Infringing Upon Civil Liberties......

Yes, you read that title right.  We just had a new student with autism transfer to our school who is a stickler for his constitutional rights.  During the last week, we've heard some interesting things such as:

* Telling him to be quiet in the media center is interfering with his freedom of speech.

* Asking him to place his stickers only inside his folder is imposing upon his civil liberties.

* He couldn't be waving his napkin in someone's face because that would mean he would have to actually place the napkin inside the person's head.
*If you lined him up with 100 other kids his age, he would be smarter than 97 percent of them, because his doctor said his IQ was in the 97th percentile.

There's been many other interesting conversations with him, also.  He's very smart and I am probably not smarter than a 2nd grader!  He used his pattern blocks to create a Jewish star and wrote "In memory of Anne Frank and the other victims of the Holocaust."  Yes, we are testing him for gifted!

In the meantime, I'm trying to come up with some ways to get the behavior more conducive to a classroom setting.  Since he's such a stickler for rules, I made this Student Rights and Responsibility handout that you can download for free if you click on the picture.  There are 3 different versions.

Does anyone else have any suggestions for dealing with such a logical, by the book student?  I'm sure we'll be needing a lot of help with this student!

On another note, I've been trying to keep track of all the special ed bloggers that I come across in blogland.  We're in such a minority, and I want to know all of you that I can!

Drum roll please.......here are all the special ed bloggers that I know about.  If you're not on the list, please leave a comment, so I can add you!  Let's all support each other since there's so few of us!

Differentiation Station comes from Heather who is a Primary Resource teacher.

A Special Kind of Class comes from Amanda who has an elementary classroom for students with severe physical and/or speech disabilities.

Life in Special Education comes from Karla who has a K-5 self-contained classroom.

Class Full of "Special" Kinders comes from Jeannie who teaches a special education Kindergarten.

Ms. Rachel's Room comes (obviously) from Ms. Rachel who has a K-5 self-contained classroom.

Sped-Ventures comes from a self-contained classroom teacher of students ages 9 to 14.

Mrs. Gibson's Everday Classroom comes from Casey who is a special education teacher in Virginia.

The Resource(ful) Room is from Amy and I assume she is a resource room teacher!

Special Speckled Eggs comes from Claire who teaches exceptional students

Toad-ally Exceptional Learners comes from Mrs. Whiteley who teaches a K-6 resource room.  She doesn't have a blog button but can be checked out {here}.

We are ALL Special comes from Karlie who teaches has an elementary classroom for students with emotional behavior disorders.  You can visit her blog {here}.

Fun in ECSE comes from Kate who teaches early childhood special ed for students ages 2.5 - 5.

Mrs. H's Resource Room comes from Kim who teaches Grades 3 through 5 in a resource/co-teaching model.

Love Bug Learning comes from Sharima who teaches 3rd and 4th grade special education.

I hope I didn't leave anyone out.  If I did, please leave a comment with a link to your blog!

Graphics from Scrappin Doodles