Normal is BORING!

We had an end of the year PPT to discuss how Bubba was doing in class, how services were going with his speech & language pathologist. We found out that his SLP was retiring, he would have a new teacher. He was making progress with her, his teacher & para were helping him cope and effectively communicate. We discussed the plan for next year how many days a week he would be going & what session morning or afternoon.  Bubba qualified for the extended year program from PreK after his introduction period to school. Extended School Year Program a.k.a. Summer School was not what I expected. There was a little boy who did not get along with Bubba, both of them struggling with speech & communication not a great mix. One day I received a phone call letting me know that my son had hit this boy with a spoon on his forehead and gave him an egg. I felt so bad for that little boy & couldn't believe that my kid actually hit another kid. I was used to it with his panic...

Bubba was identified as developmentally delayed, deemed eligible for Special Education PreK he would receive speech & language services. After the PPT Bubba would go to school the following week, 3 days a week receiving Speech & Language services 1 hour a week! I was shocked & excited this meant that he would be going to PreK3 twice. Bubba was always good about me leaving him places he wasn't kid who had a fit when I left. I knew that is was going to be amazing for him to have to learn to communicate with other people not just me. I was terrified that he was going to flip out in the classroom when he couldn't tell them what he wanted or if he was put into a situation that he wasn't comfortable with. There were other concerns beside the delay in speech, Bubba didn't like a lot of things & not a no thank you I'm not fond of that; I mean a full blown panic attack sometimes being combative. There was a window though of how far you could push him ...

The Beast was scheduled for his BAER Test in August, thankfully there was a cancellation and we were able to get in a month sooner. The waiting is the worst part! When you have answers you can find tools to work through whatever may come at you, but having assumptions & what ifs ugh they just suck. You can't really do anything except guess at what might work.... The staff is amazing; very comforting and helpful with the explanation of the anesthesia what they were going to do to him. The thing that I honestly adore about CCMC is the fact that they observed him in the room while we chatted and had a good understanding of his personality.  I just love that they got that The Beast just isn't a kid that you are going to reason with, especially if it is something he doesn't want to do! You kind of just have to muscle through it even though it can be stressful. They administered him a medicine that made his a loopy and wobbly; put some...