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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP- right the aide would only help with behavior, not learning. just figured that out. [/quote]

A 1/1 aide helps with issues like toileting, seizures, mobility issues (child can't walk without falling), eating and feeding (child can't self-feed), movement in the classroom.  A 1/1 aide really can't help your child socialize, can't make your child behave, can't break the social ice for your child, can't stop your child from "wrecking" the classroom, and can't be your child's private tutor.[/quote]

My Aspie's 1:1 helps with all of those things -- helps him socialize (get over his anxiety enough to join the group), helps him identify when he's getting worked up so he can exit gracefully before he melts down amd "wrecks" the classroom/disrupts other kids, helps him with work that makes him anxious by pulling him to an adjacent room where he can concentrate (he can actually DO the work, but he panics when he sees certain kinds of work that he's convinced he can't do). The aide is a great guy, young, charismatic, so the other kids flock to him and hence my son. He also enables my son to sit out things such as assemblies that he cant handle.

That said, dependency is a worry and when we are ready we will work on fading the aide. A good aide, like ours, also does it on his own. Our son's aide leaves a lot of space when he knoes it's a low stress time and floats around to help other kids, other classrooms, or takes is lunch. It's been a real blessing. [/quote]

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