Reflections

Tomorrow is the day, and I'm rather excited.
So, I decided to sit and write what's been swirling around in my head the past 2 or 3 days...


They have changed up his schedule a little bit, they will now have him come to School at Noon, so that he can partake of Lunch with his peers.

This should be rather interesting!
His teacher (a Mrs. Merilee Hanes, who is always a pleasure to converse with) explained to me that he will always have a choice of either salad bar, or school lunch. And even the school lunch has a few options as well. I think this will be quite the "experiment", as he very often eats very well with his Developmental Therapist, Chelsea, and eats relatively nicely with Daddy keeping a watchful eye.
But not so with me, and this is an area I will continue to work on...
But what I am keen to discover is what foods exactly will he be drawn to in a salad bar?

And the introduction of a Noisy room of lots of kids also enjoying their lunch will probably skew his normal reaction to choosing his own food... I shall be interested indeed to hear how this will turn out!


In other news, too, they actually hired another person, just to help wrangle Clint! I am rather proud of them, I must say... Mrs. Hanes has stated to me too, that Clint is by far the most Hyper child they have. They plan to have him rotate in increments to keep him busy, and will be introducing him into a new Resource Room (Last year, he was only in One-- for the entirety of the time he was there, and nowhere else really, save another building for Occupational Therapy).
At the moment, they will be working with trying to keep him as focused as possible, at this point means moving him quickly from one activity to the next, working with the limited attention span, yet still trying to make school a pleasant experience, all the while the goal being to lengthen these activities little by little, so as to be able to join a regular classroom at some point, even if for only a short period during the day.


Another point I've been pondering is doing extra activities with him at home, perhaps even finding some Home Schooling supplies, so I can do some more school work with him at home. Whilst in the Lobby at Elk's Rehab, I overheard a woman saying she did extra school work with her daughter at home, to help reiterate what was taught in school. Perhaps I'll ask to be indulged with details when I see her again...
I'd have to say, I don't think it would hurt! Besides, at the moment, I don't think Clint sees me in this sort of way, someone who exerts discipline and expects work from him, in all honesty. Would be good for both of us.

The only thing left to decide is what grade level to work with him at home? I think it would be very difficult to expect results from him that you would want from children his age, but he has shown such a leap in his comprehension of reading skills, I wonder what age group he should be placed in.
I've planned on getting his curriculum in a week advance from his school- When I talk with his teacher, Mrs. Hanes-- I'll have to ask her what sort of skills I should be working on at home.


I think this will be enough for the time being... Good to be able to see these ideas in writing...


And I have made a calendar for Clint and I! I need to make little icons for it, so he knows which days his Bus comes. On Weekends, we do tend to get a bit confused and frustrated. And as I was explaining the days of the week, and when School would start, he then proceeded to put on his sandals, grasp my hand and ask for the bus.
Any ideas on how to show him which day is today??! My only thought was having a movable, brightly colored piece of paper that said "TODAY", which would be placed on the day that was, in fact, Today.


So now I'm heading back to bed now. Releasing new thoughts only seems to encourage new ones to be born, and I'm sure they will begin to swim in my head shortly- Probably as I am trying to get back to sleep. C'est la vie.


I will try to get some pictures of Clint on his first day of school,tomorrow! I'm sure he will be very happy to be reunited with the long-absent-but-never-forgotten Bus.