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Oh boy - picture day

malcivarmalcivar member
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Just got a note that April 12th is picture day at Chris's school.  He goes to a special needs school so I assume they have experience with less than cooperative kids but I have no idea how Chris is going to be that day.

Any tips on how we can prepare him for this? 

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Re: Oh boy - picture day

  • Florak8Florak8

    Well, at DS' school, they let you choose the background for your child's picture, so I let DS choose. He chose "pink swirl." ;)

    No tips, though. Good luck! 

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  • tjkdlhbtjkdlhb member

    lurking:

    I'm a special needs teacher.  I don't have any background info about your child, but based on the question, I'm assuming he may be having difficulty with transitions or new situations?

    I have found that with many of my student




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  • Assembly_ReqdAssembly_Reqd member

    I hate picture day too. Part of me thinks I should buy a ridiculously overpriced package because it is a right of passage or milestone marker, but another part of me doesn't need a reminder that my kid cannot smile and why the f should I pay for that?<

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  • bumpuser511563bumpuser511563 member

    I treat picture day as any ordinary day but of course it is going to throw off routine. I think they only have picture day to raise money for the school. I would understand if DS's pictures came out horrible, I would not buy them.

    I have joked th

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  • AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
    We practice ahead of time. Usually just the day before or the morning of so that he doesn't have a ton of time to ramp up anxiety about things being different at school. I sit him down on a kitchen chair in front of a wall and we do silly faces and smil
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  • AgrippaRidesAgainAgrippaRidesAgain member
    SailorSaturn, in DS's school picture from last year, he is wearing a piece of masking tape with a green heart drawn on it. I made them every.single.day for him so that he could touch the sticker and remember that I was coming back. He could not function
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  • JustinloveJustinlove member
    If it makes y'all feel better, I teach GenEd K and at least half the pictures turn out terrible.  I am always amazed at how bad some turn out...and these are CUTE kids!  Don't get me started on the group photo...oh my!
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    imageAgrippaRidesAgain:
    SailorSaturn, in DS's school picture from last year, he is wearing a piece of masking tape with a green he
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  • malcivarmalcivar member

    Thanks for the tips guys.  Mostly it's because he can't sit still to save his life and if you force it, 3..2..1.. boom!  I said to DH today that in the class pic Chris'll be the one being carried or somehow held by one of the teachers.  

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  • rboisvertrboisvert member
    I teach preschool special ed and honestly it's the same photographers that shoot every other school, barely trained to interact with ANY kid.  We are always the ones talking to the photogs about how to interact with each kid.  I've spent a lot o
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