Eibbed- yes, this is the first time dh went. If nothing else it shows he is concerned too. Since school has started I have wanted to get the teacher (and school) to help my ds be challenged. My dh keep saying this is a process, we'll have to keep working on it. Yet, as ds attitude toward school is getting more negative and the lessons are too easy and unstimulating; dh is starting to really worry too.
I agree that I did not see anything positive out of the meeting. The teacher I think doesnt want to be bothered. She tries to give me enough to pacify me.
I have talked to ds about slowing down and/ or advocating; but what is being asked is too many times over- he's done.ds is a pleaser kid, and really doesn't want to rock the boat with his teacher (I actually wonder if he's afraid of her vs. respect). Though I will keep discussing. (I know I had similar problems- of going too fast, but it was mostly ok because I survived in school through memorization.) either way if you, as the teacher, know he knows the material, is ready for more, and the child is disrupting the class; why not find him something more???
Btw, Eibbed, I saw you post about your son wanting only to write minimally- shortening name etc. I have seen some of that with ds (last year he could barely write his name). It's frustrating, because if he dictated the vocabulary and sentence structure is more rich (my ds also only wants to write words he can spell easily.) I try to do some activities, story writing, with only 3-5 sentences/ day. I know this is being worked on in school too, so I am trying to be patient.
Fun times ahead. Guess I'll get working on calling the neuropsychologist and go from there.
Is this the first time that your DH has gone? I remember that you have had several P/T conferences in that past and nothing that you really mention here strikes me as "setting up for the next meeting". It seems like stonewalling.