Hi Regina,
How have things been at your house???  It's gotten chaotic here...
but that's when I thrive the best! 
Cory's IEP was last week... they held part of it without me... which
was just fine, since it went the way I would have suggested.
The rest of the IEP will be held the end of the month.
This is what was decided:
Cory will be placed in an individualized academic program...  with
an expectancy of 80% accuracy. He is capable of this. Which means he will
have to try a little harder to concentrate. There will be intense focus
on his fine motor skills.... primarily printing. He is still all over the
page... even when it is lined. There has been a new reward/incentive
program set up, which he seems to respond to well.
The aide will be using the (???) B.F. Skinner model for pro-social
behavior. I will be getting more  information about this one.
The school wants Cory's psychiatrist to do academic testing again. He was
last tested at 4 years old, but there has been alot of development since
then.
There wasn't anything that I wouldn't have agreed to.... but they also
know I need to sign the IEP... so this is all just a precursor to the
meeting later this month. It is by no means is complete... they just
want to see how much I will agree to.
I'll let you know how that meeting goes.
Take care,
Desiree
... No sense being pessimistic. It wouldn't work anyway.
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MARK PROBERT (On 13 Apr 97) was overheard expounding to BOB MOYLAN
 MP> I instructed Josh to tell the teacher this:
 MP>  I am afraid to stay in your class as you have given so-and-so
 MP> notice that being a sneak is OK, and that he can do it to me again.
 MP> Your first responsibility to a student is to provide a safe learning
 MP> environment.
 MP> He then goes to the Principal's office until the end of the period. He
 MP> only had to do it once to each teacher.
 Noted and filed, with thanks, for future reference.  Not really
 feasible for an elementary student.
 MP> I have just learned that the school district is providing twenty hours
 MP> of teacher training in classroom management for ADHDers. The
 MP> instructor is Barry McNamara, Ph. D. professor of psych at Dowling
 MP> College in Oakdale, NY and an author of a book on ADHD. And my Friday
 MP> lunch buddy. You would like him. No nonsense, kid oriented, a real
 MP> WYSIWYG type of guy.
 Locally they are still using a 2 hour video and showing it in 15 min
 segments during weekly faculty meetings... most of them still just
 don't get it.
 MP> I suggested that they hire him for training two years ago BEFORE Josh
 MP> started school. He graduates in June. Just in time for someone else.
 Closing the barn door...??
... I Swear I had a good one...
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