Mom asks Richardson ISD classmates to help make non-verbal son's new school transition smooth

When Aidan Wise started kindergarten 2-years ago at Greenwood Hills Elementary School in Richardson, his mom worried.

"As the parent of a disabled child, there's a lot to worry about," Beth Wise said."So when he started school, we wanted to make sure he had a placement where he was going to be able to move at his own pace and have enough support that he can be challenged.""I really wanted him to have friendships with his peers, but I know that can be a challenge because he doesn't move the same way that other kids move.

Greenwood Hills is one of 4 Richardson ISD schools that will close at the end of this school year. Aidan learns in a self-contained special education classroom, but he is also integrated in some classes with his general education classmates. They will transfer to a different school than Aidan next year.So Wise is asking Aidan's classmates to write letters and send videos, encouraging his new classmates at his new school to be his new friends.

"Everybody loves him, so he'll make new friends and he'll keep the ones he's made here as well," SpEd teacher Cynthia Shamblin said."Everybody has a need and want to belong...so I think it helps them grow as well."lottery

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