Mostly good conference w/teacher
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| Fri, 10-05-2007 - 3:21pm |
Yesterday was Conference Day at Henry's school. I was torn about requesting a conference because I really didn't think there was anything we needed to discuss right now, *but* since the school is testing him per my request, I thought they might wonder if I was a nutcase if I didn't request a conference.
Anyway, Henry's teacher bragged on him a bit, showed me his test scores, said that he was starting to act out a bit now that he is more comfortable in there. She showed me his current grades which are fine.
She told me (for the zillionth time) how she hates for children to be "labeled" plus she went off on a tangent about how people look stuff up online and come up with all sorts of diagnoses--so basically telling me that I was finding stuff online to label my kid with autism. That's where the eyeroll comes in. Ugh. I tuned her out.
I had some concerns with Henry's new (and first-time-ever) "best friend" because Henry keeps coming home every single day and telling me something rude that JD said or did. Or that he got in trouble because he was doing the same thing JD was doing. Mrs. Brown said she'd separate them in class at least.
I don't want to dislike her because she is the best teacher for Henry--very structured, very loving, predictable. She will not tolerate her students being disruptive or rowdy, and she really gets the students interested in the subjects.
She really didn't have many recommendations for me at home--except the usual read every day.
Oops! I almost forgot she told me that she had been warned that she was getting Henry in her class because of certain issues and that she had dealt with children like him before, so she was expecting someone much different. She was pleasantly surprised. I guess that's good but I'm not sure what was making her dread him so much. I never said he was a bad kid.
Anyway, that was our conference.


Robin I would of been put off by her statement too.
For the people who say dumb stuff about hating when other people look up diagnosis online, I've just started agreeing with them. I say something like, "You are so right! I've seen so many people who mis-use the internet, but it's been our saving grace since that's what got us on the right track to getting proper treatment for my kids. I find that I DO have to sift through a lot of junk to find the good info, but there really is a wealth of information available if you do proper research."
I'm glad your ds teacher is pleasantly surprised to find she enjoys your, but it's too bad she has to phrase everything so negatively to make you feel badly. I hope she continues to be a good teacher for your ds.