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Shema Kolainu | John Kasich Visits Kolainu<br />
Shema Kolainu | Question of the Quarter<br />
The Question of the Quarter:<br />
“Is Routine Important and Why?”<br />
We asked some of our teachers what their thoughts<br />
were on the importance of a routine for children<br />
<strong>with</strong> autism and they responded as follows.<br />
“Routine is very important. The children feel<br />
a sense of security when they know what will<br />
happen next, what the schedule for the entire<br />
day is and what’s expected of them in general.”<br />
–Chaya Ruchie<br />
actual transition a fun activity so they actually<br />
want to do it.” - Esti<br />
“Routine is crucial. It is important that the students<br />
know what is going to happen so that order and<br />
structure is provided.” - Sossi<br />
Governor John Kasich<br />
Visits Shema Kolainu<br />
During his recent candidacy, John Kasich stopped<br />
by Shema Kolainu to visit our students.<br />
While he was here, all of the students couldn’t get<br />
enough of him. They had prepared letters, questions,<br />
and a painting of the White House, which,<br />
when he asked whether he could keep it, they replied,<br />
“yes!” One of the students, Yaakov, asked<br />
why Gov. Kasich wanted to be president and his<br />
reply was “So I can help you grow up and be president<br />
one day. How’s that?” Yaakov was ecstatic.<br />
Before he left the students he said that they could<br />
come visit him in the White House if he became<br />
president and they replied that they would vote for<br />
him and they loved him. As he walked away, the<br />
childrens’ chants of “Kasich! Kasich!” echoed after<br />
him into the hallway.<br />
Our founder, Dr. Joshua Weinstein commented<br />
that “he was compassionate for the kids and was<br />
genuinely interested in the different systems we<br />
used to help them”.<br />
Kasich has been a strong supporter of Autism<br />
for a long time now and during his presidential<br />
campaign he included Coverage for Autism as a<br />
necessary change when he addressed healthcare<br />
plans in the future. Though he didn’t continue in<br />
the candidacy we were proud to have him here<br />
and proud of his campaign. We know Gov. Kasich<br />
will continue to support Autism and are so glad<br />
that our students left the best impression on him<br />
as he did <strong>with</strong> them.<br />
“A daily schedule makes it easier for the children to<br />
transition largely because of the expectations that<br />
it sets. Expectations really do help the children to<br />
learn to behave appropriately. We learned quickly<br />
the importance in keeping to a routine as we once<br />
made the mistake of switching the last two activities<br />
of the day <strong>with</strong>out the proper preparation, this<br />
change affected the student’s behaviors and their<br />
ability to engage in the activities.<br />
Normally, we follow a specific transitioning proto<br />
col: we notify the children prior to an end of the<br />
activity, letting them know how much time they<br />
have left. An example would be, ‘in 5 minutes<br />
we’re going to finish arts and crafts and transition to<br />
gym… ‘Okay, in 2 minutes, we’re going to switch<br />
to gym…and so on.’ Then, we have transitional<br />
songs for the actual transition period. We also use<br />
edibles or social reinforcement as a motivational<br />
tactic for appropriate transitions. We make the<br />
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