Long few weeks! Spent some time in the Dells, had J's parent/teacher conference, lots of doctor's appointments and just general driving around craziness!
Parent/teacher conferences went really well. His special ed teacher and K teacher are very happy with all that J is doing. He's starting to read/match sight words, put numbers in order and match rhyming words. I never thought I'd see the days when he would do any of that! He's also doing a great job interacting with peers, but needs some help to stay with the group and not wander off.
The only issue is the fire drill. One happened while J was in PT and since then, he hasn't wanted to go back into the PT room and now it's starting to effect him wanting to go to school at all. His team and I have come up with some strategies for him, so we'll see if any of them work. Poor guy cries and clings to me when I drop him off, all because he's terrified there might be a fire drill.
Jackson has met with the special needs clinic (officially discharged!) and had a feeding session with Behavioral Psych and speech. We're trying to get him to try a wider variety of foods. He's not happy about it, but he's now eating toast with Sunbutter on a regular basis.
Special needs clinic referred us to the Developmental Clinic, although I can't get a straight answer from them about what exactly J will be going there for. So, now I'm waiting for a call back next week.
Monday, J has his endoscopy. ENT said they don't need a repeat bronch, and dental didn't return GI's calls (go figure), so we'll be seeing them separately in Dec. Think good thoughts; I'm always worried about the aftermath.
J's adaptive Phy Ed teacher called last night and wants to start taking J with a small group to the Y for swimming on Wednesday ams. Yay! J loves Mr. S so much, he talks about his non-stop. This guy must be a miracle worker if he can get J to kick a ball in order to get a reward of running up the hill behind the school. My child kicked a ball and wants to run? Up a hill no less? Go for it!
Object du Jour: J is currently running around the house with a clear plastic bucket over his head, giggling like a fool.
2 comments:
I've never commented before but I have a suggestion to help alleviate his fear of fire drills. Have the school secretary call whatever room he's in when there's going to be a drill so his teacher can warn him one is coming & prepare him.
I was an elementary school secretary for 25 years and this is what we always did for our CI (cognitively impaired) kids.
Hope this suggestion helps. :)
Thanks for the suggestion! I found out that it's written in his IEP that he's supposed to be removed before the drills happen and they weren't doing it. So, hopefully they will be taking him out in the future.
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