9th Grade Boy's Autism Curriculum
9th Grade Theme: Decisiveness True Story #1: I came home from an hours shopping trip to find Jackson on the couch with a towel wrapped around his waist. He had taken a shower while I was gone, and upon finding no clean shorts in his dresser, he just sat in his towel until I got back to find him clean clothes. He promptly said, "Pants please" when I walked in, to which I responded, "this year, buddy, we are going to work on your problem solving skills!". There were clean shorts in laundry basket NEXT TO the dresser! True Story #2: Jackson's favorite drink at Starbucks is a Cool Lime Refresher, but occasionally they are out of the mix that is required to make the drink. When this occurred last week, I turned to him and asked, "What would you like instead?" He looked at me like there were worms crawling out of my head, even though I know he likes many other drinks there, like lemonade, iced tea and this yummy berry concoction. ...