Wednesday, 18 June 2008

• Moving on

  Today was the Moving On ceremony at my oldest son's school.  Unfortunately we arrived a bit late because my husband had to do a consult in the morning at the hospital...drat those chief residents who keep him there even though technically he finished last Friday and graduated.  We missed the singing part, but at least the four of us got to see him "graduate".  His teacher decorated these white gowns with their names and made a cap out of blue construction paper.  She went to an awful lot of work, she and her assistants.  There was a little photo album from his first day of school to the final week of school and a certificate of accomplishment.  Our son has blossomed in the 6 months that he was in school.  He's talking much better, he's more confident, and more affectionate.  I was skeptical back in July when we were told that putting him in school full time would be the best thing for him.  It was a long process to get him special ed., 5 months to be exact.  The evaluations by that so called doctor said that he was in less than the 1st percentile for his age were devastating to us because we knew that B was just having a hard day.  Fortunately at the IEP meeting, the people saw our son and said, no, this is a very normal 3 year old boy who just needs some help with his speech.  The first week of school was really traumatic, as was getting him on the bus for the first time.  It's been worth it, though.  B is zipping around on his bike and playing chase with other children his age and older.  We sing together "You are my sunshine".  We are hopeful that he will continue to improve in his social interactions and speech and that when the time comes for him to start kindergarten, he will be where he should be. 

  I commented to my husband that the teachers and teacher assistants have a lot of patience to do what they are doing.  He said, I think that the special ed. teachers get paid a lot of money, though.  I just shook my head.  B's teacher and her assistants put a lot of work into making the moving on ceremony nice and I am amazed by how creative they are with the art projects that my son brings home.  That's not for the money, that's coming from a desire to help children "be all that they can be".

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