Tomorrow I have a meeting with the principal and teacher to map out the school year. We were given the information for the Intervention Program. If he continues with it, this will be his second of three years. I don't know what isn't settling right in my insides, but I'm not as eager to start him in it as I was last year. I think it was something Dr. C. said to me this summer. She said that we have to get to the root of the matter... his working memory. Just teaching him phonics isn't going to help him. He can't retain the information. I have been told that if he isn't reading by the end of this year, he won't be able to go to 2nd grade. How does one learn to read if they don't have a properly working memory?
He qualifies for the Alphabetic Phonics Intervention Program. This is the phonics program he uses in his classroom, but this program is obviously more intense. You can choose to have him in the program as an individual or be part of a group. The groups have up to 4 children in them and it is less expensive. Obviously, looking at the fees could be one of the factors of my insides not settling. Well, that and the fact that Dr. C. might be able to work with him throughout the year. Do we need to do both? If Dr. C. can get over to his school to meet with him during the school day, do we really need the Intervention Program? He would be taken from class a lot, during the week. And, how in the world would we pay for both? We're talking "new car costs". But, if we don't act now... in this critical time... in this limited time that he has to learn and retain reading skills... he might never be able to attend a school after this year.
These are the concerns on my mind tonight. I know that somehow we will provide for the financial, whether it be adding piano students and cake orders or making my 14 hour days into 16 hour days. And what about my little boy's heart and mind? Yesterday he came home, feeling like his brain was "fried", just from regular school work. When I called Dr. C. to even see if it was a possibility for her to come to our school, she didn't know if her busy student schedule could allow it. Would we do it after school? I have to do whatever I can possibly do to help my child. I must. I just don't quite know what that is.
Blessed are those who find wisdom, those who gain understanding, for she is more profitable than silver and yields better returns than gold. Proverbs 3:13-14 (NIV)
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