Vicarious Rocky

My new lifestyle is allowing me time to deal better with the Indy school challenges. This week, I chased down a free Akron City School language and psych Evaluation. This is a big deal as these evals are typically scheduled 6 months out at best. I got lucky because someone cancelled. And they have openings for the "special" preschool 09/10 school year if he qualifies for the program. Lord! He's SPECIAL! Jesus Fucking Christ.

Anyway. It's an integrated (meaning 1/2 "special" kids and 1/2 normal kids) program in the morning or afternoon with a 5/1 teacher ratio and an on-staff language therapist / psychologist rotating into the class. Looks like, if he is accepted, he can do Old Trail in the Morning and this in the afternoon. Did I mention it's FREE and not $40 for a 1/2 hour like what his current school has recommended?

Meanwhile, I have to give Indy words/ tools to stop the school beatings, but the real trick, I think, is the language skills. The kids are just sick of him, and I realize this. They are resorting to violence so that he goes away and leaves them to play together with the children they understand and relate too.

I was really studying his language and behavior with cousin Alex yesterday, and I realized for the first time how patient she is with him when she doesn't understand him or he just resorts to silliness instead of conversing with her. He's lucky to have her.

And the school thing is a bit sad. But being sad about it is not helpful. And he will persevere and be a more interesting human ultimately. I am comforted by the fact that most of the "mean" children will be gone next year and he can start fresh as one of the older kids and probably match the language of the younger kids (and therefore relate to them) if the kids his age don't have the patience for him.