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stevenpiziks) wrote2010-11-05 11:01 pm
stevenpiziks) wrote2010-11-05 11:01 pm
Mackie's IEP
Yesterday the school held Mackie's IEP.
It was predictably difficult. While I'm very glad the school assembled a team of seven people to figure out how best to teach Maksim, it's still 90 minutes of hearing how low your kid's IQ is, how poor his reading scores are, how odd his behavior is, and that he probably suffers from depression. I left the session feeling black and blue. You'd think I'd be used to this by now; I've been attending Aran's IEP sessions for seven years. But I don't think you ever get used to it.
So we worked out what strategies Mackie needs at school: resource room time to help him with his reading, extra help on tests, social worker intervention to learn more social skills.
Most parents' files on their kids are filled with report cards and fingerpaintings and book reports with stickers on them. My files are filled with psychological reports, Wechsler scores, and intervention strategies.
And last month Mackie set his bed on fire again. I don't know what to do about this. Find him a therapist, I suppose. The last one didn't seem to do much--he never spoke to Mackie for more than ten or fifteen minutes per session, and he never seemed to attempt any reparative therapy that I saw. I don't know where to begin looking up here in Wherever. Mackie doesn't even have a pediatrician yet.
Hell, I didn't mean for this to turn maudlin. Mackie got an IEP, and that's a good thing. For the rest of his school career, he'll have whatever support he needs.
It was predictably difficult. While I'm very glad the school assembled a team of seven people to figure out how best to teach Maksim, it's still 90 minutes of hearing how low your kid's IQ is, how poor his reading scores are, how odd his behavior is, and that he probably suffers from depression. I left the session feeling black and blue. You'd think I'd be used to this by now; I've been attending Aran's IEP sessions for seven years. But I don't think you ever get used to it.
So we worked out what strategies Mackie needs at school: resource room time to help him with his reading, extra help on tests, social worker intervention to learn more social skills.
Most parents' files on their kids are filled with report cards and fingerpaintings and book reports with stickers on them. My files are filled with psychological reports, Wechsler scores, and intervention strategies.
And last month Mackie set his bed on fire again. I don't know what to do about this. Find him a therapist, I suppose. The last one didn't seem to do much--he never spoke to Mackie for more than ten or fifteen minutes per session, and he never seemed to attempt any reparative therapy that I saw. I don't know where to begin looking up here in Wherever. Mackie doesn't even have a pediatrician yet.
Hell, I didn't mean for this to turn maudlin. Mackie got an IEP, and that's a good thing. For the rest of his school career, he'll have whatever support he needs.