tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post4797585329206837499..comments2024-03-24T03:28:37.007-04:00Comments on Life With Joey: The New School WaltzJoeymomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-39471255941462256502010-05-26T17:07:34.118-04:002010-05-26T17:07:34.118-04:00Yes, the whole "We can't turn the school ...Yes, the whole "We can't turn the school system upside down just for <i>your</i> child gets tiring. You know a) it's not just for your child, and b) sorry, it's the law, and your problem, not mine.<br /><br />The above being said, you can only do what you can. For us, it means swimming classes and "camp" over the summer (we are lucky to have a local district that provides an aide at camp for no additional charge-woo hoo!). Summer is also filled with small doses of academics every day, to try and keep what was learned during the previous year, and lay a base for the material coming up in the coming year.<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />JoeClub 166https://www.blogger.com/profile/01816977079856902634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-55396061344626201422010-05-24T16:42:25.721-04:002010-05-24T16:42:25.721-04:00Niksmom
The only person that cares about IQ's...Niksmom<br /><br />The only person that cares about IQ's that I know of is Mr Doherty.<br /><br />The psychometrist, the pediatrician, the special ed guy, everyone... has told me to ignore it and wanted to know "what does he know". The answers for a child of 8.5yrs, and the baby of his Gr 3 class...<br />He reads - Gr 3.5<br />He comprehends - Gr 1.5<br />Math - K<br /><br />Social/Self Help - age 5 to 6.<br /><br />A lot more than an IQ score of 60'ish which is a Dev Level of age 2 to 3.farmwifetwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680758336779501712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-54758472279193870392010-05-24T13:15:57.733-04:002010-05-24T13:15:57.733-04:00FW2, GAHG!! Don't get me started on the evils ...FW2, GAHG!! Don't get me started on the evils of IQ testing for nonverbals. I suspect your younger and my Nik have much in common. Which is why I have great trepidation over returning him to school in the fall. *sigh*Niksmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715465327343655483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-23895775363755298932010-05-24T13:00:23.561-04:002010-05-24T13:00:23.561-04:00Niksmom - thanks for the giggle. Can I blame the h...Niksmom - thanks for the giggle. Can I blame the heat.... I think we missed spring and went straight to summer...<br /><br />Over the years I've had a time explaining my eldest. The current teachers and admin, either weren't in the school or had no interaction with him when he was using 3 word sentences and "code" words "Grandma/Grandpa/white/orange house". Now they see this child - a head shorter than his peers but still in Gr 5 - who does well in school and they don't understand why they are still doing what they are doing.... Yet, if they stop now... we go back in time again.<br /><br />I hope - fingers crossed - to remove all IEP's and dx's at Gr 8. He is doing that well and coming along that quickly.<br /><br />His bro is 100% vocal noise, finger wringing, flapping, barely speaking autistic. Yet.... there's very much a brain in there, and we have the testing to prove it. Which is why the push to go into a slow learners style class, 6 kids (takes 10), 2 EA's (support) and a teacher that listening to her, listening around the village/town, watching the children in her classroom when we went and saw the room.... truly gets "when you meet one child with autism... you meet only one child with autism". And he'll be the only non-verbal autistic in there.<br /><br />Which is why I get annoyed when Harold wants to claim that my son's intelligence is his IQ test... which makes him severly MR.. not the rest of the testing which showed an child who is learning, and holding his own... I am hoping we are one of those that when the child reaches puberty we get words... the psychometrist says if we can get him to talk easier, and catch up his comprehension... Who knows how far he will go. But you have to put in the foundation, before you build the house... Which I hope we are doing.farmwifetwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680758336779501712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-19691679777206777772010-05-24T12:05:36.650-04:002010-05-24T12:05:36.650-04:00Are you able to identify the ways in which the omi...Are you able to identify the ways in which the omission of ESY would directly impact Joey's educational progress? That's going to be the "nut" to crack with school.<br /><br />We, of course, KNOW that it will impact his education/access to FAPE. Maybe that's the ticket...the ACCESS will be lessened bc of impaired social and communication skills. That, in turn, will cause him to fall further behind his peers. No matter what gains he's making, if he's not making them commensurate to his peers they're actually losses. (e.g., if he's a full year behind his peers in whatever area and they all progress a full grade level and he only progresses 1/2 a grade level, he's really behind 1 1/2 levels now.)<br /><br />FW2, your use of "more fully autistic" struck my funny bone. I assume you meant "more obviously autistic?" Kind of like being pregnant, isn't it? You either ARE or ARE NOT; then there's all the shades in between of how far along, etc. It just kind of made me giggle.<br /><br />Glad you've been able to get your boys what they need. I hope Joeymom and I are able to do the same.Niksmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715465327343655483noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-40640093790132180872010-05-24T09:56:14.992-04:002010-05-24T09:56:14.992-04:00Part of the point of the ESY is to have school sch...Part of the point of the ESY is to have school schedule, so home service wouldn't be considered very effective. :P <br /><br />I think part of our frustration is that Joey's communication disorder remains serious, and you'd think by now people would know people with autism need a regular schedule, and that leaving them to flap in the wind for three months is a Bad Idea. But they don't. Or probably more precisely, they don't want to.Joeymomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08254601805621175842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-24985011776997840272010-05-24T07:32:54.412-04:002010-05-24T07:32:54.412-04:00I as of Fri officially have little boy in his new ...I as of Fri officially have little boy in his new classroom.... Except for general crap, his stuff hasn't been too hard to get b/c he is fully autistic.<br /><br />It's the one's like your boys and my eldest... the one's they look at who can walk and talk and say "what do you mean we need to do"...<br /><br />My cut-off seems to be Gr 3 with both of mine. With my eldest, I had the right to call Behavioural Services - without school signing off - and have the room assessed. They don't like that... so, services (Ont PPM 140 - ABA in school's - ie. social and behavioural skills teaching for him) have gone in instead of the "well he's coping", "his academics are average". B/c he's average, even though I had paperwork from the child psych they didn't tell the psychometrist he was autistic, that he had been non-verbal, about his prev difficulties in school... I did... He decided coping wasn't good enough either... neither did the SLP who ran a full speech and language assessment afterwards... Seems we have poor oral/visual recall to go along with a great long term memory... geez, wonder why we have difficuly in English class and do well in Social studies etc...<br /><br />Can you go over heads to the school board?? I did the same at Xmas with younger bro but in his case I called spec ed and triggered his IPRC (identification, placement and review committee...) stuff to move him out.<br /><br />As I told the new teacher at the new school... I expect bumps. It's the lies, the blindsiding, the "we can't do that"... I have no use for anymore.farmwifetwohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02680758336779501712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27817243.post-72047988252716088592010-05-23T22:50:33.715-04:002010-05-23T22:50:33.715-04:00Is there any possibilty of getting *some* ESY with...Is there any possibilty of getting *some* ESY with, maybe, home services? Good luck! Thinking good thoughts for you.Niksmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14715465327343655483noreply@blogger.com