And things are going fine. I'm constantly amazed at how wonderful this school is. Nothing is perfect, but they work with us, which is awesome.
Z's moving on to 2nd grade next year. We have a tentative placement for him, which can change but I think they will try very hard with getting him in with this teacher. They seemed to be preparing us for the changes-Z is going to be going at a different pace with different lessons (though still in the classroom). It sounds like the differences between him and his classmates are going to be growing in the coming years. It's tough to think about, and I'm sure it is going to be even tougher to face but that's the way things go.
They think he may need some PT since he can't bend over and touch his toes; teacher/aide think his back/stomach muscles are tight and he needs some sort of stretching routine. He had core strength issues when he was younger, but I had thought he was caught up by now. It's not as difficult to hear some of this stuff as it use to be. I'm either numb or getting accustomed to it or just too damn tired (I'm on the road again and am hoping to be home later).
On the bittersweet side, his ST is pretty happy about some progress he has made with respect to emotions. I'm not sure what the technique is called, but she has him draw pictures of faces with emotions and then has him write how he is feeling and why. Either today or yesterday he told her he was mad because mom was gone. So, two thumbs up for communication, two shots of tequila for mom to deal with the guilt. I hope travel for work goes down soon (three trips in 2 weeks). I know traveling is part of my job, but I want to stay local for a month or so if I can (except for that vacation trip, of course since he will be with me).
His new meds seem to be going well, but we still haven't gotten anywhere near full dosage, so we wouldn't expect to see any changes anytime soon.
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Z's moving on to 2nd grade next year. We have a tentative placement for him, which can change but I think they will try very hard with getting him in with this teacher. They seemed to be preparing us for the changes-Z is going to be going at a different pace with different lessons (though still in the classroom). It sounds like the differences between him and his classmates are going to be growing in the coming years. It's tough to think about, and I'm sure it is going to be even tougher to face but that's the way things go.
They think he may need some PT since he can't bend over and touch his toes; teacher/aide think his back/stomach muscles are tight and he needs some sort of stretching routine. He had core strength issues when he was younger, but I had thought he was caught up by now. It's not as difficult to hear some of this stuff as it use to be. I'm either numb or getting accustomed to it or just too damn tired (I'm on the road again and am hoping to be home later).
On the bittersweet side, his ST is pretty happy about some progress he has made with respect to emotions. I'm not sure what the technique is called, but she has him draw pictures of faces with emotions and then has him write how he is feeling and why. Either today or yesterday he told her he was mad because mom was gone. So, two thumbs up for communication, two shots of tequila for mom to deal with the guilt. I hope travel for work goes down soon (three trips in 2 weeks). I know traveling is part of my job, but I want to stay local for a month or so if I can (except for that vacation trip, of course since he will be with me).
His new meds seem to be going well, but we still haven't gotten anywhere near full dosage, so we wouldn't expect to see any changes anytime soon.
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