We had Nick's IEP today. Everyone says that he has transitioned very well. He also is not the most immature student on the team....that surprised me. He's had a few bumps in the road. He was in tears twice when he was tardy and the two fire drills have not gone well.
I'm not surprised about the tears with being tardy. One of the tardies was caused by his binder falling apart. The other was caused by him staying and working on something. No big deal...to us. HUGE deal to him. If the rule is, "no tardies", then Nick can not be tardy. He's such a rule follower, sometimes to a fault. (On the good side, he won't drink until he is 21.) The teacher assured him that he was ok, but he just got himself all worked up.
The difficulty with the fire drills surprises me. By 5th grade, he was handling fire drills very well. For the first fire drill they allowed him to go outside early with one of the aides. I'm not sure that was a great idea. When they warned him about the next one, he perseverated on was when he was going to leave early with the aide.
We did drop his SSD academic lab. He had a class every day with a SSD teacher that gave him structured time to work on homework. We decided that with all the support he receives at home, that he could complete his homework at home. It's so nice to drop services. It means that he is making great progress.
This meeting again reinforced our decision to hold Nick back in the 2nd grade.
