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Making sure all our students know they belong at Starfish Social Club
All about the connection our students have with each other at Starfish Social Club! We are talking about what makes the experience here so unique, some of the authentic conversations we have had with students around autism and uniqueness, and why we do not intentionally separate our students by age or by "ability".
In this episode:
2:22 - the types of students who are in our program
3:38 - why we don't have neurotypical kids in the program
15:13 - the really important conversations we have with our students
35:03 - how we group our students (and why it's not by age or ability)
53:17 - a deeper conversation regarding 'ability'
Segment from this episode:
So we had a conversation about how the two of them are different. They don't have the same ability. And he said, "Well, she's just, like, ADHD or something, right? And I said, "No, she's autistic just like you are."
And there was this loooong moment of silence. And it was so interesting. I could literally see, as they say, the wheels turning.
And then he said, "You know, my whole life, adults have taught me to get along with all the normal kids. But no one has ever taught me to get along with other kids like me."
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By Steph West, Starfish Social Club
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All about the connection our students have with each other at Starfish Social Club! We are talking about what makes the experience here so unique, some of the authentic conversations we have had with students around autism and uniqueness, and why we do not intentionally separate our students by age or by "ability".
In this episode:
2:22 - the types of students who are in our program
3:38 - why we don't have neurotypical kids in the program
15:13 - the really important conversations we have with our students
35:03 - how we group our students (and why it's not by age or ability)
53:17 - a deeper conversation regarding 'ability'
Segment from this episode:
So we had a conversation about how the two of them are different. They don't have the same ability. And he said, "Well, she's just, like, ADHD or something, right? And I said, "No, she's autistic just like you are."
And there was this loooong moment of silence. And it was so interesting. I could literally see, as they say, the wheels turning.
And then he said, "You know, my whole life, adults have taught me to get along with all the normal kids. But no one has ever taught me to get along with other kids like me."
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