story time may be the consequence of a hearing loss, inappropriate reading material, borderline intelligee, fatigue, poor eyesight, or simply needing to go to the toilet. we had a child in our program that, yoknow, had some serious behavioral problems, and i felt that there was a need for an assessnt. i felt thathe child uld be autistic. and, you know, this is obviously a devastating thing for a parent to have to deal with and to accept, and so i dealt with that as compassionately as possible, and it took a long time for the pares of this child to be able to accept that, you know, that this was a reality, first, and that there was a need for the child to be evaluated and to be referred for services. and i also stressed that it was good for the child to be in this program and that it was appropriate and that we cared about this family, both the child and the rent. and so, after a while, ere was this feeling of trust that we established, ich is--something that's very important isstablishing trust wi parents. you know that, yes, you are operating out of concern for my child, and you are not f