My son has been having his best year ever at school. He is in 5th grade now and I had the first parent-teacher meeting last week. I was so thrilled to see he had 80 and 90% plus in all areas with the exception of reading comprehension. And his spelling is not great but they are not starting him off with any modification like they did last year. In fourth grade he was able to do the third grade words with tips. Now he has jumped to fifth grade words without yet mastering the 4th grade list. I did have him study the 4th grade list over the summer but I think he still needs to have a modification there this year and the teachers seem open to that if he doesn’t improve in the next week or so.
I feel very fortunate with my son attending the school he is in now. Even though AZ is at the bottom of the barrel education wise, he does seem to have a set of educators that care about him. Perhaps it is his sweet and kind nature at school. As long as he has taken his meds he is not bouncing off the walls although he does still have his fidgetiness and sometimes his attention span is an issue but they seem to be able to pull him back in.
I received an email today from the local Autism society on something I hadn’t seen before – at least it is not in my array of saved sites for resources so I thought I would share it. It’s regarding the Response to Intervention Research, the RTI Action Network. Here is the synopsis of the email I received and the link to the site. Would love to get any feedback on this.
“Before making decisions, is your school able to show you your child’s response to their interventions (RTI) on academics and behavior?
Where should your child’s intervention fall? Within Tier 1, Tier 2 or Tier 3?
Great articles on this state-of-the-art model that seeks to leave No Learning-Style Left Behind:”
Wed, Sep 22, 2010
Asperger's Syndrome