tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704425219270767105.post4311320586228657675..comments2024-02-27T10:23:30.029+01:00Comments on Conductor: Tears for fearsSusie Malletthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05134263396254528737noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704425219270767105.post-72627264913423139612009-10-21T14:48:56.218+02:002009-10-21T14:48:56.218+02:00Hi Susie thought I would leave a comment as this i...Hi Susie thought I would leave a comment as this is a subject I have been discussing with parents recently. I would like to give two examples, first my brother who has no disability cried for months when he first went to school at 4 years old because he didn't want to leave his mum. He was the youngest of the four of us and had spent 4 years alone at home with her while we were all at school. Everyday she asked how his day had been and he said "ok, but I don't think I will go back". After months he still cried, only thing was he didn't cry anymore when he got to school, but when my mum came to pick him up, he didn't want to go home!<br /><br />Another example, I recently started with a little girl who had experienced CE in America for 5 weeks before discovering our project in Brazil. When I first talked to her mum one of the first things she said was "she cried for 5 weeks". When I first started working with her I explained that this was normal, that children need time to adapt to new situations, that they have fear of new situations (possibly even more so for children with disabilities), that she would stop when she was ready, could be days, weeks or months, the mother understood. The child used crying as a way of communication, I say used because after 3 lessons with me she cried no more, instead she arrives every lesson with a smile. <br /><br />We all need time to adapt, we all get nervous, we all have fears and we all have different ways of expressing this, some cry, some talk a lot, some don't say anything at all. I guess what I am trying to say is that we are all different, so I don't see why people mention CE and crying as if if were something to worry about. Because we are happy, sad, nervous or excited, we ALL cry.<br /><br />Becky xBecky Featherstonenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704425219270767105.post-10736473666545323402009-10-21T12:13:25.116+02:002009-10-21T12:13:25.116+02:00A very important thing to say. Thanks for saying i...A very important thing to say. Thanks for saying it.<br /><br />I have extemporised a little further on this theme, at<br /><br />http://www.conductive-world.info/2009/10/more-on-crying.htmlAndrewhttp://www.conducive-world.infonoreply@blogger.com