“Back to School” are words that often strike terror (or at least high levels of anxiety) into my life. We have had so many ups and downs with school, especially at the beginning of the year, that I dread re-entering the limbo period of school hours where I work and run errands and such not knowing whether the end of the day will find me in heaven or in hell.
And yet, every year I somehow find a bit of hope – hope that this teacher will get him and be patient with his needs while also seeing the ways in which he could excel.
We went for a classroom visit on Friday and was pleased to find that his desk was ready, almost all of the visual supports were in place, and the teacher was familiar with the IEP. Such a relief, especially compared to some previous years. By all accounts, she runs a highly-structured class without yelling at the kids (as some others have been reported to do).
I was also impressed that Michael’s break spot is actually the same spot that she has used for years with the entire class. Any student can request a break, and she has even used break cards for students who seemed to need the visual/physical cue for it.
All that remains is to get him there on Monday morning and hand him over once again.
I'm a mom with Asperger's raising an amazing son with autism, which means I'm basically the case manager/advocate/cheerleader/chauffeur. The rest of the time, you can usually find me with my nose in a book!
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I am totally getting this book
Sunds awesome
Love your new look
How did today go?? I know it’s only 8am but I thought about this post and thought I’d better ask now or I would forget before the end of the day.
We don’t go back until Tues after Labour Day. Not expecting any difficulties – except at the homeschool we now have a Principal who was the VP 2yrs ago and created many a mess for us. Shouldn’t be a problem with the eldest, the younger is in a different school now in special ed so he’s not there anymore.
Best of luck!!