We started nursery school this week. From what I was told, DS did well both days.
However, my ILs noticed that both days in the afternoon, when he returned to their care, he had issues. He was having inconsolable meltdowns, and even moreso, he is fighting again about wearing clothes.
I don't know if it has to do with holding in anxiety at school to "be good", a change in routine, or something else.........
In addition, we also started the district based evaluations this week.
We met with the child psych today. She was very honest that they can't really diagnosis a child with anything until around 7 or 8 because each day they are seen at this age, they can present differently.
She did however say that from the start, she noticed he has a lot of problems focusing and sitting still. The speech therapist who saw him the other day said the same thing. In both sessions, he could not remain seated, was crawling and rolling all over the floor, going from toy to toy, etc.
While she has to score the evaluation still, she feels he does have some sensory issues which are contributing to this.
Apparently the good thing is a lot of regular teachers are aware of this stuff and know how to handle it so it does not have to become a disruption and escalate into bad behavior in class.
The child psych said it could go either way at the meeting in a couple weeks when they decide if he is eligible for services. Best case scenario, they will send a special ed teacher to work with him for a couple hours each week in his nursery school class. Worst, they look to see if he "grows out of this" and will ask him to come back in 6 months for another eval.
He also met with the OT today who said he has a few "borderline" issues with his fine motor skills, but honestly, I think that's BS because 1.) he's not in school enough yet really and has not used scissors and pencils that much and as DH pointed out 2.) he uses a hammer and other tools at this age. (DH is in construction so he follows him all around, wanting to do what he does).
DS also is advanced in terms of being able to do sports kinds of activities, and both the speech therapist and psychologist said his hand/eye coordination is excellent.
It was also pointed out that he appears very intelligent and does do things to kind of "manipulate" people. My family has ALWAYS said this about him. Throughout both sessions this week, when the person would ask him something, he would answer with the wrong thing, and then smile or laugh so they knew he was just being silly about it. It was also said that cognitively, there's absolutely nothing wrong with him.
On Tuesday, they are sending a special educator to the nursery school for about 45 minutes to observe him.
Both the psychologist and the speech therapist are going to call me next week to discuss their final conclusions before we attend the CPSE meeting at the school, at the end of the month.
So that's the latest.
It has been a very busy week, between all this and the craziness of work and I am so looking forward to the weekend to just relax, with no major plans.
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but females can certainly be vicious.
Sunday, August 26, 2012
Tuesday, August 21, 2012
Sometimes other social workers piss me off
Have you ever vented about things that piss you off about many of the systems that we work in?
Especially issues that some (Note: Not All) clients have done that get under your skin?
Primarily when it comes to money, entitlement and getting over?
Yeah, as social workers I know we're trained to "get it".
I, for one understand the dynamics behind it, and can't honestly say I wouldn't act the same way if I was suddenly in many a client's shoes.
I also know it's not very social work-ey of me to think ill of some of the people I have come across.
As social workers, I am aware that we should constantly stand up for people as a whole (even if gasp, there are a few bad apples) and not mention things that may or may not be portrayed as true in the media.
HOWEVER.............
Just because we have a certain title, doesn't mean we need to sit back and bury our heads in the sand and be la de da about certain issues.
We're you ever outright attacked by other social workers for voicing your opinions about negatives you witness in the field?
Because honestly, nothing disgusts me more than when social work colleagues take on a holier than thou stance that we, as humans, tax payers, people with feelings....persons that are NOT JUST OUR DAMN TITLE are not entitled to feel the way we do about others we come across through our work.
I also think it's pretty awful when the ASSumption is made too that we treat the people we come across badly or unprofessionally because of our underlying feelings.
Or the best----when a blanket statement is made to the tune of "maybe you should just leave your job if you feel that way". (Hmmmmm, like it's always so easy to just leave. Or just because I come across a few clients I don't like on occasion HERE what makes you think that won't happen THERE. Idiot).
I think a lot of us have the ability to act professionally.
And usually do.
One of the best professors I ever had in graduate school use to always talk about how it was total bull shit that social work was not a judgmental profession.
Because as social workers, that's basically all we do all damn day.
We judge our clients. We judge our bosses. We judge the people we work with. We judge OURSELVES.
But to try to throw your colleagues under the bus, ESPECIALLY when you haven't walked in their shoes..........well, that's the worst kind of judgment to me.
Our field is already isolating and stressful.
This kind of attitude just makes it even more of both.
