Need Encouragment
Posted: Fri Feb 16, 2007 3:30 pm
Hello everyone:
I see that my previous posts are still near the top, so I'll give a little update...
We started officially homeschooling last week using a preschool program book called Little Hands to Heaven. Since my son Jairus is nearly six, but still attending daycare two mornings a week, and according to a psych-ed assessment is functioning at a 2-3 year old level, I thought he and my 3.5 year old daughter would be working around the same level. Not so much. My daughter picks everything up immediately, can answer all the scripted questions and does all the activities with ease (ok, her cutting on a curve could use some practice).
Jairus on the other hand is 'getting' relatively little of what's going on. He can do actions and make some verbalizations during the fingerplays, can cut only straight lines (like a weed wacker), and pays an abysmally small amount of attention to any stories or talking times. He actually seems to be closer to my 21 month old (which is ironically where his speech is assessed at). The only bright point is that he is recognizing letters, both from a Leap Pad Letters DVD, and the letter work we've done this unit (Letter A, started B today). He can say those letter sounds.
I just don't know if this is best for him. I don't know what he'd be doing in the school system, but I'm feeling really lost. His speech therapy will be cut off the end of next month. Despite contacting the HSLDA, the board of ed, conferencing with his SLP and OT, etc....no answer has been found other than 'get private therapy'. This is financially impossible. The only other program that I feel would benefit him is a specialty speech school about 1/2 an hour away from us, but they won't take him unless he's toilet trained---which he's not. We've been working harder than ever before the last few weeks on this, but there's just no comprehension there.
I'm both excited that we finally started the program, encouraged by my daughters' work, but sooo discouraged with my sons'. I wish I knew why he was like this---there's just no answers. I despair for his future.
I see that my previous posts are still near the top, so I'll give a little update...
We started officially homeschooling last week using a preschool program book called Little Hands to Heaven. Since my son Jairus is nearly six, but still attending daycare two mornings a week, and according to a psych-ed assessment is functioning at a 2-3 year old level, I thought he and my 3.5 year old daughter would be working around the same level. Not so much. My daughter picks everything up immediately, can answer all the scripted questions and does all the activities with ease (ok, her cutting on a curve could use some practice).
Jairus on the other hand is 'getting' relatively little of what's going on. He can do actions and make some verbalizations during the fingerplays, can cut only straight lines (like a weed wacker), and pays an abysmally small amount of attention to any stories or talking times. He actually seems to be closer to my 21 month old (which is ironically where his speech is assessed at). The only bright point is that he is recognizing letters, both from a Leap Pad Letters DVD, and the letter work we've done this unit (Letter A, started B today). He can say those letter sounds.
I just don't know if this is best for him. I don't know what he'd be doing in the school system, but I'm feeling really lost. His speech therapy will be cut off the end of next month. Despite contacting the HSLDA, the board of ed, conferencing with his SLP and OT, etc....no answer has been found other than 'get private therapy'. This is financially impossible. The only other program that I feel would benefit him is a specialty speech school about 1/2 an hour away from us, but they won't take him unless he's toilet trained---which he's not. We've been working harder than ever before the last few weeks on this, but there's just no comprehension there.
I'm both excited that we finally started the program, encouraged by my daughters' work, but sooo discouraged with my sons'. I wish I knew why he was like this---there's just no answers. I despair for his future.