Wednesday, March 26, 2003
Well it's been a long 3 days!! *L* Eric comes home tonight at 11 pm... I haven't gotten much done around here as the boys keep me hopping but the house doesn't look too bad overall, I did manage to get the vaccum to work correctly again by unclogging the hose... Deven is still having some rough days in school but they are ever so slightly getting better - some of his rude, disrespectful behavior concerns me but I wonder if some of it just isn't lack of impulse control... sure we ALL would love to stick our tongue out at someone or shake our fist at them but we have the ability to resist those impulses... Deven doesn't... Atleast the school is willing to work w/us... And we upped the doseage today and will hold at this level for atleast a week and half til our visit with the doc... let's PRAY we see more improvements over the next few days..
I called and requested an IEP meeting as I think Deven needs an aide of his own ESP since his frustrations lead to meltdowns/tantrums that cause him to be removed from the room.. Well the guidance councelor/pyschologist/social worker - whatever exactly she is - called me back today to say they would like to hold off on the meeting for a couple of weeks and give the meds time to kick in... OK I can deal w/that but if I don't start seeing improvements in the amount of times he's removed from the room I am gonna ask for the meeting to be sooner... Although I did learn they are off school Apr 17-25 for Spring Break - EEKS I hadn't realized that... I will give things til the 7th and if I don't see something better I will ask again for the meeting to be held BEFORE the break... in the mean time keeping track of things and we started a new Stars Reward chart yesterday w/Deven... Also the GC/SW whatever and I discussed withholding recess from Deven - I had a REAL problem w/this as Deven NEEDS to burn off energy - and how can you punish him for something he has little to no control over?? The teacher said Deven needs to learn recess is a reward/privledge and the consequences that lead from bad behavior... Ummm in theory YES but Deven has no control over some/most of what she is punishing him for (ie. staying in his seat, sitting still, etc) so how can you punish him for it... The GC agreed w/me and we are gonna work on returning the daily reward system to Deven IN school where he would have to earn XX number of stars/marbles/bugs/etc and get a reward of extra computer time or playing games at the end of each day as well as the weekly individual reward system the teacher does for all the students... We are gonna work on positive reinforcement and not negative... Again let's pray that it all works out...
Well I have to finish a few things, get these overly energetic boys in bed and first run a fast errand - DAMN I hate when I forget to do something while I am out... Til next time...
I called and requested an IEP meeting as I think Deven needs an aide of his own ESP since his frustrations lead to meltdowns/tantrums that cause him to be removed from the room.. Well the guidance councelor/pyschologist/social worker - whatever exactly she is - called me back today to say they would like to hold off on the meeting for a couple of weeks and give the meds time to kick in... OK I can deal w/that but if I don't start seeing improvements in the amount of times he's removed from the room I am gonna ask for the meeting to be sooner... Although I did learn they are off school Apr 17-25 for Spring Break - EEKS I hadn't realized that... I will give things til the 7th and if I don't see something better I will ask again for the meeting to be held BEFORE the break... in the mean time keeping track of things and we started a new Stars Reward chart yesterday w/Deven... Also the GC/SW whatever and I discussed withholding recess from Deven - I had a REAL problem w/this as Deven NEEDS to burn off energy - and how can you punish him for something he has little to no control over?? The teacher said Deven needs to learn recess is a reward/privledge and the consequences that lead from bad behavior... Ummm in theory YES but Deven has no control over some/most of what she is punishing him for (ie. staying in his seat, sitting still, etc) so how can you punish him for it... The GC agreed w/me and we are gonna work on returning the daily reward system to Deven IN school where he would have to earn XX number of stars/marbles/bugs/etc and get a reward of extra computer time or playing games at the end of each day as well as the weekly individual reward system the teacher does for all the students... We are gonna work on positive reinforcement and not negative... Again let's pray that it all works out...
Well I have to finish a few things, get these overly energetic boys in bed and first run a fast errand - DAMN I hate when I forget to do something while I am out... Til next time...
