Reply to Preschool teacher recommends developmental evaluation of 3 year old

Forum Index » Kids With Special Needs and Disabilities

Reply to "Preschool teacher recommends developmental evaluation of 3 year old"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Yeesh--how is it that this forum always seems to devolve into people attacking one another?  To clarify before I sign off:

We are absolutely pursuing an evaluation of our kid.  I am not anti-intervention by any stretch, and welcome feedback on how he can be better supported at home and at school with whatever he needs to get the most out of his experience and to make sure he can contribute to his class.  His teacher is highly qualified and responsive, and I have already said I'm neither attacking nor angry with her.  She doesn't excel at written communication, which is acknowledged among other parents in the class, and her tone is easy to misinterpret.  We've followed up and clarified with her that she does NOT think our son has significant attentional issues (and she's a 20 year veteran of the classroom), but that she's interested in knowing other ways she and we could help him engage with activities that wouldn't be his first choice (since activities he does like he focuses on very well).  I'm happy she's so interested in getting this feedback, and I'm interested in learning it to.  I would NEVER tell another parent to ignore warning signs from a professional educator, because I agree that kids are different in school than they are at home.

Yes, it's troubling to me to know we could be at the start of interventions for our kid, because no one wants that.  Even the most eager interveners aren't happy to have to do so.  And yes, I'm struggling at little to know what might be at the root of his issue: transition to a classroom, sensory or attention issues, or a combination of both.  That's why I'm looking forward to getting feedback from a professional who can be a neutral arbiter of this in a way I know I can't.  But everyone else on this thread needs to take a deep breath and acknowledge that no one who takes the time to read these forums wants to act in a way that is not in their child's best interest.  We may have differing opinions on what that may be, but a little mutual goodwill and sympathy (which very few people here seem to accord one another) would go a long way.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics