DS started school last Thursday (21-Aug-08) in a public school. We were quite apprehensive. We decided to put him in the public school, for two reasons - the whole IEP process looked quite good for us (after having heard horror stories about it) and secondly, it would be a good good break for DW. Also, looking around at private schools here, I was very particularly impressed - they seemed to serve at either end of the spectrum and not someone in the middle. Let us see how the experience goes. One thing we are doing consciously this time, is NOT to ask DS as to how his school was - strictly "no" questions regarding school. Secondly, we have also sensitized him that people outside the house would ask questions about School (and also of things that he does not like) and because they do not know about his thinking and its quite normal for them to ask such questions. So, now DS has learned not to freak out when such questions are asked of him. So the Winner classes seemed to have helped him. He has the idea of "others" thoughts and his own thoughts and can make a distinction between them... Touch wood...
Anyways, in the meantime, his class teacher wrote to us: "... was totally fine last week. He participated in every class, had comments on all the work and actually did a lot of work. He seemed to be having a very good time, but every time I asked him if he was having fun, he quickly changed his expression and said “NO”! I have given him easy work so as not to stress him out..."
We have also requested the teacher not to 'test' DS for the first few weeks, so that his experience and episodic memory of the school is pleasant to start with.
Oh, btw, he liked the bus trip to the school - he likes to read the road names and find out where they are located vis-a-vis directions... He was telling his friend in India over the phone about his bus trip to the school and back...
Oh, btw^2, DW does not know what to do with all the time she has in her hands !! :-)
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