Sam is six now; he had his birthday a few weeks ago. He is in a mainstream kindergarten class, and is doing relatively well. Academically, he is fine and he is well liked and accepted by his peers. His main problem these days has to do with his executive functioning difficulties. He has a hard time with emotional control, with transitions to non-preferred activities, with paying and sustaining attention. He is frequently unpredictable, in positive and negative ways. Fortunately, we have a fabulous teacher and a great IEP. The school has been very accomodating. Sam has a separate desk where he can take a break to play with playdough. If that is not enough, he can request to go to the office, where he plays with Legos in the principal's office. He has learned to do this independently. So, he's doing pretty darn well so far.
His independent speech therapist graduated him a few months ago, so now all he gets is 30 minutes once a week from the school. The school therapist focuses mainly on improving his conversational skills.
He does get occupational therapy, also for 30 minutes once a week, to work on his fine motor skills. His printing is messy but is steadily improving. So far, so good! Maybe there isn't a reason for this blog anymore, as we seem to have made it for now.
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