Well its official. I am back to square one..... Yesterday Callum sat the test to see if he could go to a Special Education school and he's too smart to go. When I spoke to his teacher the other day she basically outlined to me that he gets babysat at school. Also talked to another teacher in the SEC and she told me that if he regresses after the school holidays he will go back to going an hour a day. What is the point? I think I am about to make one of the hardest decisions in my life..... Homeschooling.
Yesterday before he did this test he was having a massive meltdown and was crying. I was the only one that could calm him down. He did the test for about 10 minutes before he started losing interest and concentration. I don't know what to do. I am back to the beginning. I am starting to feel that since he is home most of the time anyway then I might as well school him from here. I am frustrated and angry. I don't want my son to end up being another kid that slips through the system. He will if something isn't done now. It feels like he has been put in the too hard basket. I knew my week with Pat going back to work was going to be hard but I forgot how much more exhausting it was going to be. So we are in the middle. Not coping at a mainstream school and too smart to go to a special school. Why can there not be any "inbetween" schools? 1 out of 110 children are diagnosed with different levels of Autism. So of a school of lets say 900 kids thats at least 8. Why are there kids slipping through?
I just want my angel to be happy and get an education. I want to be able to stress less but I can see that it isnt going to happen any time soon. If only life was a tad easier for both of us......
Now to go and pick him up from school because it is coming up to 11.30.
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