Stella Johnson
Active Member
Sorry I don't contribute much these days. I still lurk occassionally just to keep up. This has been a busy year for us. I finally found a job back in December. The job is going great and I love it there. I have awesome insurance now that really helps with difficult child.
difficult child is still difficult child. She is making progress though. Puberty is upon us. I'm ready to ship her off to a convent. lol (I miss the smilies we used to have. I still haven't figured out how to use them since it was "upgraded")
She has started getting hives. It has happened at least 5 times since January. They keep getting infected because she scratches so much. She has had allergy testing. She is allergic to EVERYTHING outside. So now she's on zyrtec and zantac daily plus steroids when they are really bad. Steroids and my difficult child are a nightmare.
I tried to find a private school for difficult child for Junior high. She doesn't fit in anywhere. She's either too far behind in school or too high functioning for other schools. The low functioning schools are willing to take her but I think it defeats the purpose to do that and pay through the nose for it.
I applied to a charter school for difficult child but still have not heard from them. Not sure it is the right fit for her anyway. They don't specialize in special needs.
I hired a tutor that comes twice a week during the school year. I will probably increase it for the summer. difficult child is doing really well with him. She seems to really thrive with one on one attention.
We have an IEP meeting Thursday and the tutor is coming with me. (He's also a teacher)
He has a list of ideas for goals and things for difficult child.
I am terrified to send difficult child to junior high. She is still very immature for her age even though puberty is already here. She only has one friend this year. He's a great little boy. He's so patient with difficult child. He sits with her every day at lunch. The girls torment her and make fun of her.
difficult child seems to always point out that she can't read to the kids. Then they make fun of her for it. I don't know why she tells them. It's like she wants them to torment her about it.
Last year we were in our community pool in our subdivision. A girl was talking to her and they were running around the pool.Out of the blue difficult child decides to tell her she can't read....then the girl and other kids start making fun of her. I just don't get why she does this to herself???
Anyway, this is the short version of our update. :0)
Steph
difficult child is still difficult child. She is making progress though. Puberty is upon us. I'm ready to ship her off to a convent. lol (I miss the smilies we used to have. I still haven't figured out how to use them since it was "upgraded")
She has started getting hives. It has happened at least 5 times since January. They keep getting infected because she scratches so much. She has had allergy testing. She is allergic to EVERYTHING outside. So now she's on zyrtec and zantac daily plus steroids when they are really bad. Steroids and my difficult child are a nightmare.
I tried to find a private school for difficult child for Junior high. She doesn't fit in anywhere. She's either too far behind in school or too high functioning for other schools. The low functioning schools are willing to take her but I think it defeats the purpose to do that and pay through the nose for it.
I applied to a charter school for difficult child but still have not heard from them. Not sure it is the right fit for her anyway. They don't specialize in special needs.
I hired a tutor that comes twice a week during the school year. I will probably increase it for the summer. difficult child is doing really well with him. She seems to really thrive with one on one attention.
We have an IEP meeting Thursday and the tutor is coming with me. (He's also a teacher)
He has a list of ideas for goals and things for difficult child.
I am terrified to send difficult child to junior high. She is still very immature for her age even though puberty is already here. She only has one friend this year. He's a great little boy. He's so patient with difficult child. He sits with her every day at lunch. The girls torment her and make fun of her.
difficult child seems to always point out that she can't read to the kids. Then they make fun of her for it. I don't know why she tells them. It's like she wants them to torment her about it.
Last year we were in our community pool in our subdivision. A girl was talking to her and they were running around the pool.Out of the blue difficult child decides to tell her she can't read....then the girl and other kids start making fun of her. I just don't get why she does this to herself???
Anyway, this is the short version of our update. :0)
Steph