infocrazy
01-11-2013, 10:51 AM
We met with the whole team after the evaluation. He actually scored very well on the testing. I did get the feeling that the tone of the meeting was that there are no issues...now. I think they still actually think there is a lang processing problem but they also noted they he thinks a bit differently. For example, which is different and why? Cow, Chicken, Alligator? The RIGHT answer is Alligator because the other ones are farm animals. DS1's answer was Alligator because it eats meat. Not WRONG, but not the expected answer. He did also show signs of a possible attention issue, but not enough for them to even discuss getting an ADD diagnosis.
However, they did note that he put his head close to the paper so I had his vision checked. The Dr said that he had a VERY minimal far sightedness issue. Not enough that glasses will dramatically improve his vision, but enough that he asked if M had attention issues. The Dr said concentration might be an issue because he had to work a little harder to see clearly which often kids don't have the desire to continue, so they tune out... DH and I don't wear glasses even so this wasn't even on my radar. So we'll try that!
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I am meeting with DS1's teacher and the school education specialist on Wed. We just want to discuss DS1 and some concerns I/teacher have to determine what if anything we need to do to help DS1. We will likely have him evaluated but no one is quite sure for what. Thoughts? Anything I should bring? Ask?
DS1 is 7 and is in second grade at a public school. Half of his class was in a 1/2 split last year and are working ahead, so although he isn't in a true split, it is sort of being treated as such. I do think his teacher is doing a good job, and honestly hope that just exposure to the other work will help him in the future.
Here are my concerns:
1. He is either on or off. At times he is very with it, is attentive, asks questions, does his work quickly and correctly. Other times, he is very dreamy, doesn't do his work, needs many reminders.
2. He "forgets" his stuff a lot, ie lost a library book (completely disappeared and I checked in his desk at school!), forgot to bring home book to study for test today, etc...
3. I need to look more into working memory. He remembers lines from books verbatim, but still calculates math facts every single time. Even for really easy ones. You can almost SEE him thinking.
4. Sometimes it is difficult to follow his line of thought. For example, they did an experiment on how much water is used when washing hands and it was set in the hypothesis/methods/result. He did everything right DOING the experiment but then his conclusion was not to water your grass too long...
5. It really doesn't seem to bother him at all that he is at the bottom of his class.
He is reading at grade level and seems to do well. They have him in remedial reading though since he is behind his class. They say it is mostly because he "robot reads" and they are mostly working on fluency.
He is not a behavior issue and if anything his teacher has to separate him from a few kids because he is TOO helpful to the other kid that he doesn't do his own stuff. He is social, has lots of friends, and is more the kid that is friends/plays with everyone v having a small "group" of buddies.
The strange part is that he has great handwriting and his grades are actually all 90+ (aside from the timed math tests).
So, long story short, any ideas?
However, they did note that he put his head close to the paper so I had his vision checked. The Dr said that he had a VERY minimal far sightedness issue. Not enough that glasses will dramatically improve his vision, but enough that he asked if M had attention issues. The Dr said concentration might be an issue because he had to work a little harder to see clearly which often kids don't have the desire to continue, so they tune out... DH and I don't wear glasses even so this wasn't even on my radar. So we'll try that!
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I am meeting with DS1's teacher and the school education specialist on Wed. We just want to discuss DS1 and some concerns I/teacher have to determine what if anything we need to do to help DS1. We will likely have him evaluated but no one is quite sure for what. Thoughts? Anything I should bring? Ask?
DS1 is 7 and is in second grade at a public school. Half of his class was in a 1/2 split last year and are working ahead, so although he isn't in a true split, it is sort of being treated as such. I do think his teacher is doing a good job, and honestly hope that just exposure to the other work will help him in the future.
Here are my concerns:
1. He is either on or off. At times he is very with it, is attentive, asks questions, does his work quickly and correctly. Other times, he is very dreamy, doesn't do his work, needs many reminders.
2. He "forgets" his stuff a lot, ie lost a library book (completely disappeared and I checked in his desk at school!), forgot to bring home book to study for test today, etc...
3. I need to look more into working memory. He remembers lines from books verbatim, but still calculates math facts every single time. Even for really easy ones. You can almost SEE him thinking.
4. Sometimes it is difficult to follow his line of thought. For example, they did an experiment on how much water is used when washing hands and it was set in the hypothesis/methods/result. He did everything right DOING the experiment but then his conclusion was not to water your grass too long...
5. It really doesn't seem to bother him at all that he is at the bottom of his class.
He is reading at grade level and seems to do well. They have him in remedial reading though since he is behind his class. They say it is mostly because he "robot reads" and they are mostly working on fluency.
He is not a behavior issue and if anything his teacher has to separate him from a few kids because he is TOO helpful to the other kid that he doesn't do his own stuff. He is social, has lots of friends, and is more the kid that is friends/plays with everyone v having a small "group" of buddies.
The strange part is that he has great handwriting and his grades are actually all 90+ (aside from the timed math tests).
So, long story short, any ideas?