Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Spring Break
We have been on Spring Break for 4 days. The first day was cleaning and organizing the house for a guest. The second and third day we went and had day trips to Chicago. We visited the Alder Planitarium and the next day Navy Pier. May I say my boys were well behaved and fun. Yes they were. We had a friend of mine join us and he was amazed at how well they did together. In the beginning he had the kids reversed and over a few hours figured out which child needed added help. He loved watching Brandon tie his shoe. He had to make it exact on each string and if it would not meet exactly he would pull one side up higher to meet the other string. He could not believe how OCD my little guy could be. But I must say they were both very well behaved and sweet and well could of used a bit more manners but did good. Josh would complain to my friend because he smelled like smoke and smoking was bad for you. Josh got a bit dramatic over it but he made his point quite clear to my friend.
Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Dealing with FAS/ ADHD
You know it is pretty sad when you celebrate the fact that your child is acting up at school. But that is how I felt. Brandon is becoming more distracted and it is getting exhausting and tiresome to deal with, for homework, getting ready, going to bed and I could go on. Now his teacher is starting to have trouble with this.
However, his teacher is noticing the oddity of Brandon. There are not bad but there are days he needs more one on one and direction and when you teach over 25 kids that can become difficult. But he is a really good teacher to catch Brandon in what he needs. His biggest fear is that if Brandon gets a teacher that yells or won't worry about the FAS piece that this teacher will think that Brandon is not doing his work and is being defiant and difficult and not the FAS. They will shift his workload on to his one on one and lose time set aside for math or they will send it home in homework or he will fail. This is scarey because Brandon will be lost and more confused and have more homework or resources that he really won't need. Now this is scarey and yet this is good.
The school is seeing Brandon's handicap and how it will affect in life. How he needs special services but unfortunately cannot be met because of restriction within the school system. They added a line that states due to the FAS the syndrome is becoming more apparent as he is getting older. They are planning on more difficulties and they want to make everyone aware of them now. He will need certain services that are not offered at all but are needed. They are trying to do the best that they can.
It is getting harder to see that Brandon is more immature than his peers however, there are some similar to him at school. It is hard to see him get upset that he has to upset the whole household to make us aware, it doesn't ahve to be so extreme. There are new struggles that we deal with as a family and hopefully they get better or easier to cope with so you don't feel you are constantly struggling.
However, his teacher is noticing the oddity of Brandon. There are not bad but there are days he needs more one on one and direction and when you teach over 25 kids that can become difficult. But he is a really good teacher to catch Brandon in what he needs. His biggest fear is that if Brandon gets a teacher that yells or won't worry about the FAS piece that this teacher will think that Brandon is not doing his work and is being defiant and difficult and not the FAS. They will shift his workload on to his one on one and lose time set aside for math or they will send it home in homework or he will fail. This is scarey because Brandon will be lost and more confused and have more homework or resources that he really won't need. Now this is scarey and yet this is good.
The school is seeing Brandon's handicap and how it will affect in life. How he needs special services but unfortunately cannot be met because of restriction within the school system. They added a line that states due to the FAS the syndrome is becoming more apparent as he is getting older. They are planning on more difficulties and they want to make everyone aware of them now. He will need certain services that are not offered at all but are needed. They are trying to do the best that they can.
It is getting harder to see that Brandon is more immature than his peers however, there are some similar to him at school. It is hard to see him get upset that he has to upset the whole household to make us aware, it doesn't ahve to be so extreme. There are new struggles that we deal with as a family and hopefully they get better or easier to cope with so you don't feel you are constantly struggling.
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