Cikgu-cikgi & Pre-School Support Worker

 

Got this letter from Giraffe manager last week. Cikgu Amy dah nak resign. Kelas Z ada 2 cikgu (8 kids altogether). Z bawah Cikgu Katy, but for some reason he likes Cikgu Amy more. Cikgu Katy tu baik and memang nampak sangat la yang dia sukakan budak. Muda lagi, mama rasa baru 20 camtu kot.. Tapi Z memang tak suka dia. Kalau sampai pagi2 tu, cikgu Katy nak ambik, mesti dia tak nak. Siap tolak2 lagi. Muka pun dipalingkan ke arah lain. Kalau dia nampak cikgu Amy kat hujung kelas, cepat2 dia menuju ke arah vikgu Amy instead. Hmmm.. Entahlah.. Ada sedikit keraguan mama pada cikgu Katy nih..

Yang paling mama risaukan tu.. Walaupun cikgu Katy nih baik and good with children, I dont think she is capable to handle the whole class herself. Masa Z mula2 masuk kelas Toddler dulu cikgu Katy sorang2 jer jaga kelas tuh. OMG, kucar kacir n bersepah kelas! Pastu there's few occassion bila mama ambik Z waktu petang, punya la comot anak mama macam tak berjaga jer. And ada sekali tu Z berak pun dia tak tukar nappy. Masa mama pegi ambik tu dari jauh mama dah boleh bau dah, takkan la dia tak perasan kot kan.. Dekat sebulan jugak la kucar kacir time tu until cikgu Amy transferred ke kelas Z (cikgu Amy jaga lagi satu toddler room pada asalnya). And now it will happen again... Memang la diaorang cakap ada new supervisor yg akan look after the room, tapi kalau dah namanya supervisor, takde nya dia nak duduk sepanjang masa kat kelas tu. Dah la Z will be in school 5 days a week now. Lagi la mama stress memikirkan keadaan Z kat skolah nun..

Anyway, we have really good news. The Pre-school Support Worker (PSW) has started today :D. Yvonne namanya. Mama dah jumpa pagi tadi. Alhamdulillah first impression -- I am impressed! She looks like a very nice n professional lady. Even better, she also has an adult son with down syndrome! So she has great experience in raising a child with DS. And her son is actually studying in Trinity College (tempat keja mama la tu) and his class is above my office. How coincidence :).

PSW nih sepatutnya untuk Special Needs kids yang dah start pre-school. Kan haritu berlaku sedikit kekeliruan, ingatkan Z dah start formal preschool this year, rupanya dia belum layak. Tapi sebab diorang dah allocate PSW utk dia, takkan la nak fired orang tu pulak kan. PSW suppose to help the kids during the class. Contohnya kalau nak menulis/melukis, budak2 umo 3-4 tahun yang lain dah boleh pegang pensil sendiri, tapi Z Yvonne la yang akan buat hand in hand and also to ensure that the class run smoothly for Z.

Basically she will be with him ALL THE TIME. One-on-one. Makan minum n main pun dia akan bersama dengan Z. Yang mama terharu sangat tu, dia sepatutnya support jer apa yg cikgu ajar dalam kelas. Tapi in Z’s case, dia belum masuk formal pre-school lagi. Toddler room nih bukan la belajar sangat pun. Tapi Yvonne dah siap bawak materials for early education untuk Z. Dia kata dia akan buatkan bit by bit based on Z’s stage. She also know Lahm Sign Language and will use it with Z0 And she really study handout pasal Z yang cikgu Mairead (Z’s Home Teacher) bagi. She is aware of what he likes and dont like. Dia bawak ball, bubbles and also few flash cards. This week aim is for Z to ‘accept’ her. InsyaAllah mama rasa Z akan ok dengan Yvonne. Lega hati mama.. Walaupun hanya 2/3 hari (half day) jer seminggu, at least mama tahu Z ada somebody that he can trust in school.  

MasyaAllah.. Besar sungguh pertolongan yang Allah bagi untuk Z di ketika kita amat memerlukan.. 

Feeling blessed, Alhamdulillah.. :)

Update dari Mairead :)