The Kiss



Dan is not very verbal. He finds it a lot easier to express himself with a gesture than with a word.

He was in his fifth grade classroom with his aide, Rabbit. It is actually a good thing that his aide is named Rabbit, as this allows Dan to use some phrases he has learned from videos. Greetings are covered by Tigger's exuberant, "Hello, Rabbit!" Farewells are addressed by Yosemite Sam's, "So long, Rabbit."

On Monday, apparently Dan was very happy with how things were going. Dan expressed this just like Wendy in Peter Pan, who said, "I'm so happy, I think I will give you ... a kiss."

Danny gave Rabbit a kiss.

Part of what Rabbit does with Dan is give him feedback -- whether a response or behavior is right, whether something else is desired, that sort of thing. The kids in Dan's class leaned forward a bit, curious to see what the feedback would be for The Kiss.

Rabbit said, "A kiss. That's ... " He paused. "Surprising!"

My eleven year old sources tell me that the class laughed aloud, Dan included.

Posted: Wed - October 26, 2005 at 06:00 PM        

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