Ability Awareness Month

         Here is a student made creation regarding our theme for this counseling rotation!  Our children k-5 are deepening their awareness regarding different disabilities or challenges that people face in life.  Our main emphasis it that everyone wants and needs to be treated with respect.  We have discussed several different challenges such as:  deaf people, blindness, people needing assistance walking, talking, varies degrees of asthma, diabetes...
          Our hope is for the kids to treat others the way they would want to be treated.
              We enjojed a book written by former President Jimmy Carter and illustrated by Amy Carter.  The story is about a boy who happens to be crippled.  A few morals the students shared from the book were insightful...  
                              *don't judge a book by it's cover
                              *don't underestimate a person's ability to achieve greatness
                              *challenges can bring great strength
                                        
                                         Celebrating the different abilities in all of us!

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