I've mentioned my oldest son has Asperger's, a high functioning type of autism. He's smart as a whip but can be very difficult to control, has a sweet temperment but is just so rigid and only focuses on certain things, expects things to happen in a certain way or he becomes disoriented and frantic. Well, today was the first day of school, he's in T-K, a prep class for kindergarten since he misses the cut off (he'll be 5 in November). It's supposed to be age appropriate but also prepare them for the routine of kindergarten. It's at a Christian school that we'd love for the kids to continue at if it goes well. Well, I'm realistic, I know he's not going to do great right off the get-go. But he was so calm and eager to go this morning, I thought he'd do pretty good, anyway. I'd at least like for the teachers to get a good glimpse of his charming personality (okay, I'm biased). Well, not today. He was very difficult, didn't respond to the teacher at ALL, didn't even look at her when she spoke to him. I think she's very nice and a good teacher, we've met concerning him, but I can tell today that she was taken by surprise even though I tried to prepare her. I know it will get better if she'll just stick with it and he's able to adopt the routine. He has therapists from the school system that come in to support him but it was her choice for them to not start until Thursday so she could have a few days to enfore the idea that she is the teacher. I said that was fine, not sure it worked too well in the long run though. I don't blame her for that - it made sense, Luke is just a hard call. She's going to call me this afternoon and I'm dreading it because I know I'm just going to break into tears and I don't want to! It's just hard to get him all dressed in his new stuff, take such a cute picture, walk him in there happily carrying his cute little school bag, and then pick him up to the news that he was the "bad kid" that day (she did NOT use that term but that's how I always feel). I don't guess I'll ever get used to it, don't we all just want everyone to adore our kids? Well, it will get better, but wanted to get this off my chest - maybe it will make me feel better before her call so I can not get all emotional like a moron, and talk to her objectively as is needed. Thanks for listening!
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Take care,
Michelle
...the greatest of these is LOVE. (I Cor 13)
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Luke's first day didn't go well
