Do you tell your DC's sport team coach of your DC's special need?

[Anonymous]

Yes I would. This is important information about your child that they need to have to do their job. They also need for you to tell them what works in maintaing order and focus with your dc.

I don't know why you wouldn't candidly.

[Anonymous]

We did tell our baseball coaches and they really appreciated it. We discussed various strategies to keep him focused and on task. It's been a year now and knock on woods, no major issues.

[Anonymous]

I had a child on my softball team that I'm absolutely convinced had some special needs. Very badly behaved -- clear emotional issues (i.e., would run off when something didn't go her way, which happened frequently). But I don't have any particular skills for how to effectively engage that and had a team full of enthusiastic girls, so I basically just wrote her off. If I had some pointers on how to keep her engaged, I think the entire team would have been better off and she and I both would have had a more enjoyable experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I had a child on my softball team that I'm absolutely convinced had some special needs. Very badly behaved -- clear emotional issues (i.e., would run off when something didn't go her way, which happened frequently). But I don't have any particular skills for how to effectively engage that and had a team full of enthusiastic girls, so I basically just wrote her off. If I had some pointers on how to keep her engaged, I think the entire team would have been better off and she and I both would have had a more enjoyable experience.

First, I'm assuming you left out the words "girl with" because a person isn't "special needs."

Second, did you speak with the parents? Because if you didn't, you have no right to complain. They may not have even been aware of the issues if you didn't communicate them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous[b wrote:]I had a child on my softball team that I'm absolutely convinced had some special needs[/b]. Very badly behaved -- clear emotional issues (i.e., would run off when something didn't go her way, which happened frequently). But I don't have any particular skills for how to effectively engage that and had a team full of enthusiastic girls, so I basically just wrote her off. If I had some pointers on how to keep her engaged, I think the entire team would have been better off and she and I both would have had a more enjoyable experience.

First, I'm assuming you left out the words "girl with" because a person isn't "special needs."

Second, did you speak with the parents? Because if you didn't, you have no right to complain. They may not have even been aware of the issues if you didn't communicate them.

What are you talking about? What's wrong with the bolded sentence?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a child on my softball team that I'm absolutely convinced had some special needs. Very badly behaved -- clear emotional issues (i.e., would run off when something didn't go her way, which happened frequently). But I don't have any particular skills for how to effectively engage that and had a team full of enthusiastic girls, so I basically just wrote her off. If I had some pointers on how to keep her engaged, I think the entire team would have been better off and she and I both would have had a more enjoyable experience.

First, I'm assuming you left out the words "girl with" because a person isn't "special needs."

Second, did you speak with the parents? Because if you didn't, you have no right to complain. They may not have even been aware of the issues if you didn't communicate them.

What are you talking about? A kid consistently running off the field when they don't get what they want is pretty obvious. Why should the coach have to be put in this situation and be the one to be proactive?? I think it's on the parents to PARENT and help the coach.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I had a child on my softball team that I'm absolutely convinced had some special needs. Very badly behaved -- clear emotional issues (i.e., would run off when something didn't go her way, which happened frequently). But I don't have any particular skills for how to effectively engage that and had a team full of enthusiastic girls, so I basically just wrote her off. If I had some pointers on how to keep her engaged, I think the entire team would have been better off and she and I both would have had a more enjoyable experience.

First, I'm assuming you left out the words "girl with" because a person isn't "special needs."

Second, did you speak with the parents? Because if you didn't, you have no right to complain. They may not have even been aware of the issues if you didn't communicate them.

What are you talking about?

I wrote I am absolutely convinced a child "had some special needs." I made not sentence structure resembling the one you criticize.

Also, in the future, please refrain from trying to police other people's language. That's really offensive.