I forgot to update
I’m such an idiot. After going on and on the way have about Sebastian and the S3 meeting, I forgot to update on Wednesday night.
It didn’t go too bad. It was us, the teacher, counselor, principal and the teacher for the E.I. room. I got a little freaked when I walked in and the E.I. teacher was there. I thought they were going to try and press us into putting him into that classroom. But basically, it was just a meeting to get everybody on the same page, document what has been going on and just have a roundtable type discussion.
His teacher went over what has been going on in the classroom, we talked about what’s been going on at home and in Prime Time and the counselor went over the results from the Conner’s test. According to the Conner’s, the areas that were borderline/high were Hyperactivity, social problems and restless/impulsiveness.
One of the things that was suggested and that the hubby and I were already talking about was to get Seb into some one-on-one or even family counseling. The EI teacher said that even though Seb doesnt’ seem to be bothered about all these issues he’s been having, maybe he is but he can’t or won’t verbalize it to us. He might actually be feeling a lot of anxiety over the fact that he doesn’t know how to fit in socially, which is causing him to act out. Or he could act out because that’s the only way he feels like he can get attention.
The counselor also suggested starting up a "friendship club" thing for in the classroom, where she’ll come down, grab a handful of kids and they can all talk, play games, hang out and basically have a good time while giving Seb a chance to socialize with some other kids and work on his social skills. We talked aobut how I will be quitting my job and getting Seb into some other activities to help with his socialization as well.
So, like I said, not too bad. They didn’t set up a time for us to meet again, just as needed. Hopefully, things will start changing for the better. January was such an awful month.
