chapter over and over and reads where ever he thinks he should. He does not read from chapter 1 to chapter 2, he reads a chapter anywhere in the book, so if I want to know how far he is.. he picks a chapter and reads it.. , I have tried to introduce some chapter books but that doesn't work too well with him. He mainly is reading graphic novel and comic books, over and over.
However, I have notice that he can have someone read to him and he can understand it pretty good. Considering he can't follow a two step instruction and seem to listen to any direction he can understand someone reading a book to him. Does that make sense?
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He's a cross between Ben and Maggie when it comes to books
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