Could really use some advise
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 9:59 am
School started back here three days ago. My son, is now in 6th grade Jr. High. For the last few years he has been in the Hope Class, smaller class for children with learning disablities, such as Autism. And my son has a form of Autism, he inherited it from me. He has only been in school now for a few days and he is hearing that the class he is in from other kids is the retarded class. Me and him had a talk yesterday, he really wants out of the class and be in all the regular classes with the other kids. He says he knows he has to work harder and he will. He really excells in some areas and does better then most kids, then there are areas he really has a hard time. He does take two regulars classes with all the other kids, but he doesn't realize he will need this other class to help him keep up with the other kids.
See it's not that he can't do that work, it's more of keeping up, He needs to be able to do it at his on pace, trying to take in everything from all the other classes. I know he will not be able to, his grades from prevous years is going to take a major drop most likely. A couple of years ago before entering into the smaller class, he was going through anxiety attacks on a daily basis just getting started cause he was not able to keep up with the other kids. When we got him into a smaller class and he was able to go more at his own pace, we all watched him really take on a change and was able to do the work. He wasn't able to say his abc's all the way through till he was in the fourth grade. Still today he has to go back and correct himself on that. He is really wanting out of this class, and i'm willing but, i know he needs this class and not sure how to explain it to him.
Remember when i went into jr. high and i didn't have the help i did in elementary and keeping up with all the other kids, wasn't able too. Went from A's, B's and C's to almost straight F's. Begin hanging around the wrong crowd, eventually was expelled and then eventually dropped out of school, never made it pass the 9th grade. Reckon in the back of my mind he may take the same road. He has a chance to have the help he needs, but at same time, he seeing himself as someone that is going to be looked down and being retarded by all the other kids for being in this smaller class.
I need a way to explain to him that he needs this class, without telling him that he can't do it the other way. Talked to the distract office this morning and we are setting up an IEP meeting to talk about it in a week or two. Really could use some advise.
Thank you and Lord Bless you all
See it's not that he can't do that work, it's more of keeping up, He needs to be able to do it at his on pace, trying to take in everything from all the other classes. I know he will not be able to, his grades from prevous years is going to take a major drop most likely. A couple of years ago before entering into the smaller class, he was going through anxiety attacks on a daily basis just getting started cause he was not able to keep up with the other kids. When we got him into a smaller class and he was able to go more at his own pace, we all watched him really take on a change and was able to do the work. He wasn't able to say his abc's all the way through till he was in the fourth grade. Still today he has to go back and correct himself on that. He is really wanting out of this class, and i'm willing but, i know he needs this class and not sure how to explain it to him.
Remember when i went into jr. high and i didn't have the help i did in elementary and keeping up with all the other kids, wasn't able too. Went from A's, B's and C's to almost straight F's. Begin hanging around the wrong crowd, eventually was expelled and then eventually dropped out of school, never made it pass the 9th grade. Reckon in the back of my mind he may take the same road. He has a chance to have the help he needs, but at same time, he seeing himself as someone that is going to be looked down and being retarded by all the other kids for being in this smaller class.
I need a way to explain to him that he needs this class, without telling him that he can't do it the other way. Talked to the distract office this morning and we are setting up an IEP meeting to talk about it in a week or two. Really could use some advise.
Thank you and Lord Bless you all