Nora started her new school. We are finishing up week 2. It's going well. My only complaint is that I was very used to open and constant communication from her previous program. I do not have that right now, however this is very new so I am hoping things will change. I can imagine it's stressful being a new teacher, in a new school, during a global pandemic. I'm trying to be patient.
Schedule:
So Nora goes Thursday and Friday to school. 9-2. She goes right in, pretty happy. Which is good. She cried a lot for about a month when she started school last year. I bought a lap top so we can do the "remote learning" on the off days. She does great- gets right up to the table, does the task that's expected and she goes on her merry way. It's usually a quick video and a question. But that's perfect for her...her attention span is limited. So I am proud and pleased that she will sit at the table to do "school work" for at least 5-15 minutes every night. The teacher does not post much on the google classroom. Also hoping she adds more once the school year gets going. On Mondays she goes to an Educational Playgroup ran by an Occupational Therapist. Her daddy brings her there. It's a half day. Week 1 of that went pretty well. We are waiting on The Kelberman Center to get ahold of us so we can schedule her ABA Therapy. I am hoping we can do that Wednesday as I am off. So then Tuesday will be her "day off." We'll see.
So here's my issue/drama of the week: I open Nora's school folder last night. There's a form I need to sign. It went on about how because it's hybrid, kids will most likely not receive all of their therapies in person. So I had to sign whether or not I would accept "virtual learning" for her. I immediately wanted to cry. For most of the previous school year Nora did Virtual Learning. It was a nightmare. She got nothing from it. By the end we were both often in tears. So we tried two weeks of summer school and withdrew. She doesn't understand. She gets frustrated and shuts down. When I toured this fucking program I was told she would get her therapies at school every day. So now two weeks in, I find that that was a lie. I know a couple other Autism families and their kids are getting all of their therapies at their programs, even though it's a hybrid schedule. You know, me. I expressed myself quite clearly at the bottom of that form. Fuck virtual learning. My kid deserves the therapies her IEP states she needs.
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