Ethan

Well, we had a meeting yesterday at school with the principal, Ethan's 3 teachers, and the adhd/ sensory issue specialist. The principal is still refusing to implement a 504 which legally gives Ethan some extra help, but they did pretty much decide to give me everything I asked for to help him and a few extra things. He will have access to Success which is where the adhd specialist works- she will help him clean out his folder, making sure stuff goes where it is supposed to go. He will also get access to a motor lab that has a trampoline and some other things, if he is really fidgety and needs to get his 'crazies' out. LOL! I don't know that he will use that much though- at school this year he is VERY quiet and VERY shy :( mostly he has problems with focusing.
Right now he has such low self esteem and has no good friend at school- lots on our street though, but that doesn't help him at school. They are going to give him a 'buddy' in all his classrooms that is focused- this kids is going to be helping Ethan remember to turn his papers in, remind him to do his work when he is off in his own little world, and will hopefully end up playing with him at recess. I was very happy that they all seemed concerned about the no friend thing- I think having a friend will help his self esteem a ton!!!
His math teacher also said that if she notices him looking off to the distance and fidgeting alot, it is because he doesn't understand what is going on, so she has to finish explaining to the class and then go re-explain to Ethan. I am SO glad that she has noticed this because Ethan will NOT ask for help, and she knows that too. He absolutely will not do anything that will draw attention to himself. School Ethan is SO different from Home Ethan!!
His homeroom teacher is really concerned that he won't pass the 'big' test next week on writing, but I think he will do okay- they have been tutoring him alot, and we have been making him write alot at home too.
Aslo- the ADHD specialist is going to be working with Ethan to be able to listen to his body and know when he is in need of extra stimulation and do something about it so that he is able to pay attention to what he needs to do. She just got back from a seminar about this new technique and is excited to try it out on him. I am really happy that they have a specialist like her- not many schools have those, I don't think!