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I read an article today posted on the web about teaching social skills. The authors of these articles are correct: We cannot leave the teaching of social communication to the teacher.
About two years ago an eight year old boy with autism who was being treated by our therapy team had a massive seizure in his sleep and died. I will always remember him because he was one of the severe children with self injurious behaviors and a great smile when he was happy. I will remember his family as his mother was trying to master the English language and did not receive all the services she could have due to the language barrier. I will remember the day I received the news that he passed away...it was right in the middle of my day..I still had clients to see after I received the news. I found that throughout that day and week...I just couldn't seem to pull myself together enough.
