Be A Good Dad

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Entries for April, 2008

BeAGoodDad - Now With More Dads

The other day, I decided that we needed some more dads around here instead of just listening to me ramble on everyday. So I sent out some emails…and people actually said yes.
So starting the week of April 21st, we are going to be adding three new writers to Be A Good Dad. Each [...]

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Echolalia and the Classroom

We had a meeting with Pookie’s preschool teacher the other day. She wanted us to know before the IEP that she would in no way recommend Pookie be placed in a non-special ed classroom next year for kindergarten.
Her biggest concern was Pookie’s “attentiveness” and his echolalia which are actually very interrelated. Pookie often [...]

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Autism and Social Skills

A fair amount of the work Pookie does in preschool is geared around him learning how to play with others and I’m sure that will be the case if he gets into the typically developing kindergarten.
I often wonder how much time will be spent getting the other kids to play his games. Probably none [...]

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Kindergarten Registration

We took the kids to where they will be going for school next year (if everything goes the way we want).
The Geetle and Pookie went away with the kindergarten teacher to hear a story and do an art project while BeAGoodMom and I filled out the paperwork and wrote the checks.
The only thing worse the [...]

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April Fools Day

Do you ever get annoyed trying to read the news on April 1st because you can’t tell if it is real or just an April Fools joke?
For example:
Like politicians really care about how much the oil companies are making? Don’t most politicians have ties to the oil companies?
Surely nobody would ever hire Kathie Lee Gifford [...]

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