IEP Progress and a Book Report

We had our meeting last week between snow storms to determine what testing Zach needs from the school district. The social worker was able to attend since they changed the date, but it was all pretty straight forward, so I was OK with signing the papers. They have sixty calendar days from that date to get Zach’s testing done, and then we reconvene to draft his IEP.

Being off school for a six day weekend has been challenging for us all. Zach had a book report to do. Trying to get a kid with Asperger’s to elaborate on a topic is like pulling off finger nails one by one. He was to tell how the book relates to his own life, or describe a part he identifies with. He says “I go trick or treating too.” Oh that was so much fun. After four revisions, I got him to spend enough time on the report to where it’s “good enough.” It wasn’t worth any more torture. In the end it was still better than doing what Zach wanted to do, and that was wait until the night before it was due to get it done.