The first student which teaching him was challenging for me was Ahmad. Ahmad, an 11 years old boy who was in grade 4 last year. I couldn't have him speak or even smile, it was pretty frustrating to me at the beginning. But with time, I found a way, I discovered something he adores "basketball".
One day I asked students what they want to be in the future, Ahmad's answer was a basketball player. So, I glued a picture of a basketball player on the back of his chair. And after a while and a lot of attention and care I managed to build a good relation with him and made him feel secured.
Ahmad changed completely academically and socially, he was improving rapidly. I was very happy and content with the results.
After succeeding in communicating with Ahmad, he started sharing with me all of his bad experience with other special ed centers, teachers and even his peers. It was really a bad experience which shows how ignorant they are. And for the centers he told me about, they were messy and the most important thing is that their main concern was money.
After two months of hard work, Ahmad was able to read and write. He improved a lot and surprised his parents after they were desperate and thought that their kid will never improve.
I am convinced that there is no stupid child and or a child who does not have different capacities, just we should focus on the children' abilities and interests and not neglect or ignore them.
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