I knew from the get go this was going to be a make or break year for Liam. He cruised through last 2 years on his charm but this teacher is all business and old school vs the more hand holding and I was ok with that because I do feel we need a gage on how he really is doing BUT I am having an issue with middle ground. Now we didn't have annual meeting until end of October ok ASSUMED some things were cleared up...guess this is my mistake ASSUMING teacher reads his record BEFORE school starts to know he is learning disabled and has interventions only to find out at IEP meeting those werent being put in place. OK ASSUMED teacher just didn't know and now she does but he still isn't getting his straws. He was chewing no eating pencils in 1st grade he can't have gum because of teeth issus so we decided on coffee stirs I even offered to bring them in. He has been oral since birth yes a habbit that should have been broken but as OT points out its also about self focus, so when he is trying to concentrate he would chew things, also makes sense. So now giving her