> I finally quit my office job, and I wanted to try something different.
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> So, I just got a job at the elementary school down the street. I'm now a special ed teacher's assistant. I'll be helping with mentally handicapped children.
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> I'm pretty nervous, since I don't know anything about children. The fact that the kids are handicapped makes me even more apprehensive. I don't want to make a mistake and hurt somebody.
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> Anyway, who here is familiar with mentally handicaped children? Any advice? My cousin is autistic (and he's actually named Raymond), but I haven't been around him much.
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> Jez"Jack of all trades, master of none"zika


My little brother is mentally handicapped, so I feel like I should have quite a lot to tell you, but...can't think of anything off the top of my head. Be patient of course. I guess the main thing is to make sure they're being watched at all times, my brother had a fall in school last week - the second time this has happened - because his teachers aren't doing their jobs by watching him. Even after a doctor wrote a note saying he shouldn't be left unattended the first time it happened. So just make sure none of the kids wander out of your sight, they really can't be left alone.

jon