Or at least just support.....
I'm new to this. My son had his assessment done 4 months ago in May and had a FSIQ of 136. He has poor handwriting and the teacher last year thought he was ADHD (he can be a big wiggly in his chair)he's not ADHD, they tested for that as well. He's quiet and doesn't come across as gifted in a group of kids.
Well It's a new school year (grade 3) and I was hopeful for a *good* teacher this time. One that "got" him. I wanted to get things going in the right direction from the begining this year. Well, I met her tonight and she kind of hesitantly looked at me and gave me a sideways looky when she brought up the assessment from last year, almost like she didn't know what she was suppose to do with that. I was so careful with my words because I want to foster a good relationship with the teacher (for my son's benefit). I told her that it's important to me that Matthew is happy in school and he learns how to "work hard" at something. I told her everything has come easily to him. Anyway she basically told me that IPP's are *really* more for kids who are lagging behind in the system and it keeps the teacher responsible to be sure they "keep up" and that we don't really have to do one. Me being the people pleaser that I am said...Oh, okay, sure......UGH. I did manage to say "why don't we see where we are in 4 weeks and decide then?" but I left feeling like my son's potential doesn't matter as much as other children in her class....words of wisdom anyone? How do I proceed? How do I start to develop an IPP to begin with? She kind of said that we would have to come up with some kind of "goal" or extra project for him, and alluded to it being me that has to set those goals.....I feel a bit lost. I hoped she would take the bull by the horns but I guess that was naive of me ???
Now I'm home with a nagging feeling in my gut. I just really don't want to create a bad realationship from the get go by being disgreeable you know? What the heck to do from here?
