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<blockquote data-quote="HaoZi" data-source="post: 389388"><p>Morning ladies. Going to try the once a day dosing in the morning today since bedtime dosing was such a fail. Got about 30 minutes before I drag her up for that. Went to her school's Veteran's Day program yesterday and realize all over again how small she is compared to her peers, even counting for the fact that her birthday falls close the school year deadline so she's the youngest in her class. Also realized if I can't find her in that crowd by her looks or her clothes, all I have to do is watch for the fidgeting. Constant clothing adjustment, side to side rocking/fidgeting, etc. </p><p></p><p>Since her report card came home at the end of last month and showed such a difference between reading ability and reading comprehension she's really lost her love of reading. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite3" alt=":(" title="Frown :(" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":(" /> I'm not even sure if she sees the connection of any of it, but I do. Hopefully her new glasses will be in soon and maybe that will spur her back into it, but it might not since her book order just got in and even though she really wanted these books when I ordered them she hasn't even looked at the back covers, let alone opened them. One she didn't even bring home, says she's reading it at school (might be true, it's an account of shark attacks and with her marine biology obsession and morbid humor she may actually read that one). The other books I got her are the start of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, so I'm hoping when the movie comes out on DVD that might get her to read those.</p><p>I heard from the local ARC advocate yesterday, she was about to go out of town for a week (was packing when she called, lol) but wanted to let me know she had gotten the message and to see if there was any emergency situation an advocate was needed for, and if not we'll set up a meeting when she gets back. Yay! Being as the district hasn't screened kiddo yet I didn't consider it a big deal to wait a week for a meeting.</p><p>I bugged the school again early this week about her testing and inquired about an IEE if I didn't think they were going to screen her for enough things that *I* see in her (she is mini-me, after all), and the school has been really good about working with kiddo's case manager (she goes into the school once a week I think, and kiddo's therapist sees her at school every other week as well as in-office), and they're ALL pushing at psychiatrist to give kiddo that referral to a specialist, preferably before the IEP meeting so that every possible support can be in place from the beginning. After seeing so many horror stories here about SD's that fight against IEPs, I am once again very grateful that this small community is the one we chose to move to after Katrina. This is the principal's 2nd year at her school, and she has experience with Special Education kids AND gifted kids, I think this makes a big difference, too. One of kiddo's current reinforcements in place now is that she gets to help out in the office when she does well (yes, they started doing this kind of stuff for her as soon as she returned from the psychiatric hospital) and she loves helping out in the office.</p><p>Finally Friday, hope it goes smoothly for everyone!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HaoZi, post: 389388"] Morning ladies. Going to try the once a day dosing in the morning today since bedtime dosing was such a fail. Got about 30 minutes before I drag her up for that. Went to her school's Veteran's Day program yesterday and realize all over again how small she is compared to her peers, even counting for the fact that her birthday falls close the school year deadline so she's the youngest in her class. Also realized if I can't find her in that crowd by her looks or her clothes, all I have to do is watch for the fidgeting. Constant clothing adjustment, side to side rocking/fidgeting, etc. Since her report card came home at the end of last month and showed such a difference between reading ability and reading comprehension she's really lost her love of reading. :( I'm not even sure if she sees the connection of any of it, but I do. Hopefully her new glasses will be in soon and maybe that will spur her back into it, but it might not since her book order just got in and even though she really wanted these books when I ordered them she hasn't even looked at the back covers, let alone opened them. One she didn't even bring home, says she's reading it at school (might be true, it's an account of shark attacks and with her marine biology obsession and morbid humor she may actually read that one). The other books I got her are the start of the Guardians of Ga'Hoole series, so I'm hoping when the movie comes out on DVD that might get her to read those. I heard from the local ARC advocate yesterday, she was about to go out of town for a week (was packing when she called, lol) but wanted to let me know she had gotten the message and to see if there was any emergency situation an advocate was needed for, and if not we'll set up a meeting when she gets back. Yay! Being as the district hasn't screened kiddo yet I didn't consider it a big deal to wait a week for a meeting. I bugged the school again early this week about her testing and inquired about an IEE if I didn't think they were going to screen her for enough things that *I* see in her (she is mini-me, after all), and the school has been really good about working with kiddo's case manager (she goes into the school once a week I think, and kiddo's therapist sees her at school every other week as well as in-office), and they're ALL pushing at psychiatrist to give kiddo that referral to a specialist, preferably before the IEP meeting so that every possible support can be in place from the beginning. After seeing so many horror stories here about SD's that fight against IEPs, I am once again very grateful that this small community is the one we chose to move to after Katrina. This is the principal's 2nd year at her school, and she has experience with Special Education kids AND gifted kids, I think this makes a big difference, too. One of kiddo's current reinforcements in place now is that she gets to help out in the office when she does well (yes, they started doing this kind of stuff for her as soon as she returned from the psychiatric hospital) and she loves helping out in the office. Finally Friday, hope it goes smoothly for everyone! [/QUOTE]
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