Tuesday, March 25, 2014
Officially Official.
Well I can officially say that I am a college graduate. I graduated from USD this past December. Never ever thought that would happen.
Also, on my birthday (March 4th), I became an official Registered Nurse. I took my boards on March 3rd because I knew either way pass or fail, I was going to celebrate on my birthday! Not too shabby if I do say so myself!
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| Accepting my Diploma! |
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| Phoenix, Me, Matthew and Sean |
Also, on my birthday (March 4th), I became an official Registered Nurse. I took my boards on March 3rd because I knew either way pass or fail, I was going to celebrate on my birthday! Not too shabby if I do say so myself!
Thursday, March 20, 2014
More Criteria than Before?!
I've been meaning to update on Matthew's most recent school IEP meeting. It wasn't supposed to be due until March but they noticed some age speech delays and suggested I have him tested early. So in December, they administered the ADOS again.
The first time the school administered their test for Autism, Matthew met a 5/12 criteria. In our state, you need a 6/12 to be considered having Autism.
I was frustrated. But I did get my 6/12 diagnosis through the children's specialty needs hospital.
Well my 3 years were up so the school decided to do the ADOS again. Hmm. I was a little surprised at the results. I filled out all the paperwork on my end as usual. I still feel he has a lot of things to work on.
Of course the one part the teachers thought I was way off base but obviously he is a different kid at school. Then on the last 2 parts, I pretty much was in sync with what his teacher sees at school.
The end result: 7/12. Not sure how I feel about that. I mean he's made some remarkable gains, but now at 8 years old his is 1 more in criteria than he was at 4 years old.
So he'll be re-evaluated in another 3 years I'm sure and we'll continue with our annual IEP's. It's just hard because there's a few things I really hope he masters this summer. I know we will get there. It takes time. Such is life.
The first time the school administered their test for Autism, Matthew met a 5/12 criteria. In our state, you need a 6/12 to be considered having Autism.
I was frustrated. But I did get my 6/12 diagnosis through the children's specialty needs hospital.
Well my 3 years were up so the school decided to do the ADOS again. Hmm. I was a little surprised at the results. I filled out all the paperwork on my end as usual. I still feel he has a lot of things to work on.
Of course the one part the teachers thought I was way off base but obviously he is a different kid at school. Then on the last 2 parts, I pretty much was in sync with what his teacher sees at school.
The end result: 7/12. Not sure how I feel about that. I mean he's made some remarkable gains, but now at 8 years old his is 1 more in criteria than he was at 4 years old.
So he'll be re-evaluated in another 3 years I'm sure and we'll continue with our annual IEP's. It's just hard because there's a few things I really hope he masters this summer. I know we will get there. It takes time. Such is life.
St Patrick's Day 2014
Well we have been an officially married couple for 2 years this past Monday. Pretty exciting stuff right there!!!!
Sean and I spent the morning relaxing at a sauna called SuiteSweat. Then we headed out for lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. Sean got a free drink on the house since we told them it was our anniversary! Then we headed to McNally's for a beer, before we headed home we picked up these beauties. (pictured). What a romantic bouquet of flowers courtesy of Meredith and Bridget's. Finally we picked the boys up from school and took them to the Old 77 Bar and Grille (where we had our wedding reception). All and all a very good anniversary, looking forward to many more to come!
Sean and I spent the morning relaxing at a sauna called SuiteSweat. Then we headed out for lunch at Buffalo Wild Wings. Sean got a free drink on the house since we told them it was our anniversary! Then we headed to McNally's for a beer, before we headed home we picked up these beauties. (pictured). What a romantic bouquet of flowers courtesy of Meredith and Bridget's. Finally we picked the boys up from school and took them to the Old 77 Bar and Grille (where we had our wedding reception). All and all a very good anniversary, looking forward to many more to come!
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