Every social worker has the right to feel however the heck they want to feel.
And every single one of us have the right to be angry at times. How does this make us bad for the profession? If we were negative constantly every second of the day, maybe, however, often anger is what leads to passion to make things happen and change for the BETTER.
And on that note, when was the last time YOU met a perfect social worker? I know I'm not!!! Far from it in fact.......
I'm ever changing and ever learning.
And thank goodness for that!!!
Especially issues that some (Note: Not All) clients have done that get under your skin?
Primarily when it comes to money, entitlement and getting over?
Yeah, as social workers I know we're trained to "get it".
I, for one understand the dynamics behind it, and can't honestly say I wouldn't act the same way if I was suddenly in many a client's shoes.
I also know it's not very social work-ey of me to think ill of some of the people I have come across.
As social workers, I am aware that we should constantly stand up for people as a whole (even if gasp, there are a few bad apples) and not mention things that may or may not be portrayed as true in the media.
HOWEVER.............
Just because we have a certain title, doesn't mean we need to sit back and bury our heads in the sand and be la de da about certain issues.
We're you ever outright attacked by other social workers for voicing your opinions about negatives you witness in the field?
Because honestly, nothing disgusts me more than when social work colleagues take on a holier than thou stance that we, as humans, tax payers, people with feelings....persons that are NOT JUST OUR DAMN TITLE are not entitled to feel the way we do about others we come across through our work.
I also think it's pretty awful when the ASSumption is made too that we treat the people we come across badly or unprofessionally because of our underlying feelings.
Or the best----when a blanket statement is made to the tune of "maybe you should just leave your job if you feel that way". (Hmmmmm, like it's always so easy to just leave. Or just because I come across a few clients I don't like on occasion HERE what makes you think that won't happen THERE. Idiot).
I think a lot of us have the ability to act professionally.
And usually do.
One of the best professors I ever had in graduate school use to always talk about how it was total bull shit that social work was not a judgmental profession.
Because as social workers, that's basically all we do all damn day.
We judge our clients. We judge our bosses. We judge the people we work with. We judge OURSELVES.
But to try to throw your colleagues under the bus, ESPECIALLY when you haven't walked in their shoes..........well, that's the worst kind of judgment to me.
Our field is already isolating and stressful.
This kind of attitude just makes it even more of both.
Every social worker has the right to feel however the heck they want to feel.
And every single one of us have the right to be angry at times. How does this make us bad for the profession? If we were negative constantly every second of the day, maybe, however, often anger is what leads to passion to make things happen and change for the BETTER.
And on that note, when was the last time YOU met a perfect social worker? I know I'm not!!! Far from it in fact.......
I'm ever changing and ever learning.
And thank goodness for that!!!
Friday, August 17, 2012
More on my son
So he was away for over a week with my parents, and came home late in the day on Wednesday.
So happy to have him back home!!!
I dropped off the paperwork to begin his evaluation through the school district on Wednesday as well.
It was like dealing with the Red Hat Society.....the school secretary who was probably there since the time I started elementary school, was so freakin' annoying, making me wait well past the time she asked me to be there so she could "have her coffee", and then questioning my reasons for wanting to have an evaluation "since I already had him seen by a psychologist".
But, the AGENCY who will be doing the evals called me right away, and the woman I spoke with was extremely professional and not a busy-body wannabe psychologist.
I have his speech and psychological scheduled, and we also have the date set for when they discuss the next steps. (If there will be any........part of me still thinks this is a bunch of malarkey, him being 3, a boy and his overall personality).
He is also doing much, much better with the potty so I can't complain about that.
School is also right around the corner. He starts officially on 9/11.
So happy to have him back home!!!
I dropped off the paperwork to begin his evaluation through the school district on Wednesday as well.
It was like dealing with the Red Hat Society.....the school secretary who was probably there since the time I started elementary school, was so freakin' annoying, making me wait well past the time she asked me to be there so she could "have her coffee", and then questioning my reasons for wanting to have an evaluation "since I already had him seen by a psychologist".
But, the AGENCY who will be doing the evals called me right away, and the woman I spoke with was extremely professional and not a busy-body wannabe psychologist.
I have his speech and psychological scheduled, and we also have the date set for when they discuss the next steps. (If there will be any........part of me still thinks this is a bunch of malarkey, him being 3, a boy and his overall personality).
He is also doing much, much better with the potty so I can't complain about that.
School is also right around the corner. He starts officially on 9/11.
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