This week was a tough one for this specific mother. My hope is that
TRex will not be limited by any of his past issues. I am thrilled that we
can talk about things, he can tell me about his feelings, he can tell me what
he did in school, etc. However, underneath I know he is still not totally
like other children yet. The doctor had asked me to talk to his teacher
for feedback on how she thinks he is doing.
So I asked her "In your opinion, does he still struggle
compared with his peers in understanding verbal instructions, staying on task,
or in his ability to relate to his peers/make friends?" In my heart
of hearts I already knew the answer but still the answer was depressing anyway.
“I have concerns in the areas that you mentioned. TRex is struggling with understanding verbal
instructions, I usually do not give him more than two commands to follow, I do
have to give him lots of prompts. He is
also struggling in his ability to relate to his peers. I do not have any concerns regarding his
academics – one on one he is great and he knows his stuff. “
On a very positive side, he is very bright and he DOES know his
academics. I had also had correspondence
with the school’s educational lab leader.
She had attended the meeting with the public school teachers who had set
his goals and objectives the previous 18 months. I reviewed with her that TRex had completed
the PPCD program and if he was going to proceed in public school he would have
been discharged to general population kindergarten with only one hour of speech
therapy support. I had made the decision
to continue with private school so that he could delay kindergarten by a year.
After the email exchange with his current teacher, I emailed his PPCD
teachers to see if they had input. They
both said that TRex continues to be a visual learner and can master anything as
long as it is visually modeled. He will
struggle for a while verbal instructions only.
Anyway, with all of the inputs, I was not really looking forward to the
meeting with the doctor. I have seen the
improvements but I wonder sometimes if I
am finding more encouragement in it than is warranted. However, even the educational lab leader said
that he has made much progress.
I was very happy to see the results of the comparison of the two QEEGs. There was remarked improvement but there are
still some red areas – areas that effect verbal processing and logic. This matches up with everybody’s
observations. I was so worried that the
doctor was going to say – everything’s great now, move along. We are moving out targeting the areas that
still need help with 25 more training sessions.
And I am very happy to do so. I am very thankful that they haven't given up on TRex.
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