"In my first year teaching a self-contained classroom, I received a new student mid-year. A kindergartner who'd been at home for the past year due to COVID— Mostly nonverbal, autistic, and there was a major language barrier. He had a lot of behaviors and was deathly afraid of the restroom. Through a lot of hard work on his part and mine, by the end of the year he was using the restroom independently, trying to speak and communicate, and even playing with his classmates. Fast forward to today and he is currently in a general education class and completely independent!"
