December 7, 2004
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Wow…3 comments on my last post.
Have I been gone so long and neglected you all so much that you’re not going to talk to me anymore? 
Okay…I just want to post a quick update for you all. I had Caleb’s annual IEP meeting yesterday to discuss his progress thus far this year and his goals for the rest of the year. It went well. He’s progressing so much! Awesome I tell you!
He did a couple new things this week that just blew me away! He wrote his numbers and letters without any assistance (hand over hand)!! And yesterday, he spelled cookie from holding a cookie. Usually he won’t spell words or attempt to do so unless he has the word in print in front of him. So him spelling from an object prompt is awesome!!
I’m proud of him can you tell?
The one downfall of yesterday’s meeting was that the school psychiatrist performed a standardized IQ test on Caleb and it came out quite low for his age…but I stated that I didn’t feel that it was appropriate to test him in such a manner considering that autistics don’t test well in standardized testing situations because of their lack of being able to focus for that long. Also, based upon the data collected from his therapists and his abilities, his IQ is much higher than that of most of his “normal” peers. She agreed with that.
Anyway, overall it was a good meeting and I look forward to seeing what progress he will continue to make in the future. Hopefully with my having some time off over his winter break it will help him transition better with the swing of going back to school with being gone for over a week.
Okay…back to work for me!
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I wanted to also leave this here today….
USS Arizona Memorial – Pearl Harbor, Hawaii
Comments (14)
I am glad he is doing so well
I’ve been so busy lately that I haven’t had time to comment – I am cheating right now
Shhhh
Have a great day!
Thanks for the comment you left me…I’m really trying to make the best of it until he gets here but its beginning to really get to me some days. Take care…*Hugs*
~Keri
I’m doing a happy dance for Caleb!!! Good job on writing without assistance and on the spelling from object, I know how important these milestones are to our little guys! Also, I’m glad that his IEP meeting went well, we had ours last month and it went very well too. We finally have a great team in place and it shows in how much progress Mitch has been making…an IEP is only as good as the staff is in implementing it. (does that make sense?)
Aww great to hear
I’m glad that Caleb’s doing so well. It must be hard for all of you, but it seems that you’re all doing a great job, especially Caleb!
Well done to Caleb I hope you are very proud of him too
congradulations caleb
i’m not sure if i spelled that right or not
I’m still around, honest!
That’s great news about Caleb’s progress. Standardized tests can’t possibly measure true intelligence. It sounds like Caleb is very bright…I think too much emphasis is put on test results in this country. Not only for autistic children, but what if a child is tested on a day he doesn’t feel well or he/she didn’t sleep well the night beforort his/her goldfish just died? There are too many variables for them to be accurate at all. Yup, I have some strong opinions on this subject!
-Lorie-
thats wonderful that hes progressing!!!! with the holidays alot ofpeople arent commenting like normal, it always happens….keep on posting, i come when i get time.
Of course we want to talk to you..I’m pretty scarce these days..
That’s wonderful news for Caleb!!
Great kid!
Great Mom!