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Meeting today at difficult child 2's new middle school
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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 273595" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Well the meeting went VERY well. School counselor, psychologist and speech/language specialist were there, and the GATE coordinator/science teacher stopped in briefly.</p><p> </p><p>They'd already spoke to our current school psychiatric and got the low down on him it seems. But they were very happy to take my copy of his IEP, my introduction letter and my IEP overview that had all his test scores and grades, areas of strength/deficiency, etc. They'll be making copies to give to all his teachers, so I'm glad to not have to do that.</p><p> </p><p>He's going to be placed in a type of RSP class at the end of the day where they'll work with him on organization, time management, etc. -- all those executive function skills he needs so much help with. They'll also use that time to pull him out once a week for the social skills work he's been doing. This way it doesn't impact any of his core classes. It means he gets one less elective, but oh well! We can worry about electives later in the year or next year if he can remain stable and get his act together.</p><p> </p><p>They felt it was good that we were wanting to have him repeat his pre-algebra class, based on how much he has struggled with it this year. And they also thought it was good that I'm having him take a math class over the summer.</p><p> </p><p>Sounds like the teachers are all flexible with homework, etc. as long as we are up front and communicate with them. I have NO problem with that! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> We were told that they have many GATE kids on the spectrum (difficult child 2 isn't but at one point they thought he had Asperger signs -- I wonder if the school is not convinced that he's not.... whatever!) so the teachers are good at watching for behavior signs and relaying that back to parents and support staff. I was very impressed.</p><p> </p><p>He goes back next week to take a math placement test. We're going to shoot for the last week in August (before school starts) to have his IEP meeting and get all the teachers on board.</p><p> </p><p>I feel really, really good about this school. Everyone seemed to understand where we were coming from and they were positive and welcoming. Very different from difficult child 1's middle school (glad we're not sending difficult child 2 there).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 273595, member: 3444"] Well the meeting went VERY well. School counselor, psychologist and speech/language specialist were there, and the GATE coordinator/science teacher stopped in briefly. They'd already spoke to our current school psychiatric and got the low down on him it seems. But they were very happy to take my copy of his IEP, my introduction letter and my IEP overview that had all his test scores and grades, areas of strength/deficiency, etc. They'll be making copies to give to all his teachers, so I'm glad to not have to do that. He's going to be placed in a type of RSP class at the end of the day where they'll work with him on organization, time management, etc. -- all those executive function skills he needs so much help with. They'll also use that time to pull him out once a week for the social skills work he's been doing. This way it doesn't impact any of his core classes. It means he gets one less elective, but oh well! We can worry about electives later in the year or next year if he can remain stable and get his act together. They felt it was good that we were wanting to have him repeat his pre-algebra class, based on how much he has struggled with it this year. And they also thought it was good that I'm having him take a math class over the summer. Sounds like the teachers are all flexible with homework, etc. as long as we are up front and communicate with them. I have NO problem with that! :D We were told that they have many GATE kids on the spectrum (difficult child 2 isn't but at one point they thought he had Asperger signs -- I wonder if the school is not convinced that he's not.... whatever!) so the teachers are good at watching for behavior signs and relaying that back to parents and support staff. I was very impressed. He goes back next week to take a math placement test. We're going to shoot for the last week in August (before school starts) to have his IEP meeting and get all the teachers on board. I feel really, really good about this school. Everyone seemed to understand where we were coming from and they were positive and welcoming. Very different from difficult child 1's middle school (glad we're not sending difficult child 2 there). [/QUOTE]
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