Life and Lauren

Things have been kind of crazy (imagine that). Working 2 jobs does really cut into my blogging time. I keep saying I will post at work and then work is crazy too. I barely have time to e-mail.

This week I hit a road block with Lauren and school. Not sure how big a deal to make of it, but I am trying to address it before it becomes a problem. There's the deal. When we did her IEP last year, homework was identified by a paper sent home every Monday to let you know what would be due all week. This took the guess work out and you always knew what she needed to do. This year they have switched her to a agenda book. In this book she must write down any homework and tests she has coming up. About Tuesday, she got upset that there was homework she hadn't done, and she couldn't remember what it was. I checked her book and nothing was listed. I wrote a note to the teacher asking her what it might have been and if she could insure that Lauren writes down all her homework. I didn't think this would be a big deal because she checks it every day to make sure WE sign the book. The response I got was that it was Lauren responsibility and not hers. OK . . . not the response I had hoped for. I sent an e-mail to the school psychologist regarding the problem and that it will be OK if Lauren is coping the information from the board, but not if the teacher is telling her what to write. You see, children with working memory problems have a terrible time taking notes. To the point that they can't do it. It requires them to hear, use the memory to spit it back on to the paper. This action requires working memory. I really don't think it's that big of deal to ask a teacher that is already looking at the book everyday to initial it and make sure she has everything written. I mean really. As of this point I have received no reply to my e-mail. I will give it a week and then continue on with the e-mails and send another note to the teacher. I think I might also send in a copy of one of the paper I read this summer to help the teacher better understand the problems working memory deficiencies cause. We'll see.