C is about half-way through his neuropsychological evaluation and while I don’t have any results yet, it seems the doctor has already ruled out an Autism Spectrum Disorder. Back in February C’s school sprung on me that they suspected he had Asperger’s syndrome. This really caught me off guard, because I’m familiar with Asperger’s and C [...]
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After not expecting to hear back from our school district until the fall, I was pleasantly surprised to receive a letter last week stating that they agreed to our request for an independent educational evaluation. They sent us a short list of psychologists and neuropsychologists they have worked with and one had been a neuropsychologist [...] Well, tomorrow I take C to the developmental pediatrician. I wonder if we’ll come away with any answers. I kind of wonder what she will be able to determine from a handful of records and an hour-long appointment. Maybe this will at least set us on the right path. It’s amazing how backwards our medical system [...] There is nothing quite like getting your brain in gear with intensive summer classes after being out of the classroom for nearly 6 years. I’ve spent the past week immersed in gifted pedagogy and am just taking a short break before getting back to homework. My goal, at least for now, is to try to get [...] Well, I turned down the job offer. Perhaps if it were closer and paid better, I would have tried to make it work. Right now, though, I feel much more comfortable staying home another year. I’d rather have Z in preschool part-time and have time to pursue some classes myself. Also, I have no idea how [...] I got offered the job I interviewed for not long ago. There are some positive aspects to it, but I still don’t find myself enthusiastic about returning to my old line of work. Also, the job would require a lot of driving and is a rather large pay cut from what I had been making just [...] A few weeks ago the New York Times posted an article about the inaccuracy of preschool IQ tests, in particular in relation to competitive kindergarten admissions in New York. Recently they posted an article about a number of states (including Pennsylvania) that will soon offer testing allowing students to graduate from high school up to two [...] By the time my day is done with the kids and they’re both in bed, I don’t usually have much energy left. I try to catch up on e-mails, write in my blog, then plop in front of the TV, sometimes with a basket of laundry to fold. I’m not very motivated to work, but do [...] Yesterday I mentioned that the head of special education at my district suggested that the IU offers gifted testing to preschoolers much the way it offers evaluations for early intervention. While today was way too hectic (with C home and Z sick) for me to call the IU to get the real scoop, I did spend some [...] I think at times society loses track of what’s really important. We get so caught up in the process that we forget about the end product. For example, C’s teacher insists he does all of the math drills whether he needs them or not. She says it’s required work. To her it’s all about the process. I [...] |
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