Summer.

Sounds like a challenging and rewarding job you've got there, Chris. They are lucky to have you.   : )

Like Hardkore, Staybrite and Driven, it's been very humid here. The ironic thing is, I live in a very DRY desert. Every July or August we would get about 2 weeks worth of humidity and some rain. The last 3 years we've not only had very hot summers (90 to 110 degrees F), but THE most humidity we've ever had, AND it now lasts for an entire month !
It's been SO bad that our cooling system doesn't work well, leaving our indoors not much cooler than outside. The temps indoors overnight have been in the 80s making it miserable sleeping conditions. 

So with all that cheery news, I gotta say that I'm actually looking forward to Fall

Jen5 wrote:

Sounds like a challenging and rewarding job you've got there, Chris. They are lucky to have you.   : )

Lucky to have me?  Nah!  Stuck with me is more like it!

What have your students going to do when they are 22?
How old are the students when they gome at school?

rockerVu2 wrote:

What have your students going to do when they are 22?
How old are the students when they gome at school?

After they reach the age of 22, the special needs students just simply phase out of our program.  There isn't much for them after that.  Parents sometimes can get sitters to care for them during the day if their insurance will cover that.  Some will put their child in a live-in care facility so that the family can continue to work and provide for themselves.  Seeing that none of my students have the skills to get a job as most will never speak, cannot learn to read, and lack the motor skills to do a repetitive menial tasks.  It is sad, but there isn't much I can do about it.

When they come to high school most are around the age of 14 years old.  That gives these special students a total of eight years to be in our program.