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[quote=svitale1]Would you like to make a difference in a child’s life?  We need to find a “shadow” (or aide) to help our 11-year-old daughter during her school days from 8:30 – 3:30 (35 hours/week,  we can be flexible about the hours).  The school, a small Jewish day school, is located in Rockville, Maryland, on Baltimore Road just off Twinbrook Parkway.   Our daughter is exceptionally bright and imaginative, and funny, but has significant issues with anxiety, lack of participation in class, difficulty with initiating and completing her work, and, occasionally, making poor behavior choices.  The ideal candidate would be warm, caring, and able to establish a trusting connection with her; flexible yet gently firm; and able to anticipate potential problems before they happen and help her to work through them.   We would like, if possible, for the person to spend time with our daughter outside of school just to play or hang out, to help build the relationship with her that is so necessary to establishing a connection.  The shadow needs to be with her throughout the school day:  in the classroom, at lunch and recess, in the hallways between classes, etc.   Our daughter needs help in keeping school materials organized (e.g., turning in assignments and having necessary materials in the backpack for homework).  We need to have regular communication with the shadow (email or phone call daily) to know how things are going in general and to know what homework has been assigned.  
We need someone to start by March 23 and stay at least through this school year (June 2012).  Persons with training in Floortime or other therapeutic experience would be ideal, but someone with the right personality and strong emotional skills would also be a good fit.  Knowledge of Hebrew would be helpful but is not absolutely necessary.  The pay would be $10 - $12/hour, depending on the person’s qualifications.  We've had a wonderful young woman doing this since November but, alas for us, she has found her dream job. 
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