Thursday, December 1, 2011

Frustrating IEP Meeting

So we had what we thought was a follow up from our last meeting to see what they thought after talking to one of Austin's Dr.'s and doing a another evaluation.  Of course that is not how it started...it started the exact same way all of the meetings go it's like we are living in the movie Groundhog Day except instead of Bill Murray learning a life lesson we are just banging our heads against a wall waiting for them to wake up.  After 20 minutes I spoke and voiced my opinion that this was a rerun and I thought that as discussed previously at the last meeting we were supposed to be going over this new information?  The problem was of course they had not contacted his Dr. yet or compiled the needed data to decide on evaluation, not only that but they keep insisting that this is a behavioral issue and that they feel Austin plays the "Autism Card".  Excuse Me?  I think that if I hadn't mentally counted to 10 someone might have had hold me back.  They simply just do not get it.  Our child is not choosing to live this life, it is the life God gave him and us and we certainly do not think for one minute that Austin wants to have meltdowns or anxiety issues along with sensory overload.  Who would?  If I felt like everything was coming at me at once I would leave the classroom too and break down.  At this point we all agreed that we would not hold another meeting until the items that were discussed a month ago were followed through with and that we will meet again after the evaluation is done.  They have 35 school days to complete this.  God Bless our Advocate Larry he is really keeping them on task now and is able to point more of this out.  Meanwhile as Larry describes it, Austin is just floating in school, he does have the ability to excel and swim laps but right now they are just giving him water wings.  Pray with us that one day soon someone will actually help him learn how to do the breast stroke.  Thank you.

2 comments:

  1. i'm sorry to hear of these frustrations and set-backs. you seem to have the patience of an angel while dealing with all of this...it's really very admirable. i'll continue to send positive thoughts your way in hopes that the eyes of those who misjudge the real issues @ hand will be opened. don't give up! xo

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  2. Thanks Andrea, We need all the positive thoughts we can get. It really helps knowing there are people thinking of us.

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