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Page 40 c Shelton-Mason County Journal Thursday, Feb. 2, 2023
HMWSD: Parents speak about effects on their kids
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students feel like they can learn from
their peers on such issues.
Caraway said she saw a decrease in
concerning behaviors since the program
began this year. She and Tollestrup
have supplied tips to other teachers,
such as movement breaks for fidgety
kids, to help prevent certain behaviors
from occurring in the first place.
For those students who are still not
ready to be integrated into the class-
room, the special education teachers
have developed the “functional learn-
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with an eye toward eventual classroom
integration.
Mother Megan Musson stepped up
to talk about her son, Sammy, who’s
completing his eighth and final year
at Sand Hill Elementary, having pro-
ceeded from two years of developmental
preschool through filth grade, after be-
ing diagnosed with autism at 2 1K2 years
old.
Megan said Sam participates in a
general education environment for at
least 70% of each school day now, while
receiving speech and occupational ther-
apy through the North Mason School
District.
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with emotion over the effect of the
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stipport Sam has received through his
schooling, as Caraway has spent hours
at a time talking with her about how
best to help her son so he might “not
just survive, but thrive” in the school
environment.
“He has the opportunity to witness
25 other children learning, so he can
learn from them, not just academi-
cally, but socially,” Musson said. “He’s
learning the difference between right
and wrong, not necessarily always
through his actions, but from observ-.
ing other people’s actions, through peer
modeling.”
Musson has witnessed the difference
these methods have made in her son.
“When Sam came to Sand Hill, he
didn’t speak,” Musson said. “He didn’t
look you in the eye. He didn’t acknowl-
edge peoplewhen they walked into the
room. (But) now, he’s excited to go to
school. He wants to participate in activ-
ities, and not just during school hours.
Sam also participates in science club
after school, because he’s given the op-
portunity to have paraeducator support
outside of school hours, so he can be
included in these things.”
Musson concluded, “We had an op-
portunity to move out of state a couple
of years ago. We chose not to because
we didn’t think we’d find another school
district like North Mason. That was the
No. 1 thing on our list. We’re not going
to find this somewhere else.”
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