Round 1 IEP’s
I say Round 1 because when I showed up at Rachel’s I learned it had been rescheduled. Nice, huh. I walked in and the teacher is like, “Oh you didn’t get my message!” Well, no sh*@ or I wouldn’t be standing in your classroom. Duh!! She said that she could reschedule it for next Monday or Tuesday. When I told her, “How about neither!” cuz I’m sick of taking off of work for these things, her suggestion was to do it without me. I am soo not comfortable with that idea. I have to admit, I did consider it for a moment. But when that baaad feeling creeps into your stomach…well…yeah. Not only that but I have NEVER missed an IEP and I don’t plan to start now! It was rescheduled for next Tuesday and I will be there.
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Matty’s went really well. It was a transitional IEP. He will head to middle school next year. The new teacher was there. At first I wasn’t too sure about her. She seemed to be stuffy and angry. But once she warmed up she was amazing. She has never worked with fragile x children ~ surprise, surprise! But she has worked with a number of kids of varying degrees. Matty came into the IEP for a few minutes and she worked really well with him.
We didn’t do a lot of new things for next year because he will need to get accustomed to the new school. This is part of the reason that we have him paced in the school. Pacing is where you average the school years over each school. He will probably spend four or five years in mid school compared to the normal three. And four to five years at the high school.
There is so much cool stuff at the mid school that he will love but it’s 9:30 p.m. and I’m brain deaded. But I am excited and only a little nervous about next year.
And my hubby is home from his business trip…woohoo!!!








May 14, 2008 at 6:28 am
I respect you so much. Your kids are so fortunate to have a great mom like you!
May 14, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Yeah I think I would have to agree with you as far as being there for her IEP if you have that gut feeling.
As for Matt thats so awesome he gets to pace through school. Hopefully he will love his middle school though.
Good Luck!!
May 15, 2008 at 9:11 pm
Can you tell me more about the paced thing? My son is in ED (emotionally disabled), and he is also slow at learning. My problem with our school system is that he is not able to do his second grade work and the teacher wants him held back but the Co-op won’t allow it to happen because he was held back in 1st grade already. They are concerned because he will be 10 by the time he leaves the second grade if they did hold him back. So, they are sending him on to third, and I don’t agree. Maybe this pace thing is something I should check into. Thank you…Sheila