First days

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I hate them.

First day of summer camp.

Those of you who have been at this for awhile probably know exactly what I mean.

I hate first days.

Say it ain't so, Joe! The first day of school is worse than the first day of summer camp. I actually liked summer camp.

Anything unpredictable (due to inexperience in the environment) stinks over here. The good news is, I know it has always gotten better.

I hear ya! Even though we try to prepare him he still is SOOOO anxious. Seems all I can do is give him extra love and lots of understanding and some extra video game time at the end of the day!

Yup, us too. Not looking forward to the first days of middle school AT ALL.

OMGosh. My son is going to start middle school in the fall and the thought makes me want to vomit. Every where.

Luckily, he does not have as much problem with novelty like my daughter, but his level of disorganization brings the word itself to new heights and he has no sense of direction so I know he will spend about the first week or two lost. And because he questions everything, his new teachers are going to think he is a smart a** and because he is an awesome target for bullies, they are probably going to have a field day with him. Especially since he is not obviously impaired.

It should be a real joy.

I would not even try to send my son to camp. I don't even know if I can send him for the day long field trip the library is having. I can't imagine how tough camp would be,

Her first two years of summer camp included a 1:1, so when she was younger and had a higher degree of impairment, there was someone with her, so that helped.

To be truthful, she is mainstreamed at school. It isn't that she isn't able to do this. It's that I have a hard time with it because I know how the first day will go. She shuts down and gets overwhelmed. When I picked her up she was sitting alone with her head on the table. The counselors told me she said she wanted to be alone--which is what she's supposed to do when she feels overwhelmed--so it's good that she is able to take care of herself like that. It just makes me sad that new things have to go this way for her.

On a positive note, her second day went much better. By the end of the summer she will be crying fiercely on her last day. Poor little one feels things so intensely! <3