in the middle of thinking we made some wrong choices with school my son started 5 grade this yr and I see already he is going to struggle . I don't know if he should be in a different school we were told by the iep department he will be fine , I don't think so... a little lost
yes he brings it home and want nothing to do with us with anything about school and he is being loaded with home work and a summer time book report he did not do he just never reads to us I said something to the teacher and all she said was that all the kids had to do it
I agree, what do they mean by 'fine'. My guess is academically speaking. They are not usually concerned about their emotional well-being.
My daughter was doing 'fine' academically but falling apart emotionally.
Big difference.
first things first.. what do you mean by struggle? have you communicated with the support staff and his teachers that you are seeing this and would like to adjust his i.e.p.?if they say he will be fine what does that mean? and if fine doesn't sit well with you ask them to explain what they plan to do to help make it fine. and ask if there is anything else you can do to facilitate making it fine at home that they might know of. you are all a team, its the beginning of the year, he may still just be adjusting to the environment or if he is able try to find out exactly what he struggles with so you can keep an eye on that and report anything you learn from him to them so they know exactly what you mean by struggle. even if really all you have is a feeling its okay to try and give them information they may be able to use to help him or maybe if you let them know exactly what your concerns are they can let you observe him in class to show you how fine he is. until you have tried all of this and given them a chance to do their job it seems hasty to put him to another environment. you know how much these kids loath change...