My DS is 3.5 and has mild SPD - senory seeking behavior. We spent nearly 6 months trying to get an eval and finally started therapy a month ago. We've had our ups and downs since then, but overall, I think the therapy and bi-weekly trips to the pool have helped. I try to implement as much therapy at home as I can, but I am 6 mo preggo and I am dealing with a difficult pregnancy with lot of pain, so there is only so much I can do physically.
DS's preschool is acting like he should suddenly be "cured" just because he is in therapy. They seem to have forgotten most of the techniques they learned and implemented previously and keep asking me what to do. I try to communicate the best I can with them and give them ideas for heavy work that DS can do when he gets in a seeking/disruptive sort of mood.
On Monday I found out about a field trip to a local children's museum - one that DS and I frequently visit. The paperwork was due Monday for a trip schedule on Wednesday. I filled out the form and turned it in that morning, not really thinking too much about it because DS has been there many times. I even told him about the trip and he was excited.
This evening, a little after 7pm I got a call from the director of the preschool program. She told me that the preschool teacher felt uncomfortable with having DS go on the trip unless I came along. They know that I teach while DS is in preschool, so this is not really a possibility and I reiterated this. The director said that she was going to have to call another parent to chaperon DS specially. She also asked me for strategies for dealing with him and I passed along a few ideas.
After I hung up, I began to feel more and more uncomfortable with the notion that another parent was being contact to watch my child. I talked it over with DH and then made arrangements to cancel my class for Wednesday and attend the field trip with DS. When I called the director back to tell her this, she seem offended and upset. She said that she had already called in a sub-teacher to work with DS. I told her that if I had known she was calling a teacher, not a parent (as she originally indicated), I probably wouldn't had felt that I need to do this. If she didn't want me to make arrangements to come, then why did she call me the night before? And why couldn't she have done this earlier in the day, so that I didn't have to make such abrupt plans?
I am just feeling rather manipulated right now. I get so tired of having my child singled out as the problem kid. Overall, I like the school and him going there, but instances like this are rather upsetting on so many levels. If they didn't want DS to go on the trip, then why did they put a form in his cubby to begin with? I spent the better part of the evening crying about this incident.
It's been a long and exhausting day and I am probably over reacting to everything...<sigh> Blame it on pregnancy hormones. 
Thanks for reading.
DS's preschool is acting like he should suddenly be "cured" just because he is in therapy. They seem to have forgotten most of the techniques they learned and implemented previously and keep asking me what to do. I try to communicate the best I can with them and give them ideas for heavy work that DS can do when he gets in a seeking/disruptive sort of mood.
On Monday I found out about a field trip to a local children's museum - one that DS and I frequently visit. The paperwork was due Monday for a trip schedule on Wednesday. I filled out the form and turned it in that morning, not really thinking too much about it because DS has been there many times. I even told him about the trip and he was excited.
This evening, a little after 7pm I got a call from the director of the preschool program. She told me that the preschool teacher felt uncomfortable with having DS go on the trip unless I came along. They know that I teach while DS is in preschool, so this is not really a possibility and I reiterated this. The director said that she was going to have to call another parent to chaperon DS specially. She also asked me for strategies for dealing with him and I passed along a few ideas.
After I hung up, I began to feel more and more uncomfortable with the notion that another parent was being contact to watch my child. I talked it over with DH and then made arrangements to cancel my class for Wednesday and attend the field trip with DS. When I called the director back to tell her this, she seem offended and upset. She said that she had already called in a sub-teacher to work with DS. I told her that if I had known she was calling a teacher, not a parent (as she originally indicated), I probably wouldn't had felt that I need to do this. If she didn't want me to make arrangements to come, then why did she call me the night before? And why couldn't she have done this earlier in the day, so that I didn't have to make such abrupt plans?
I am just feeling rather manipulated right now. I get so tired of having my child singled out as the problem kid. Overall, I like the school and him going there, but instances like this are rather upsetting on so many levels. If they didn't want DS to go on the trip, then why did they put a form in his cubby to begin with? I spent the better part of the evening crying about this incident.
It's been a long and exhausting day and I am probably over reacting to everything...<sigh> Blame it on pregnancy hormones. Thanks for reading.
