Odd name for a blog post hey..... got your attention though lol. I know I haven't been on in a while. I've been dealing with some issues and finally "pulled my finger out" and have dealt with some of it. Tonight will seem like I start off slightly negative but by the end of this post it will be somewhat more positive. Actually totally freakin awesome because today I am proud as punch with my son.
So everyone knows the deal. Callum is 6 and has Autism. He has been doing half days at school all year because he has been too hard for his school to handle. Mid May, Pat and I decided to put him on medication to help him focus more at school which has worked. But, up until the end of term 2 and the first week of term 3 he was doing half days. Thus if you work it out he has missed a whole term of school. For the first half of this year I have felt so alone (even though I have been surrounded by so many fabulous family and friends). Had a lot of pity party moments (which I am seriously not a huge fan of), and was just getting the shits with everything in general and but didn't feel confident enough to do a whole lot about it.
Then on the second day of term 3 I got Callum's school report card. He had on it an "E" for english and behaviour and the rest was an "N" which meant he couldn't be marked on it because he hadn't done the work or been at school long enough to do it. After taking the night to think about how I was going to speak to someone at the school and gaining some form of rational composure like a mature adult would, the next day I went up and saw the Principal. I felt so nervous like I was in school in trouble lol. But this was a huge issue for me. If his report card looked like this now, how was it going to look in a couple of years time? I explained to him that I felt that my son was slipping through the system and wasn't getting the education that he deserved because he was only going half days. The conversation went on for quite a bit longer but for some reason I walked out of there for some reason feeling like I hadn't accomplished much.
How wrong was I?
The next week Callum was at school until 1.30pm for the week and then the next he started going full days. I can tell you right now he is going absolutely fantastic. A lot better than what anyone even myself thought he would go. He is slowly catching up on work he missed and is now actually playing PE and loving it!
Now for the proud moment. Today was junior assembly at school and I went along and watched my son get up on parade and receive 2 awards. One for sports participation and the other for his school work. He has come such a long way in the last couple of weeks. I am so glad I actually "pulled my finger out" and did the meeting with the school that I absolutely dreaded doing. Way To GO Callum!!!