33. "Here we go, real rap" In response to In response to 4 Mon May-21-18 08:21 AM by DVS
The boy was diagnosed as "Highly Functioning Autistic" by the school he attends. This isn't a medical diagnosis...but it's the diagnosis the district requires to lock him into the services he'll need for the next 3 years.
His school isn't rated very highly. It's a city school for a near suburb of the metro area...and as such, they get all kinds.
I wouldn't change that school for the world, b.
The services that a school is able to provide is ESSENTIAL for a child with developmental delay.
At the start of the school year, Buddy was spazzing the fuck out, couldn't hang out in his normal class for extended periods. Towards the middle of the year, he was taking all of his courses directly in the CALMM room from a teacher that he had imprinted with.
Now, as the school year wraps up, he's sitting in class, seeking friendships, behaving protectively of his other "develpmentally delayed" students....
In short...that bond between the siblings is important...but you need to get your child in the best arena for them to glimpse success.
Sometimes, that's not the same school...and it will hurt for them (and for you as the parent who has to pick up/drop off)...but it's essential man. Bud was accepted into the top school in the city because he is just that fucking bright...but we didn't move him because that bond he had with the current staff trumped any additional data he could have gleaned from that magnet school.
My two cents. Don't stress....it's unfortunate but nothing you can't handle.
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