School starts again tomorrow, and I'm more nervous than when I started back in March-- and then I didn't even know anything about my kid! I'm starting with a small knowledge base this time, and my anxiety's acting up. At least with my last kid, he was on the very low key end of the autism spectrum, and I'd worked with kids with autism before. This little guy is completely new to me in about every aspect. He's also nonverbal, but doesn't use pictographs. If he doesn't like something, he bites and head-butts. New to me, I'm used to screaming and self-abusive behaviors.
And his mom is going to be there tomorrow. I wouldn't mind so much except that being under observation is very very stressful to me. Bleh. In any case, tomorrow will be fun with 13 kids in the class, 9 of which are completely new to us. I start my classes Thursday, and Tuesday I start my training for the respit program. Should be a good time, and I turn 23 Monday :)
