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<blockquote data-quote="gcvmom" data-source="post: 394557" data-attributes="member: 3444"><p>Dazed, you're right. I do need more info.</p><p> </p><p>DF, he's not so sure about dropping the classes either. I think the therapist wants us to cover our bases for meeting college entrance requirements while easing the burden on difficult child 1 in light of his health issues. </p><p> </p><p>DDD, I have heard less than positive reports about the resource teacher, but that is only from one person. So I'm on the fence about it. difficult child 1 is not sure about it either -- except that I explained it as having a sort of study hall that gives him extra time to get his work done and ask for help if he doesn't understand. I know at difficult child 2's school, his resource teacher will give him extra tutoring or help him get assignments done in class. She also acts as intermediary for the other teachers if difficult child 2 is having a problem. I'm not so sure the teacher at the high school is as responsive.</p><p> </p><p>Hope, you make a good point about the context in which this teacher is seeing difficult child 1. Same goes for the therapist, I suppose. Although on Monday, the teacher did see him on a bad day, when all he could manage was to lay on the couch and read from his textbooks. </p><p> </p><p>At this point, it don't know if he's doing better this latter half of the week because of the reduction in stress, or because of the clonidine we started last week. I'm going to keep up with the clonidine next week, then stop it over the two-week winter break and see what happens.</p><p></p><p>We see the therapist tomorrow and a new GI on Monday. The outcome of those two meetings will help clarify some issues for me. Then I'll follow up with the school or the district to find out about eligibility for sports in an alternative education setting.</p><p> </p><p>The nice thing about the home teacher is she writes all his assignments for him in his planner. She also hand-writes his worksheets and instructions for other types of assignments. She is grading him based on his comprehension of the material rather than having to jump through a bunch of hoops that may not fully demonstrate the depth of his knowledge. I would LOVE for this format to continue the rest of the year!</p><p> </p><p>She did recommend an online school (she just got hired there). It's a free, public charter school that is fully acredited (but so is our district independent study program). I called and they said difficult child 1 would graduate with THEIR students, not his home high school. And that it would be up to his school or district to decide whether or not he'd be allowed to play on his school's sports team. (If he goes through our district program, he can take up to 2 classes at his home campus). But this teacher didn't think he'd get the structure or feedback he needs in our district program. The other school actually has online discussions among students and overall sounds much more interactive.</p><p> </p><p>A lot to chew on...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gcvmom, post: 394557, member: 3444"] Dazed, you're right. I do need more info. DF, he's not so sure about dropping the classes either. I think the therapist wants us to cover our bases for meeting college entrance requirements while easing the burden on difficult child 1 in light of his health issues. DDD, I have heard less than positive reports about the resource teacher, but that is only from one person. So I'm on the fence about it. difficult child 1 is not sure about it either -- except that I explained it as having a sort of study hall that gives him extra time to get his work done and ask for help if he doesn't understand. I know at difficult child 2's school, his resource teacher will give him extra tutoring or help him get assignments done in class. She also acts as intermediary for the other teachers if difficult child 2 is having a problem. I'm not so sure the teacher at the high school is as responsive. Hope, you make a good point about the context in which this teacher is seeing difficult child 1. Same goes for the therapist, I suppose. Although on Monday, the teacher did see him on a bad day, when all he could manage was to lay on the couch and read from his textbooks. At this point, it don't know if he's doing better this latter half of the week because of the reduction in stress, or because of the clonidine we started last week. I'm going to keep up with the clonidine next week, then stop it over the two-week winter break and see what happens. We see the therapist tomorrow and a new GI on Monday. The outcome of those two meetings will help clarify some issues for me. Then I'll follow up with the school or the district to find out about eligibility for sports in an alternative education setting. The nice thing about the home teacher is she writes all his assignments for him in his planner. She also hand-writes his worksheets and instructions for other types of assignments. She is grading him based on his comprehension of the material rather than having to jump through a bunch of hoops that may not fully demonstrate the depth of his knowledge. I would LOVE for this format to continue the rest of the year! She did recommend an online school (she just got hired there). It's a free, public charter school that is fully acredited (but so is our district independent study program). I called and they said difficult child 1 would graduate with THEIR students, not his home high school. And that it would be up to his school or district to decide whether or not he'd be allowed to play on his school's sports team. (If he goes through our district program, he can take up to 2 classes at his home campus). But this teacher didn't think he'd get the structure or feedback he needs in our district program. The other school actually has online discussions among students and overall sounds much more interactive. A lot to chew on... [/QUOTE]
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