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Friday, November 13, 2015

School Year 2015-16

Time really does fly.  It has been two full months already since this school year started.  I see my students become taller and more mature.  They are different youngsters day by day.  Certainly, they make me rolling and going.  It is truly a blessing to work with them and to learn from them.  

This is my 7th year of working with children in the elementary school.  To be honest, as I get to know each of my students throughout the elementary school period, I often feel my limit.  Most of my students really try their best during OT sessions.  However, their generalization skills or transfer skills are different stories in the classroom.  I am not trying to say that they are not trying their best in the classroom.  It is surely not easy for them to show their full potential in the classroom because of the task setting (i.e. pace of the task), more distracting factors in the big classroom, and so on.    

So I tried to provide therapy strategies and information to parents, caregivers, and guardians by sending school OT & PT monthly newsletters and posting therapeutic fun activities on the blog in previous years.  I believed giving parents therapy information would certainly help their children.  However, I found these are one way communication means. In NYC Department of Education, "parent engagement" is a biggy since last year. I want that "Parent Engagement/ Involvement" in my therapy sessions too.  So, I have met four parents in October.  I see positive signs after having the meetings with parents. Students talk about exercises that they do with mommy and daddy at home. They talk about using pencil grips when they do their homework.  It is exciting to see how parents learn and work with their children.  It will be another great school year!!
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