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<blockquote data-quote="Ktllc" data-source="post: 582756" data-attributes="member: 11847"><p>I thought I would let you know how things went today... sorry if it is not super organized but I have a lot going on. But I'm hanging there! I promiss, if not you will see a "vent thread" pretty soon. haha</p><p>3 people were there: resouce teacher (tarvels between schools), K. teacher and Special Education teacher at the school (fultime with- one class of spec. ed. I believe).</p><p>Resource teacher showed me all the areas that would be tested, her few notes when she observed V. Her notes were all pretty positive "hard working" "attentive" "social" "polite and freindly", etc... which I am not surprised. It is all true. I did not comment on her small comments about his good social skills. She cannot possibly know his true difficulties by just a couple observation. Theu have the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis on file.</p><p>The K teacher then checked numerous boxes for areas she feels he needs to be tested. Everything in Math and reading, some in general living skills (social and safety concerns), some in Occupational Therapist (OT) area (writing, copying, transitioning,etc..) and some in emotional/behavior (high activity level, distractabilty, following directions, social understanding and more).</p><p>I agreed to it.</p><p>I also had to sign a form that stated that V is at risk of being retained. I wrote that I did not agree to it but my signature meant that I agknowledge receipt. K- teacher said that she does not think retaining is good for V but that the form was mandatory procedure. It does not mean that V will be retained.</p><p>The resource teacher asked a few questions about why V works on blue paper and about his over lay. I explained about Irlen sysndrom (who and how he got tested) but also explained that it is NOT a magic bullet or even the only cause of his issues. It one small extra help. The sped teacher than started pitching in with "oh, so he has a diagnosis". the other 2 say yes.</p><p>I thought her comment was a bit off, so I clarified that Irlen syndrom was by no mean the main diagnosis. V has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p><p>Gosh, you should have seen her face and eyes! Fro that point she became REALLY active in the meeting. It was all business. She even apologized ahead of time in case things come back as only being "developpmentally delays". She says it is just the way the school categorizes issues until they are 8. I thought she tried to imply that she knows that it can be frustrating to hear when one knows that a child does not grow out of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD).</p><p>All in all, I don't think there are much to do or say until I get the results. They added testing for visual perception integration at my request.</p><p>They confirmed that we won't meet until end of April, their agenda is overbooked...</p><p>Wait and see I suppose.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ktllc, post: 582756, member: 11847"] I thought I would let you know how things went today... sorry if it is not super organized but I have a lot going on. But I'm hanging there! I promiss, if not you will see a "vent thread" pretty soon. haha 3 people were there: resouce teacher (tarvels between schools), K. teacher and Special Education teacher at the school (fultime with- one class of spec. ed. I believe). Resource teacher showed me all the areas that would be tested, her few notes when she observed V. Her notes were all pretty positive "hard working" "attentive" "social" "polite and freindly", etc... which I am not surprised. It is all true. I did not comment on her small comments about his good social skills. She cannot possibly know his true difficulties by just a couple observation. Theu have the Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) diagnosis on file. The K teacher then checked numerous boxes for areas she feels he needs to be tested. Everything in Math and reading, some in general living skills (social and safety concerns), some in Occupational Therapist (OT) area (writing, copying, transitioning,etc..) and some in emotional/behavior (high activity level, distractabilty, following directions, social understanding and more). I agreed to it. I also had to sign a form that stated that V is at risk of being retained. I wrote that I did not agree to it but my signature meant that I agknowledge receipt. K- teacher said that she does not think retaining is good for V but that the form was mandatory procedure. It does not mean that V will be retained. The resource teacher asked a few questions about why V works on blue paper and about his over lay. I explained about Irlen sysndrom (who and how he got tested) but also explained that it is NOT a magic bullet or even the only cause of his issues. It one small extra help. The sped teacher than started pitching in with "oh, so he has a diagnosis". the other 2 say yes. I thought her comment was a bit off, so I clarified that Irlen syndrom was by no mean the main diagnosis. V has Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). Gosh, you should have seen her face and eyes! Fro that point she became REALLY active in the meeting. It was all business. She even apologized ahead of time in case things come back as only being "developpmentally delays". She says it is just the way the school categorizes issues until they are 8. I thought she tried to imply that she knows that it can be frustrating to hear when one knows that a child does not grow out of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). All in all, I don't think there are much to do or say until I get the results. They added testing for visual perception integration at my request. They confirmed that we won't meet until end of April, their agenda is overbooked... Wait and see I suppose. [/QUOTE]
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