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Joy in the Journey
25 June 2008
Crazy month
I'll be glad to see July! This month has been a rough one in terms of appointments and it seems like an age since I've been on the computer. Last Friday we had to have a meeting with the department of special education to review TG's statement and her education provision. Suffice to say it was a head banging exercise but amicable enough. We're still no further forward in terms of therapies, funding for technology or resources or practical help, but I get the feeling that if I don't push too hard, they'll leave me alone.
We'd just come home from the above to find a letter from the education board to say that an education welfare officer (truancy with no academic training) would be calling to the house at 9.30 on Monday morning to see me and the children. Unfortunately I had a long standing arrangement down in Belfast so had to cancel and await further notice. One wonders ...
Over here, they have a bee in their bonnet about the national curriculum which I don't follow nor do I pretend to. I don't even use a timetable and as for lesson plans ... There are certain things like maths that have to be done and everyone just gets on with it (some needing more prodding and sitting upon than others!) I figured I'd it would be a lot easier to revive this blog and keep an online record of our learning should I be called upon to give evidence. Sure we do have text books but a lot of the things we cover are through individual reading, project work and hands on learning.
Tomorrow is orthopaedic day. We are going to ask for an orthotics review to get TG sandals. I'm sure the wonderful NHS budget will not possibly be able to stretch this far. It is only recently that we realised that they were available. Every summer her feet sweat in big leather boots that are hard to get on as she curls her toes and there's no way of telling if her feet are in properly. Oh the UK is a such great place to live. |
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