Report Card Day

Samuel's report card came home today. All of his academic subject grades went down, the lowest being a D in reading. To be honest, none of these grades really mean anything to me, because I know they aren't a good reflection of what he knows. I'm meeting with Samuel's teacher on Wednesday to discuss his curriculum. In the meantime, I'm spending lots of time making up little lessons and worksheets for him to do at home. I do small amounts of homework with him M-Thurs., and we have in-home helpers that do a bit of homework with him Tues, Wed., and Thurs. also. I learned from Samuel's first special education teacher the importance of teaching him how to work with me at home. We started when he was 4 years old, seating him on the floor and doing various activities. Now, 4 years later, I can work with him either at the kitchen table or up in my bedroom on the floor on a lapdesk. Sometimes it can take 45 minutes to do about 5 minutes of work. I follow his task with some kind of rewarding activity and give him small edible treats intermittently as he is doing his work.