the1girlfromthe1time

I am a classroom aide for a nine year old girl (third grade) who has SMA. She is in a wheel chair and on a ventilator. She has very little movement other than her index fingers and she knows how to speak, but cannot, due to limited mobility in her jaw. She amazes me every day with her awesome attitude and I feel so privileged that I get to be a part of her life.

My question for you is what can I do to make her days a little bit easier, more fun and give her the best educational experience that I can?

Thanks for your answer. I try to let her be as independent as possible while still helping her the best that I can. She chooses a friend from her class that will be her "helper" when they are doing group activies and working without teacher instruction so that she doesn't feel like she contantly has a babysitter. Thanks for your time!

The teacher doesn't do much reading of actual novels unfortunately. Reading is one of her favorite things to do so I will definitely recommend it to her!