Today was Christophers PTC with his teacher and one of his therapists. I was expecting a bad report at first because I was recently told that Chris is going to be demoted to a 6:1:1 class from an 8:1:1 class. I thought his academic teacher wasn’t giving Chris the support he needed and because of that, he was regressing. I was going to let her have it! I was expecting to hear he’s not progressing with the rest of the class, that he doesn’t participate because of his behaviour. I know how Chris is at home so that’s why I was expecting to hear such things.
Instead I heard so many good things!
His academic teacher told me he is adored by all his teachers, and his Speech therapist told me that he is doing well. His Speech therapist is getting him to use a system on a tablet to get him to communicate. At first I didn’t think that was good for him because I don’t want him to rely on it and not use his words, but I realized since the system says the word for him, he could possibly learn to speak from it. She said he’s discriminating between certain things like letters and “more” which makes me very proud. I know his favorite letter is “b”.
Once she left his academic teacher spoke again and I asked her if his crying is getting in the way of his learning. Christopher weeps, sobs, and violently cries and screams sometimes even when nobody has done anything to him. She told me how she handles it and I thought she was so great for helping him that way. She said that they do process of elimination, like check his diaper and so on, and of everything checks out, she takes him for a walk around the cafeteria and washes his face and hands an gives him water. As you know, she doesn’t have to do that because she has other students so I really appreciate her for that and I verbally expressed that to her.
She also mentioned how Chris is doing so well in Math and Reading. I am extremely proud of him. I went on to tell her that at home he doesn’t want to do homework or show interest in his verbal monotization app, that he just grabs his tablet and stays on it all day until he goes to bed. And I also expressed how shocked I was to hear such a good report about him.
She went on to say that in an 8:1:1 class they work in a large group and then small groups, but in a 6:1:1 class he would get more one to one which is what he really needs. She mentioned so many good things about Chris is class. I was filled with so much joy to hear such things. But of course we went over the time limit and ith a to end. I expressed my gratitude towards her and that she’s doing a great job.
I did learn something today, that Christopher is a good student and that he’s getting all the help he needs and if a smaller class is what is best for him, than that is going to happen for him.
Shiny Red Apples 🍎 