V's therapist advised me to arrange a shorter school day for V. I explained how his anxiety was up the roof in the morning, how he cried he need to see Ms. T (therapist) righ away, not in a week and how he was when he came home after school. Basically, he keeps it somewhat together at school, but at a high cost for him and our family.
It has been a week thathe does not go full time and I believe I already see some progress in his behavior.
After I reassured him that I would pick him up after lunch, he did not even cried when I left! He was sad, said bye a 100 times but no tears or screaming.
It is a little soon to draw conclusions but I feel good in my decision.
I have actually been looking into homeschooling for next year. I am not decided on that but I want to explore the option.
Does anyone know the curriculum "Oak meadow"? It is Waldorf inspired and seems like a good method for V: slow paced, very hands on, delayed academics until 2nd grade.
We will see the devel. pediatrician. in November and proceed with genetic testing like he had advised us a few months back. Then, we weren't ready. I'm scared but I think any infomation is good even if we are already doing everything to help him. The more I look at V, his issues, etc. The more I believe Fragile X syndrome might be his problem (he does some physical characteristic).
He is not retarded, but both husband and I realize that our little guy is not as brilliant as we thought he was.... He actually seems to be stalling. He does have a great personality but he just does not comprehend a lot.
Sometimes, I want to tell him "wake up!", although I know it would not help.
To me, sensory processing disorder (SPD) and potential Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) does not seem to explain everything. husband also think there is more to it but we are doing everything we can and I should not worry so much. How does he do that? not worry? LOL
husband goes to me: hope for the best but be ready for the worst, it's all we can do...
It has been a week thathe does not go full time and I believe I already see some progress in his behavior.
After I reassured him that I would pick him up after lunch, he did not even cried when I left! He was sad, said bye a 100 times but no tears or screaming.
It is a little soon to draw conclusions but I feel good in my decision.
I have actually been looking into homeschooling for next year. I am not decided on that but I want to explore the option.
Does anyone know the curriculum "Oak meadow"? It is Waldorf inspired and seems like a good method for V: slow paced, very hands on, delayed academics until 2nd grade.
We will see the devel. pediatrician. in November and proceed with genetic testing like he had advised us a few months back. Then, we weren't ready. I'm scared but I think any infomation is good even if we are already doing everything to help him. The more I look at V, his issues, etc. The more I believe Fragile X syndrome might be his problem (he does some physical characteristic).
He is not retarded, but both husband and I realize that our little guy is not as brilliant as we thought he was.... He actually seems to be stalling. He does have a great personality but he just does not comprehend a lot.
Sometimes, I want to tell him "wake up!", although I know it would not help.
To me, sensory processing disorder (SPD) and potential Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) does not seem to explain everything. husband also think there is more to it but we are doing everything we can and I should not worry so much. How does he do that? not worry? LOL
husband goes to me: hope for the best but be ready for the worst, it's all we can do...