How has the last year or so been for you and your child?
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Just curious if you find that you're just treading water or if things are getting easier in the school system?
I "think" we are on the road to getting a diagnosis for our son. We've always appreciated his different-ness, but because his problems aren't loud or attention-seeking (either directly or indirectly) I think things have been missed all along the way.
At this point, I will use whatever tool I can find to help him, he is 12yrs old, in 6th grade, does very well in school, but his worst day is horrible and his best day is "resigned to being miserable". Those aren't HIS words, but mine ... and I cannot live another moment with having "resigned to being miserable" as the best possible outcome of the day.
He won't make noise for himself, but I will .... possibly there's a name for his uniqueness .... at the very least, it would explain some things to his teachers and get them to stop telling us "he'll grow out of it".
Just wondering if you have found the school system a constant struggle or does it get easier or better with time?
Thanks!
Eric is getting 2 sessions of pt and 2 sessions of ot. and now we are seeing if the speech is starting.
John is just fabulous. The other kids have to catch up to him now. Too smart for words. Oh I am bias. We are going to see if we can get him into therapy for social reasons. We are paying for speech just for social reasons. I think he is fabulous though. But you can't have enough social skills. I need more social skills myself.
Take John a long time to finish homework but he is a science math kid and that is typical for perfectionist kids. I try to tell him to go for the 80 but my husband the engineer doesn't encourage him to go for the 80.
I really think B+ is good enough and 110 will give you a heart attack. Enough is enough. There is too thin and too pretty and too perfect. It is fourth grade. Go and enjoy your life.
Hi Harlena,
You may recall my similar descriptions of daily misery last year. Another mom told me of her decision to not just let it go with her son but intervene. He is now in highschool. She couldn't stand her child miserable on a daily basis. She took him out and homeschooled. She left her other child in school where she was thriving. Both have thrived in different settings - wonderful example for me.
We are homeschooling this year (check out some of my home school posts earlier this fall and winter). What a great decision - not always perfect but I can honestly say our worst days are better than the best days in school last year. Many days of happy kid. Also its interesting for our whole family. We still have all sorts of logistical problems but its working for today.
Linda
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