It has been a very trying week for the Dauer's and the teachers. The first week they tried to have her stay in the regular classroom most of the time. It seems to be going pretty well, but with all the extra activities you can tell it is over stimulating for Sydney. I guess Sydney has decided when she is done, and she says "See Ya!!" to the teacher and tries to leave the classroom. She has hit, bit at, and spit towards the teachers and hiding under the tables and refusing to come out. She has escaped the classroom twice, they now understand what we mean by, she is a very fast runner. The only reason the Special Ed teacher caught her the second time is because Sydney looked back while running and didn't realize the floor sloped up. So she tripped. God was taking the teachers side at that point. They have called us twice, about an hour early, to say Sydney is just done for the day. Can you come pick her up? Well, no we can't and she needs to work through it or in our terms, suck it up. I did feel a little bad when I picked her up one day and she had been whimper/crying for an hour before I'd gotten there. Until, we had only walked 3 feet away from the teacher and it stopped. She was super happy and all excited to skip with me back to the car. The Special Ed. teacher called that night about issues and I explained how this is just manipulation on Sydney's part. Especially since there wasn't any tears that I saw of.
Yesterday, Jim figured out why the special ed teacher is having problems. She talks way to nice and tries to explain to Sydney, why. It's just to many words to Sydney to take all in. Yes, I have some fears right now that they are frustrated and may be getting exhausted dealing with her.
Positive note is that she is getting to have recess and lunch with her regular classroom classmates. These are excellent times for social interaction. They are also using her regular classroom as a reward for good behavior. I'm thankful that she loves to go to her regular classroom.
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