Yippeee..one hurdle over and ten million more to come! We finished the assessment and the K teacher said that he more than qualifies for first grade - she said the only thing that was clear was that he had a motor control issue....ie: his dyspraxia. She also voiced a concern about the proper placement....his Woodcock Johnson shows him reading at the end of Second Grade and math at middle of second grade and she said he mastered all of the K skill testing...so I am jus SO worried about what the outcome of all of this will be.... So they had us move onto the registration table to finish the process...DS6 was a saint because after 30 minutes of testing he was thrown into a mess of about 150 families all screaming and running around in the school's lunch room and he held himself together pretty darn well but was just on the edge of losing it sensory wise...I was SO proud of him....when we went up to the first grade table to drop off his paperwork the only really annoying thing is that they had already placed him into a classroom - I told the school very much up front that teacher placement was going to be a big discussion and would either make or break him and that I wanted to sit down and be able to discuss it before a decision was made...and of course the teacher they placed him with is a no nonsense, never smile teacher...over the last 2 years of us going in for speech and OT to this school, I would sit for my one hour 2 times a week in the lobby and watch all the K and 1st grade classes go by and this teacher honestly never seemed to crack a smile or speak nicely to the kids...and my heart sank in my chest when she said he was placed in her class. First off, I was just mad that they had made a placement when they knew that I wanted to sit down and weigh all the options and then second, why do they think that children that are "out of the norm" need no-nonsense, strict, you do it my way or else teachers????? This would be the WORST scenario for my child... he needs an easy going, understanding and patient teacher that knows how to work with out of the box children.....I have no clue what to do about it.
....I have to go back later after my husband comes home to finish the paperwork because honestly the insane noise and mayhem was trying my last nerve (I was SOOOOO proud my little guy held it together as well as he did) so I have no idea if I should seek out the principal and state my concerns or what....I have a meeting with our advocate tomorrow concerning his IEP and I am hoping she can help us with this as well....oh well...one down and more to come!
Have no clue what to do next...she also looked totally disgusted when she saw that DS6 was just starting to get overwhelmed...we all know the "look" that people give children.
