名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 Never Giving Up Hope 学案-高三英语二轮复习培优.docxVIP

高三英语培优·名著阅读之心灵鸡汤精选 Never Giving Up Hope 班级：____________学号：____________姓名：____________ 心灵鸡汤精选Never Giving Up Hope 话题归类 阅读难度 词数 爱子情深 四星 841 【文章梗概】12年前，儿子被诊断出自闭症，但他学会了只言片语，使得我们得以坚持。5年前，儿子行为继续恶化。但到了4年级，转机开始了。我们真正开始抱有希望。上个月，在第一次的IEP会上，儿子表现出色。今天晚上，我来观看儿子7年级的乐队演出。此时此刻，我想起了一路走来的奇迹。今天晚上儿子乐队的演出让我热泪盈眶，永不放弃希望。 Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. ~Helen Keller Twelve years ago when my son was diagnosed, he did not speak. He could be aggressive and had many severe behaviors. His loss of eye contact and focus made it difficult for him to learn picture communication, so we moved to sign language. I remember clearly his first sign was for “more.” So basic . . . the need to be able to ask for “more water” or “more food.” But it was communication. By the time he was four years old, he was able to speak in four-word sentences. It gave us something to hold on to . . . it gave us hope. Five years ago my son continued to regularly melt down and escape from the typical classroom. After an adverse reaction to medication in third grade, I feared we would never get him back to where he was. The doctors offered us no option but to wait and see. Pray. Hope he would get better while we watched him suffer. Four years ago his behavior started to decrease in school. Yet we still had many hard days and calls from the teacher. Things seemed to slowly get better by the end of fourth grade. He learned how to play the drums. He was getting good grades, and we could see that he could function well in an inclusive setting for the long term. We started to really hope. Last month he stood strong at his first IEP meeting. I was nervous for him but he did it. We discussed his challenges but we also discussed his strengths. The reading teacher complimented him on his independence and hard work. His pre-algebra teacher told me she wished all students were like him. For the first time in his life, he is able to do his science and math homework by himself. In fact, many days, he has his homework com