From one extreme to the next

If you will remember, several years ago, Hannah went thru a very rough patch at school. She was diagnosed with ADD and ultimately we decided to make her repeat 2nd grade, even tho her teacher said she could go on. One of her main problems was her teacher. I stand by that opinion. She never came to me with any problems. I really had to pray about forgiving her and maybe myself for not seeing the issue. It was very hard. I learned 2 things from my mistakes with Hannah (mistakes have to made with one of them, right?!): Don't be afraid to speak your mind and don't wait for the teacher to make the first move.

Well, now 18 months later, we going thru a similar situation with Ryan, yet totally different! At the very first parent/teacher conference, a month into the school year, Ryan's teacher had several complaints about him not listening or following instructions (boy), making lots of noises at his desk(boy, and way to release his energy), getting off track(boy and friends)-just to name a few. She had mentioned wanting to have him tested for focusing issues a few days prior to our meeting so when I went to the P/T conf, I was ready for battle! Maybe not battle, but I prepared to state my case. Long story short, she set up a meeting with the team that works on those cases at the school.

I talked to RYan's speech teacher a few days before the meeting (about speech but we are aquaintances so I asked her opinion) and she advised I go the meeting just to see what it was about, whether we start the process or not. So that meeting was this morning.

I basically told them I had been thru the process less than 2 years ago and I totally believe Hannah has some form of ADD (she is not on medication and doing pretty well this year) but Ryan is totally not like her. He is your typical 6 yr old boy who spends a lot of time sitting in a seat in a classroom with lots of distractions. SO the case is closed unless his grades start to drop or he becomes a real problem in the classroom.

2 years ago, I couldn't get Hannah's teacher to help and Ryan's teacher is going too far, I think! I guess I am glad that his teacher has been in constant communication with me and wants to be safe rather than let it go but I'm letting it go for now!