Re: Re: Possiblity of repeating a grade due to maturity level? correction

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one of those coffee mummys hey love ya wendy

>

> Oops, I'm so sorry! I mis-read and then typed Emma's name as . I

> have corrected Emma's name in this e-mail. Where's my coffee? :-)

>

> I fully second 's opinion.

>

> By your words, Sandie, you have shared the very most important issues at

> play here. Friendships with the girls will be strong and be so important as

> Emma moves forward through the grades. I say if she will be devastated, and

> in the absense of absolute evidence that she would benefit by staying back,

> that she should move forward with her class.

>

> There may be tecniques or approaches that could be helpful to her teacher

> and school team to help her overcome or work with the 'social immaturity'.

> What kinds of issues do you think are affecting her?

>

> Best to you!

>

> :-)

> Mom to Kendra

>

> Re: Re: Possiblity of repeating a grade due to maturity

> level?

>

> Sandie, I truly believe after reading this email that you should go with

> your gut and go with what Emma feels - if it would devastate her and there

> is no empirical proof that will definitively show that keeping her back

> will

> give her any appreciable gain, I would DEFINITELY send her on to grade

> three.

> Lots of love, the hard days are rough...

> & Kennedy (in New Brunswick!)

> www.chargesyndrome.info

>

> On 6/8/07, smck43 s.mckersie@... >

> wrote:

> >

> > First off I would like to say thank you all for your responses to my

> > email. I had a terribly emotional day yesterday and I know many of

> > you have probably all been there. Do we ever get over the feeling of

> > what did I do wrong for this to be happening to my child. I know God

> > gave me my little girl for this very reason, and for such a time as

> > this! It is my faith that sees me through these difficult situations

> > and knowing that this group it here for so much support. God Bless

> > you all.

> >

> > I do believe with that it is not about lack of maturity ~

> > its about neurological and sensory differences. I am going to

> > research this more and present this to the teacher and special ed

> > teacher. I know that holding Emma back would be absoulutely

> > devastating to her at this point. She has made strong friendships

> > with 4 girls in her class and I know she is noticing differences

> > already but she is trying so hard to keep up. Again thanks for all

> > your advice and I will keep you all posted as to what the outcome

> > will look like for Emma for grade 3.

> >

> > Hugs to you all,

> > Sandi, mom to 9 Emma 8, twins and Clay 4 wife to Colin.

> >

> >

> > >

> > > Sandi-

> > >

> > > Too bad you're not in the US because funding is not a valid reason

> > to cut an

> > > aide if it's necessary for the child's educational progress.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > My gut response to the question about holding her back due to social

> > > immaturity is that our kids typically have social delays well into

> > adulthood

> > > so holding back will do nothing to help it. It's not about lack of

> > maturity

> > > as typical kids may have. It's about neurological and sensory

> > differences

> > > that make social and emotional development more challenging.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > My daughter, Aubrie, just completed 3rd grade (age 9.5 yrs). The

> > gap

> > > between her and her peers grows each year. The best support for

> > that has

> > > been weekly visits with the social worker at school to help her

> > understand

> > > and manage social and emotional situations better and more quickly

> > than she

> > > might without any support.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Aubrie is also doing fairly well academically (with appropriate

> > > accommodations). Her biggest challenges are math and spelling, but

> > she is

> > > holding her own so far.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Good luck.

> > >

> > >

> > >

> > > Michele W

> > > Aubrie's mom 9 yrs

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