Is there anyone out there that can relate?
Probably about half the parents of all the 5-7 yr olds on here
He had a major melt-down today - turned out he had big frustrations with trying to get his ideas down on paper when his hand won't work fast enough and he made
10 mistakes - (but who's counting). I tried the usual everyone makes mistakes - major tantrum - eh? when he calmed down he went on to explain that no-one else in the class made mistakes. He's soaking in the bath now to chill out - then DH and I are going to go over the everyone makes mistakes thing - again.
I know its not as bad as it used to be but I still feel like the only parent to walk into class and get pulled aside about something but I have to say that since he was accelerated it made a huuuuge difference to his behavior and I do think that since being with the older kids it has taught him a lot about how to behave like they do, he acts out a lot less because a) he can see that it is not what they do and b)he doesn't get the negative attention he used to get from the other teachers or kids and c) most importantly he is being challenged (doesn't always like it but...)
His previous school wanted to label him (very keen on Autistic) insisted he be tested then refused to believe he was gifted. Testing was the best thing for us (oh and a change of school) and yes he still has a label but at least it's the right one.
Hugs - Chocolate and wine usually works for me...
