Hi,
All year I have been trying to get DS5's school to see him, know him, meet him where he is. This has not been incredibly successful. We have gotten a little bit but not where I think DS should be and I do think that I am viewed as "that parent". I keep thinking that there is something else that the school could/should be doing.
At the end of the last P/T conference, where they told me that even though DS5 did extremely good on the end 1st grade math test and into 2nd he had no actual understanding of math, the math coordinator offered me a subscription to DreamBox. DreamBox is an adaptive math curriculum program. DS loves to play it! I have been allowing/encouraging him partly because I know that they can follow his progress. I was hoping that they would start to see what I see. It's been going great and last night he started the 3rd grade curriculum. I was excited, he was proving himself, he was progressing, and then I freaked. If DS5 is progressing through, rather quickly at the moment, 3rd grade math in K where is that going to leave him next year and the year after, etc.
This started out as me wanting the best for DS. I felt everything was doable if they would just listen to me and put in a little effort. Last night reality set in and it scared me. What can reasonably be done for DS? Where will he be in a couple of years? Are there really any accommodations that will work for him? Will he have peers and age group friends or will he never really fit in anywhere? Do I stop him now so maybe this won't actually be such an issue? Am I doing him a dis-service by encouraging and facilitating him?
I just have so many questions and concerns now.
