I was reading back and noticed that I didn't mention how good Dominick's School Conference went. We had to rush there because the night before we had been out of town borrowing a truck to help a friend move. We ended up being the only people that showed up and it toke 3 trips.. and 12 hours.. Since we didn't start til 3pm we weren't done til 3am. We had to wait for my Step dad to be off work to borrow his truck. Poor Dominick he was tired and starving and there was nothing to eat at 3 am.. We ended up crashing on the floor getting a couple hours sleep then heading home at 5am. It was better with a little sleep behind me before the drive.
So We got home and went back to bed for a bit. Got up in a fevered lack of sleep rush.. the one you get in when you only have 4 hours of sleep.. well basically 2 2 hour naps.. Or less.. We got to the school about 15 mins early. Dom had a lot more sleep having never woke up even when switching back cars..
So we sat down in front of the teacher.. Dom still eating. And She Read us the report card. They Don't grade in A B C D F they have + or - and E S I E= Excellent, S= Satisfactory Improvement needed... (I might be messing something)I volunteer at the school so She points out when she tests the kids and starts reading his report card. He is getting S- in about every block and the main grading he is getting I. He is in Second Grade and reading at a first grade level. She goes on to say his Math is at 2nd grade level but he rushes though it so much he is still S- and a I overall.. This is disappointing because that was his best subject last year and she doesn't spend near as much time on it as the teacher did last year. On Writing she says he is at grade level but he also rushes though that and he draws more then he writes, also he writes run on sentences and needs to be writing a story now. so it is again a s- and an I. So overall she says she has seen great improvement over the last 2 weeks sense he started new meds. And that He has been doing a lot better but the report card is older then that.
So then we talk with the Teacher that is working and checking him out for IEP Ind. Education Plan. They have been doing testing for a while and Dominick has enjoyed it. I think that is funny. Anyways. She says that is Math is Above Grade level. And that his Reading and Writing are Below. They Also do an IQ test which is 1!02... His Processing Speeding is holding him back at 88. Normal is 100. His Perceptional Reasoning is 112. His Math reading and language are somewhere in between. Anyways his Teacher was impressed. The IEP Teacher says we can set up classes and plans to help him now that we know what is holding him back..
I look at my little Boy. This is the best Report Card he has ever gotten. And his teachers all sounds so hopefully with the future. I say "Dominick this is a great report card and as long and you keep trying hard I think you can have a Fantastic one by the end of the year. and we can Frame it. You think you can keep trying?"
I had tears in my eyes and was so happy when he said yes.