wish I knew what to do

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Dear Folks,

I would love to know if you experience any of what I'm about to describe? We

are at the end of a lovely summer. I hate to see it end. I dread the start

of school and my girl going off to 7th grade and who knows what? Despite

having a " communication log " I really don't know how her days go,

specifically getting yelled at by teachers. When I try to ask teachers,

they are always so nice and pleasant about , but I've had suspicions it

wasn't truly going well. Last month, during a week away at a heart camp for

children who've had heart surgeries/transplants, a boy from a neighboring

state said, " I'm sorry to hear had such a rough time at school last

year. " OH MY GOSH! Even the kid who lives 5 hours away knew more than I!

Turns out another girl at camp from our school told him. My daughter just

cannot come home and tell me how her day went like typical kids can. If my

son (nda) had a bad day - I'd know. But my daughter doesn't have that

luxury. I knew she was probably getting yelled at (last year was the first

year at the middle school), because she cried a little too easily sometimes

(I thought it might also be due to puberty), but I now know it's

considerably more than that. I'm seriously considering home schooling. But

my daughter truly loves to go to school - she's so social.

Secondly, I am struggling so much with her having no one call her to ever

have a play date. I try to set up some, but it's a little challenging. I'm

still trying to figure that out. She's in girl scouts, special olympics,

golf lessons, etc, but the phone just doesn't ring for her. My heart aches

every time my son gets invited to go play or he just runs down the hill to a

friend's house. I'm so glad for him, but simultaneously so sad for her.

She's a sweetpea, cheerful girl, and I just don't really know how to make

her little world be different.

I welcome any thoughts on either issue. I did request a meeting with the

principal and am going to reconvene the IEP team.

Thank you,

Eleanor