Since the last post, I've kinda been a little bit crazy with calls and setting up appts and meetings to help make this school year be a more positive experience.
I haven't really been posting a whole lot about school and left a lot of 1st grade out. Basically, long story short, 1st grade sucked. Somewhere between kindergarten ending and this point, he's started taking school so seriously, that I don't think he allows himself to enjoy it. If he forgets and talks at the wrong time, or any little bit of pointing out a flaw in the day sets him into a major anxiety fit for me at night. He blames himself for hours and hours about whatever happened, and refuses to accept that everyone makes mistakes.
His therapist is starting to see a lot of the angry and guilt he puts on himself as well, and said it was time to request an IEP to help him handle is school day a little better. So after a long consult with her, I marched into school and flat out said that to the guidance counselor. And I was told "you can't just ask for something like that! There has to be reasons behind it. So I explained again. S L O W L Y. Then I'm told "well he is not showing this issues at school, so we still can't just start an IEP without there being a problem in school." So I went home feeling defeated. Then, the next day I get a call from someone my mom knows. (have I mentioned that she works for the county mental health department?) She briefly mentioned to the lady what I've been dealing with, and how I'm feeling about school and asked if she was able to talk to me. So, basically, I got someone higher than the school, involved. She said I most certainly can request him to have an IEP and she feels that if his evenings are being effected to this extreme, than it is time to get the school aware on a more higher level. She requested me to set up a meeting between his teacher, guidance, and herself. Also to get either a formal letter from the therapist with her diagnosis thoughts, what she witnesses, or see if she can personally be present for the meeting. She could not, but I got an awesome letter from her. I approached the school again, and as soon as I mentioned the name, I magically had a meeting scheduled. Wednesday is the big day.
So, I've been busy trying to sort all that out, and still helping him through his struggles.
I'm at the point that if we can not get anywhere this school year, I'm taking serious consideration into pulling him out and doing the Public Cyber School option our state has. There are so many more social opportunities around here for homeschool students, as apposed to regular school students. And the time frame to participate is so much easier. I'm still trying to avoid that option because he does like school. Or the idea of school. I'm not sure what it is. And I know they can hold his attention so much easier than I can. I just want him to get the help he needs, and to go back to how he was in Kindergarten when he loved school so much, gave his work his all, and had a ton of friends that he was excited to see.
That's it for today. More after the big meeting Wednesday.
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