Summer School

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 attacks, but never had seen it him act that way with a peer.

The next day I got a phone call from the nurse wanting to let me know about an incident that occurred in class & not to be alarmed when I came to get him from school today.(Did I mention I was the school bus driver for Summer School). I panicked a little to be honest, he had never been hurt by another kid before & I was being warned that it looked much worse than it was.

This is what I saw as my Bubba was walked out to me by the school nurse. The little boy who he hit with the spoon yesterday, they were playing at the LEGO wall something happened & my son's head was slammed into the LEGO wall. The teachers handled it & decided that when the played together that they were going to be watched much closer to make sure nothing escalated. 

Poor Bubba :(

At the end of the program Bubba reached the goals that were set for him & overall did well.

I learned a few things though with this experience; one was that I need to understand the system a whole lot better; two was that I need to learn how to ask questions & get the answers.