IEP Meeting

This morning was Mikey's IEP meeting. It was supposed to be done around April but seeing as how tomorrow is his last day, they moved it up so that I would be able to take it to the new school, which is definitely appreciated.

Of course, it wasn't great. Academically Mikey isn't doing as well as he could be according to everyone. They know he CAN do the work, the question is, will he? His day to day schoolwork was a mess, but individualized tests show him more than capable or anything they are giving him. Of course, they have to take the whole picture.

His behavior was a big topic, and on that particular note, while he just started the new med last night, he has been off the old one since last Thursday and we have seen steady improvement as it has filtered out of his system. Today he got 116/120 points at school.. this was the first week he has scored over 100 in a LONG time so I do believe the medication was not a good fit for him.

While most goals stay the same, his teacher did add one thing under Assitive Methods/Devices, and that was for Mikey to be able to use a word processor/computer for some work if possible. She said they have never seen a child whose handwriting did not improve over the years until Mikey. It's awful. She was not able to implement that this year because it was not written into his last IEP or she would have during FCATs, but next year they will be able to.

So it was about what I expected, which mostly wasn't good. But also, it could have been worse.. right?

As far as the move goes, we've pushed it back a few days. Jason had to order a part for our car which won't be here till Friday, then he will have to spend all day Saturday fixing it. He still has to pack up the shed and back porch so it just seemed easier to move later in the week. Jason and Mikey are both off anyways.

I have been packing the inside of the house. Heather's bedroom is done, our bed and bathroom is mostly done, the kids bathroom hardly has anything in it, and the living room is getting started. Mikey's room I will probably save for last, so as to cause him the least amount of issues. Packing is rough! I am throwing away as much as I can but.. yeah.