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Article: When a student has Asperger's: integrating a child with Asperger's means expecting the unexpected.
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- September 1, 2008
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Imagine this: It's time for math, but your students sit at tables covered with watermelons and napkins. Today is a hands-on day, and they get to estimate the number of seeds in each piece of melon before counting them. Then you hear it: Caleb has thrown himself on the floor in a full-blown tantrum. He's crying, he's shaking, and you're not sure what to do.
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Let's face it, when you have 30 kids in a classroom, keeping your cool when one of them has lost his can be hard. But Caleb has Asperger's syndrome, a developmental disorder similar to but milder than autism. His tantrum may seem inexplicable, but the trick, especially when ...