at the plate

If you are tired of reading about my back, my husband is tired of listening and I am tired of living it! HA HA! Thursday was a good day, only a bike ride and a Dr. Mike Adjustment. Periods of pain and no pain. Today I run and I can not wait.


Today I also have to go to bat for my son, as we do every single year. He's a kid with some special needs, and he's come a long way. But nonetheless every year we get called into school at about this time, to listen to how bad he is.


In this kid's 8 years of life he has been told how horrible he is by every adult in the academic world. Then we wonder why kids have such trouble in life?


Last year we created an amazing plan and group of strategies with an incredible child psychologist who simply told the teachers "I wish you would all stop provoking this kid." And the same thing is happening again. He'll be called in again.


We didn't change schools but some of the players in the team have changed.


We sat Luc down last night and we reminded him..... we love him. We are always on his side no matter what. That he can always count on us to protect him.


What I will fail to understand is how people within the academic world can have degrees and "experience" in special education and completely fail to ask, understand or even work with a plan that was previously set forth....


This is what I will never understand the most......... these same teachers, these special education teachers consistently ..... consistently........ CONSISTENTLY....... remind these children of what they can not do.


UNTIL A CHILD PSYCHOLOGIST ARRIVED ON THE SCENE........ THEY NEVER TRIED TO BUILD ON WHAT LUC CAN DO.


Frankly it really pisses me off.


Once we build from what he can do....... he succeeds. This is not rocket science everyone. This is a simple concept.


So today Curt and I will sit at the round table as we have done so many times before. They will try to tell me that Luc just bursts out and hits other children. I will tell them he won't do that unless he is provoked. They will smile and shake their heads and tell me he is unprovoked.


God give me the strength to not say BULLSHIT.


I will keep a small checklist of all the negative things that will be said versus the positive things. In fact I can tell you exactly what they are going to say.


I can tell you this..... we bring in this specialist again and he will say the same thing. Stop provoking this kid and build on what he can do instead of continually reminding him of what he can't do.


Simple.


And what happened after that meeting last year???? Luc became the first special education kid to be awarded..... student of the month. Please excuse the hair.... Curt took him to school that day. Blad men feel they don't ahve to brush their son's hair.