I am a special education instructional assistant in a grade school in the metropolitan area of Indianapolis. The classroom is for scholars with emotional disabilities. The toughest emotion for these scholars to control is anger. They may also have to deal with autism, oppositional defiance disorders, and attention deficit and hyperactivity disorders plus as a Behavioral Specialist once said to me issues that have not been identified.
When I tell family, friends and others that I meet what I do I usually get one of two responses. Either thank you for doing what you do or are you thinking clearly. Opps! I just recalled a third comment I received when I was doing this as a volunteer. "You mean you do all this work and you don't get paid?" Apparently the word volunteer didn't register.
If I was asked to describe what I do in the classroom I can sum it up in two words, obstacle remover. I will do anything no matter how foolish I look to remove obstacles that prevent these scholars from getting an education.
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