It was the first IEP meeting for Robin that I actually felt GOOD when it was over! He's doing great in school and his teacher (in the SIED classroom) would like to see him mainstreamed 90% of the time by the end of the year. He's mainstreamed about 60% of the time right now. His regular classroom teacher said he was a bit disruptive one day last week when he broke out into song during science. HUH??? MY son??? I told his SIED teacher I realize that probably was a bit disruptive, but I see it as a major breakthrough. Robin's finally expressing emotions other than anger! I was talking to a daycare mom this morning who happens to teach across the hall from his classroom teacher (and will actually have Robin for social studies starting next week) and mentioned it and she said the other teacher had told her about it. I told her dh and I were wondering what song he was singing (thinking it was something totally inappropriate knowing Robin!) and she said, "Oh, it was 'It's a Small World.'" rofl I didn't even know he knew that song! Dh thought that was hilarious! Anyway, Robin's doing great so far this year. I hope and pray it continues. Just thought I'd share.

By Karen~moderator on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 07:20 pm:

Warm fuzzies here! I can just imagine how good that makes you feel. Kudos to Robin!!

By Tink on Friday, September 17, 2004 - 08:04 pm:

That's great! WTG, Robin! What a song to choose. It makes such a difference in our outlook when our dks are doing so well.

By Lauram on Saturday, September 18, 2004 - 02:05 pm:

That's awesome!

By Feona on Sunday, September 19, 2004 - 06:42 am:

That is really good news! Glad to hear the update!