matika
10-30-2006, 08:27 AM
Hi all.
Well I think the title says it all. After over a year of homeschooling, I have found it lately more and more difficult to homeschool 2 special needs kids. I could do one just fine, but when I turn around to talk to one, the other one goes gets distracted, and so if I turn back, the other one walks away.
Both Joshua and Rachel have still been going to speech therapy and social group at school twice a week. A couple weeks ago when I went to pick The kids up, I asked Rachel, who looked dissapointed to have to go home. I said "Did you like it" she says "Hmmmm, Yeah!" (to cute, lol), then I commented, "well maybe we will think about bringing you back to school next year", to this she replyed when I was not expecting a response "Hmmm, Sure", I stoped and asked her "Do you want to come to school everyday?" she said "Hmmm, Sure". Now remember my daughter is quite non-verbal, so to this, I was surprise especially in public, at home she talks a lot more, especially lately.
Sooo, I had a meeting last week with the school Special needs director and worker and the speech therapist. I was so glad the speech therapist was there, because she just loves Rachel, she advocated for her and said she needs an aid, and she plants to do all this speech work for her, and work with her teachers, etc, etc, and I belive she will too, I was just in chock, so the special ed just sort of back off and pretty much nodded yeah lol, he is a nice person, but to hear this coming from one of his workers seemed more real then If I would of said, Rachel needs an aid, and have to work the guts to do this. Well, I have two IEP's meetings on Wednesday, so please keep me in your prayers. Taking them back to school just makes me so nervous, and at the same time I feel like I am letting them down, but, I also feel I let my kids down when I see the look in their eyes, especially in my son, when he tells me he has no friends and his eyes get all teary :( it is quite sad. So at least this way I feel I get a break, that I need desperately, I am getting so down depressed at life as it is with no break whatsoever, and, I can still be home and help them with homework, sooo, anyways. .... Call this venting, crying on a sholder, failure, life,, I just needed to share, sorry I haven't been much support lately, perhaps things will look up for me and I will see a new prespective in life, or, I will get a job.
matika
Well I think the title says it all. After over a year of homeschooling, I have found it lately more and more difficult to homeschool 2 special needs kids. I could do one just fine, but when I turn around to talk to one, the other one goes gets distracted, and so if I turn back, the other one walks away.
Both Joshua and Rachel have still been going to speech therapy and social group at school twice a week. A couple weeks ago when I went to pick The kids up, I asked Rachel, who looked dissapointed to have to go home. I said "Did you like it" she says "Hmmmm, Yeah!" (to cute, lol), then I commented, "well maybe we will think about bringing you back to school next year", to this she replyed when I was not expecting a response "Hmmm, Sure", I stoped and asked her "Do you want to come to school everyday?" she said "Hmmm, Sure". Now remember my daughter is quite non-verbal, so to this, I was surprise especially in public, at home she talks a lot more, especially lately.
Sooo, I had a meeting last week with the school Special needs director and worker and the speech therapist. I was so glad the speech therapist was there, because she just loves Rachel, she advocated for her and said she needs an aid, and she plants to do all this speech work for her, and work with her teachers, etc, etc, and I belive she will too, I was just in chock, so the special ed just sort of back off and pretty much nodded yeah lol, he is a nice person, but to hear this coming from one of his workers seemed more real then If I would of said, Rachel needs an aid, and have to work the guts to do this. Well, I have two IEP's meetings on Wednesday, so please keep me in your prayers. Taking them back to school just makes me so nervous, and at the same time I feel like I am letting them down, but, I also feel I let my kids down when I see the look in their eyes, especially in my son, when he tells me he has no friends and his eyes get all teary :( it is quite sad. So at least this way I feel I get a break, that I need desperately, I am getting so down depressed at life as it is with no break whatsoever, and, I can still be home and help them with homework, sooo, anyways. .... Call this venting, crying on a sholder, failure, life,, I just needed to share, sorry I haven't been much support lately, perhaps things will look up for me and I will see a new prespective in life, or, I will get a job.
matika