Missed Two Days

~ Laura

I missed two days in the blogosphere. We had a spontaneous getaway one day. And yesterday was packed with school meetings at Ian's school and business and quotes for a new front porch.

Ian's doing great academically. He could probably jump ahead a year in math. His speech is much better. It's becoming more clear that Ian's problem is audio processing. At this point, it's really his only problem. He doesn't understand everything he hears, but he's been compensating for years and hiding this problem from us. He's very good at guessing when people ask him questions. His speech therapist and teachers are working on it. When we mainstream him, we'll hold him back a year to give him a chance to catch up with the other kids.

I need to catch up right now, too. My inbox is stuffed, and the newspapers are still folded on the coffee table.

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6 thoughts on “Missed Two Days”

  1. I’m starting to suspect that my son is having problems with auditory processing as well. I’d love to hear the kinds of things Ian’s therapists are doing to help with this. Or, book recs et cetera. (bad form to surface from longtime lurking only to make a request — sorry!)

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  2. They suggested getting these games. They use them with Ian at school and he loves them. Beyond that, it’s really just about asking questions all the time. Also, doing lots of follow up questions to make sure that he’s not bullshitting us. Talk and talk and talk. He loves graphic novels, so he and Steve read them together and then Steve asks questions about what’s going on.
    I also think this is a brain maturity thing. I’m fairly certain that one part of his brain is advanced and another part of his brain is immature. He’s never stopped making progress, so my guess is that the immature brain is still growing, but it’s about two years behind his peers.

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  4. I have very vague memories of going to a speech therapist when I was in first grade. I don’t recall what my problem was, but I remember the girl, also in my class, who went with me to the therapist and why she was there (lisping). We were left to go alone to the speech therapist’s office, which was off school grounds a couple of blocks away. That probably wouldn’t happen anymore.

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  5. “When we mainstream him, we’ll hold him back a year to give him a chance to catch up with the other kids.”
    How will that work out with already being a year ahead in math?

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  6. That is very good news, about your son. I know how you feel. You must be very happy and proud of him.

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